Motivation alone is not enough
“Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.” Jim Rohn Knowwhatimean? [Jim Rohn] [motivation]
Brain Drain Fighters #2: "Come Home" Programs
More on the subject of combating “brain drain.” This time: how to get your alumni back, at any stage of life. Action Items for Everyone: Hold awe inspiring alumni reunions. Cross the Year boundaries and combine all the classes. Do this more than once every millenia. (Waynoka does it every 5 years.) Pick one online…
Brain Drain Fighters #1: Actively Involve Young People in the Community
My post on boosting the number of people going to college contained a laundry list of suggestions for combating brain drain. The topic is important enough to deserve much more attention. So here is the first of hopefully several posts with some additional specific action items for you as a small biz person. Topic #1:…
Boosting the number of people going to college
Ed Morrison, over at the EDPro Weblog says: Boosting the percentage of adults with higher educational attainment is one of the most direct pathways to a higher income economy. In rural areas with declining population, we are used to additional education leading to more “brain drain.” We raise sharp kids, prep them, send them off…
Not Free Agents. Guild Members!
How do you envision the future for skilled workers? Especially those of us outside the metro areas. Chris Brogan’s post Not Free Agents. Guild Members! is the starting point for a novel vision. Take your skills anywhere in the world and know that you will have access to the larger market because you are a…
Practice Makes …
You don’t need me to convince you that practice is key to improvement. We’ve all been through enough sports or enough music or enough hobbies to know that is true. So here’s the question of the day: what are you practicing these days? Not just what are you doing, but what are you consciously, carefully…
Libraries as economic development assets
By Ed Morrison In a knowledge economy driven by networks, public libraries can play an important economic development role. They can provide a research material, space for training, and opportunities to build civic networks. Equally important, they can provide strong stimulus for family reading, a core skill in the knowledge economy. Here’s an article out…
Helping small businesses to access federal contracts
From today’s email, we have this on procuring federal contracts. Now, I have heard that the feds have an absolutely dismal record for contracting with small business, and even worse on women owned firms. If you are interested in procurement, you better take every opportunity to learn and network! National Procurement Council and U.S. Women’s…
