The Olympics and the Importance of Sustainability
By RDG Director of Innovation and Global Research Doug Radcliff “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” -Peter Drucker “A...
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Clint Nessmith
- Jul 10
- 1 min
Join Adam Knapp, Charles Wood, and RDG in Salt Lake City
By RDG CEO Clint Nessmith We are excited to attend ACCE’s Annual Conference in Salt Lake City. If you plan to attend, I want to make you...
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Doug Radcliff
- Jun 8
- 4 min
The Affordable Housing Crisis in the United States
By RDG Director of Innovation and Global Research Doug Radcliff "One of the fundamental questions that should always be addressed in a...
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Doug Radcliff
- Feb 28
- 3 min
The Four-Day Work Week – Is it the Future?
By RDG Director of Innovation and Global Research Doug Radcliff “The ultimate resource in economic development is people. It is people,...
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Clint Nessmith
- Aug 19, 2022
- 4 min
Client Profiles: Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) - Adam Knapp: Leadership Defining the Future
By: RDG CEO Clint Nessmith “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the...
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Doug Radcliff
- Jul 15, 2022
- 2 min
The Importance of Sustainable Economic Development
By: RDG Director of Innovation and Global Research Doug Radcliff “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can...
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Rob Radcliff
- May 19, 2022
- 3 min
Client Profile - Shiawassee Economic Development Partnership
By RDG Senior Counsel Rob Radcliff “If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you’ve always got” -Henry Ford...
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Rob Radcliff
- Feb 23, 2022
- 2 min
Y'all Means Y'all
By RDG Senior Counsel Rob Radcliff “If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you’ve always got” -Henry Ford...
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Clint Nessmith
- Jan 28, 2022
- 2 min
Deputizing the Chamber?
By: RDG CEO Clint Nessmith “If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you’ve always got” -Henry Ford If you are...
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Lindsay Bensko
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Welcome to the 2021 IEDC Annual Conference
By: RDG Principal Lindsay Bensko Bright lights, big music city, welcome to Nashville! Home to the 2021 IEDC Annual Conference, and it did...
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Doug Radcliff
- May 18, 2021
- 5 min
POSITIONED TO WIN: How can communities organize to pursue federal funds and just about anything?
By RDG Director of Innovation and Global Research Doug Radcliff As a result of the ongoing pandemic, we know governments at all levels...
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Rob Radcliff
- Apr 3, 2017
- 3 min
Punching Above Your Weight
Something incredible happened this past Friday: The Mississippi State Bulldogs Women’s Basketball team beat the Connecticut Huskies...
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Rob Radcliff
- Jul 13, 2016
- 2 min
Stumped…
I had a rather disturbing conversation with the CEO of a major corporation this past week that sits on the board of one of our clients....
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Rob Radcliff
- Jan 1, 2016
- 2 min
Does The Rising Tide Really Lift Everyone’s Boat?
I read an article in our local paper a few weeks ago that really stuck with me. It chronicled the dramatic disparity in relative...
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Rob Radcliff
- Nov 29, 2015
- 2 min
Are We Listening?
As I travel the country and listen to Chamber Execs., EDC Presidents and Board leaders talk about the challenges faced by their...
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Rob Radcliff
- Oct 29, 2014
- 3 min
The Silly Season is Upon Us!
I’m not talking about the upcoming inaugural College Football Playoffs, although that is pretty silly right now! I’m talking about the...
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Clint Nessmith
- Apr 30, 2014
- 2 min
Building Blocks
Let’s face it. Unless you are one of the lucky few organizations with more money than you know what to do with, there never seems to be...
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Rob Radcliff
- Sep 3, 2013
- 2 min
Leadership Trumps All…
Recently I was meeting with the board of a prospective client and was asked the following question: what is the one thing that makes the...
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Rob Radcliff
- Jun 13, 2013
- 3 min
Where Are Your New Leaders?
I read a sobering (for me because I hit double nickels earlier this year!) article in the New York Times magazine this weekend. CLICK...
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Rob Radcliff
- May 15, 2013
- 2 min
What Are You Doing About the Evolving Workforce?
It was a complete coincidence that I found myself reading three totally independent items discussing this countries evolving workforce...
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