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Work is changing faster than the workplace

By Keeley Kinney / Guest Editorial Businesses are experiencing an unprecedented pace of change today. Businesses have had to become agile and capable of navigating...

Eight reasons culture eats strategy for lunch

By Joe Tye / Guest Editorial We’ve all heard the aphorism “culture eats strategy for lunch,” originally attributed to Peter Drucker. Culture is the personality...

Hearing the call of hunger

Meals on Wheels making a difference in Johnson County Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. ~W.J. Cameron   By Sarah Pfennigs / Guest Editorial Picture a...

Developers talk growth, challenges

By Gigi Wood CEDAR RAPIDS – Shopping malls, property taxes and economic growth were hot topics at last week’s Commercial Real Estate Luncheon. The annual event,...

Synagogue settles in Coralville

By Pat Shaver CORALVILLE—Rabbi Jeff Portman jokes his new synagogue transformed Gold’s Gym into God’s Gym. The Agudas Achim Synagogue congregation started worshiping at its new...

Sycamore considering all options for Von Maur space

Story by Pat Shaver Photo by Rachel Jessen IOWA CITY—What will fill about 40,000 square feet in Sycamore Mall is still up in the air, despite...

Orienting, engaging boards of directors

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial One of the responsibilities of a board of directors is to manage itself, ensuring that the board has the...

The lost art of the thank-you note

By Greg Dardis / Guest Editorial You probably have one filed away somewhere, tucked in a desk drawer or pinned on a cubicle wall –...

Future investing needs global perspective

By Tom Anderson / Guest Editorial In previous commentaries, I shared my perspective on investing in today’s global economy. The main theses – and the...

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