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VNA Hospice of Northwest Indiana Christmas Tree

Twenty-some years ago a pine tree no taller than a stop sign was planted in the garden of the Arthur B. and Ethel V. Horton Hospice Center on the grounds of the VNA Hospice of Northwest Indiana. The intent is that it would eventually be the featured “Tree …

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VNA Hospice of Northwest Indiana Christmas Tree

Finding Comfort in Our Own Community

Last Friday, December 14, Northview Elementary celebrated its Blue Ribbon School certification. All the classrooms were open with smiling teachers standing the doorways to greet us as we walked the halls. In the gym there was cake and some nifty science …

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Finding Comfort in Our Own Community

The Coffee Shop Project

Over the past four months I’ve set a group of 39 students out on an experiment. They are undergraduates at Indiana University Northwest in a 300-level marketing class who have a curriculum full of the four P’s, retailing, supply chain management and …

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The Coffee Shop Project

Here’s the Good News: It’s Over.

The election sauntered across our landscape like a two-year tornado, churning debris and data into a soupy mix of dialogue and diatribe. It left a trail of destruction – or opportunity – however you choose to view it, but alas, it’s over. Today the …

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Here’s the Good News: It’s Over.

The Paralysis of Concern

There’s a real good chance that if you’ve been in a meeting today pitching a new idea or discussing an initiative, someone nodded approvingly but then started a response with the four words that are the linguistic equivalent of air brakes: “My only …

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The Paralysis of Concern

The Paralysis of Concern

There’s a real good chance that if you’ve been in a meeting today pitching a new idea or discussing an initiative, someone nodded approvingly but then started a response with the four words that are the linguistic equivalent of air brakes: “My only …

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The Paralysis of Concern