Professional Development
Be Persistent
An exercise that grows all of your other skill muscles.
Write Less to Say More
The more noise and distraction, the more precision and efficiency matter in being heard — and remembered.
Solve Your Economic Development Career Backward
Solve your life backwards instead of from your present state forwards.
Quantity over Quality
The best way to get better at pottery, at economic development, or at anything, is to do more.
The 22 Rules of Storytelling for Economic Developers, Downtown Marketers, and Tourism Directors
A must-read for writers, economic developers, and anyone who wants to tell captivating stories.
6 Loops to Break
Sometimes econ dev is a loop. Here are 6 to break out of.
Create Anti Goals
Anti-goals force us to ask “How am I complicit in creating the conditions I say I don’t want?”.
Rules for Conferences
Conferences are about face-to-face interaction, not about sitting in sessions.
The Power of a Favor
Asking for help is a hard thing to do, and an even harder thing to admit.
