Community & Economic Consulting & Thought Leadership
Do you have relationships with elected officials or public servants? You can help them!
Take a look at my article on how to use a basic evaluation as a tool to achieve policy development in partnership with elected officials at a local, county, state, or federal basis.
The workforce and industry has evolved. Colleges and universities much adapt and overcome this rapidly evolving environment impacted by technology, politics, and demographics. To learn about the LER, you can learn more here:
The US Chamber T3 Innovation Network: https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/solutions/workforce-development-and-training/t3-innovation-network
The Alabama Talent Triad Playbook: https://www.talentplaybook.org/
As access to fresh produce and local food gains more traction, greenhouse development in microclimate environments is an important, if not critical, aspect of the food system and entrepreneurial activity. Alongside the growing importance of fresh food and produce are the aspects of energy complicated by many aspects. In this case, there are opportunities to repurpose energy for two or three revolutions through low level thermal energy and heat induction.
Specifically, is it possible to exchange added value energy from heat into multiple verticals that include food, hydrology, or geospatial distribution? To test this novel theory, we have developed the Sensible Heat Utilizing Recovery Technique (SHURT) model.
We will be testing and evaluating different layers of the SHURT model in a small greenhouse (14×30) to propagate, grow, and harvest test crops (like tomatoes, lettuce, etc.) for local consumption using a variety of heat exchanges from data centers and other digital assets to water, earth, and greenhouse infrastructure.
Food knows no boundaries. When people are hungry, politics are irrelevant.
The importance of healthy nutritious local food and produce is important to personal and social health. Healthy people make healthy communities making good decisions. With challenges in the supply chain, we make recommendations for policy to help communities innovate and pivot.
Food Sovereignty and Policy Development – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35092417/
Land use, traffic, and all of the rules or regulations that impact farms has far reaching implications as we deal with rural decay and urban sprawl. The loss of small farms and decreased access to local foods is causing communities to rethink their approaches to balance.
Land Use and Using Data to Solve Problems – https://www.goskagit.com/townnews/politics/expert-looks-on-as-skagit-county-works-on-agritourism-policy/article_7f998bfa-8df2-11ed-9349-57721df63c85.html
Education reform and professional reflection is powerful when critically thinking about our personal achievements. A LinkedIn article is currently being drafted as a result of personal reflections that surfaced in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
After a national panel of innovative university leaders and curriculum developers convened recently, it is no longer possible to be silent about the need for enhanced distributed learning and education reform!
Some organizations can pivot in the margins or adapt to changing business climate rapidly. Today, we have more generations in the workforce than at any other time. Read my article on LinkedIn titled The Learning Organization and a Multi-generation Workforce.
We discuss how to embrace a multi-generation workforce because organizations must not only learn to communicate in different ways with employees they must embrace generative learning in order to see the world in new ways. This iteration will allow organizations to pivot through disruption and innovation.