Opening day of the biggest craziest of our current sports phenomenons. Not the NFL - Fantasy Football! What FF and the college transfer portal are doing to our loyalties…. https://t.co/sIHtbLVjHH
What can a book about tennis teach us about living our life? And what one book do Bill Gates, Billie Jean King, Itzhak Perlman and Al Gore keep giving to others? Check it out… https://t.co/dYpuhSAQMG
Wanted to share with you a new website I’ve launched - looking at how our worlds of work,play and spirit are increasingly interconnected. Check it out at https://t.co/rWY4Q9mPX4
Or try this post on bridging political divides: https://t.co/FvpzAjEZo6
Some thoughts from me and @sarahhallNC Hall on the challenges our economy is facing - and how we might get people working again. @emergingissues Our Goldilocks Economy – and three bears | Columnists | https://t.co/0Ens1Hpaa0 https://t.co/HR3UVXGhqy
Enjoyed being on @MyPBSNC Carolina Business Review this week. Starting 5:00 in, chance to discuss return to work, broadband impact on jobs, and with BCBSNC CEO Dr. Atunde Sotunde on work of @BCBSNCFound on health care eq and mental health. @emergingissues https://t.co/8KI79rpOQT
Madeleine Albright, the 1st female U.S. Secretary of State, died Wednesday at age 93. She spoke twice at the @EmergingIssues Forums at NC State about the importance of global cooperation following the Cold War.
📸 Albright and Gov. Jim Hunt at NC State’s McKimmon Center in 1995
Dr. Althea Riddick of Gates County: @NCRuralCenter conference in importance of broadband: “People don’t care about acronyms and megabytes. They just want their Internet to work…for school..for health care… for entrepreneurs.”
‘In rural areas it takes banding together to make things work - across organizations and communities.’ Zach Barricklow, @NCRuralCenter Excellence in Rural Collaboration winner for broadband partnerships. A pleasure for @emergingissues to support this work!
So excited! The suite of offices @emergingissues share with Shelton Leadership Center is being ‘named’ in honor of former Joint Chiefs chair General Hugh Shelton and his wife Carolyn. Thanks to all those who contributed to make this possible!
Stats from @NADOWeb breakout session. 10,000 baby boomers are retiring every day. 79% of biz in NC say worker shortage is their #️⃣1️⃣ challenge. Prepandemic 5️⃣% of workers were remote, now 2️⃣5️⃣% are remote & 1️⃣5️⃣% are hybrid workers. #NADODDAA2022