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In a hyper-competitive business landscape, the smartest organizations—we call them "Best & Brightest Places to Work"—are increasingly focused on the structure that allows them to create value that's both enduring and able to keep them ahead of others in their category.

It’s that season again. People across the United States, at least those who live in regions where there’s some “traditional” sense of weather distinction, experience four seasons—spring, summer, fall and winter. But when it comes to auto buyers—and more particularly the 16,680 franchised new car and truck dealers belonging to the...

With less than two weeks before America’s 45th president takes office, those who listened to Donald J. Trump’s argument about the need for infrastructure renewal may find our series of articles on the issue even more interesting than when they were first published. The need for a more national, integrated...

Engineers Are Doing What They Can to Prioritize Fixes, Extending Life of Vital Structures

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This a multifaceted story, one that includes one of America’s iconic brands, an avid race car aficionado who earned his stripes for nearly 20 years before returning to the third generation family business, and saving that company from what might have been decay and failure had some of the lessons he learned not been put in place.

Companies, faced with shortages of skilled workers, get increasingly creative

First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise, is partnering with tech services giant Wipro Ltd. in a year-long partnership it hopes will provide 50,000 brand new books for children in need in both the U.S. and Canada. Studies show that book ownership and a print-rich environment are leading indicators of a...

Nearly a dozen government agencies, military-serving organizations, private sector corporations and foundations have come together to form the "Better Together" partnership, an initiative aiming to serve military families living in civilian communities where the need is the greatest. Representatives from founding partners signed a proclamation to launch the first of its kind...

While surfing is very much an "out of office" activity, that doesn't mean the surfing community doesn't have a serious side. That sense of purpose is underscored by the Surfrider Foundation, a 30 years strong group that continues to work hard on protecting and preserving the world's oceans, waves and beaches. A...

Imagine for a moment, you’ve got what you think is a breakthrough idea. You have a technical background, so there’s some brainpower and basic skills at hand. But this is an idea that requires some experimentation and, as you begin to explain to your spouse (or perhaps you’ve already gone...

In a digital world that is increasingly "connected" in ways that many of us would never have dreamed of even a few years ago, at least one mental health expert has a seemingly non-intuitive piece of advice for parents getting ready to prepare their kids for another school year:...

Bring up the issue of infrastructure and one thing starts to become very clear not long after the discussion begins: the topic itself is complex, if not complicated. It encompasses opinions from a variety of interest groups, public policy experts and even academics, all offering a perspective on where society...

When it comes to promoting the Wounded Warrior Project, a Veterans Service Organization that was originally part of the United Spinal Association of New York, a number of initiatives continue to build awareness and raise funds for the charity. One of the more recent is that of Chadwick James, a...

NuStep, Inc., a maker of recumbent cross trainer fitness equipment, continues to participate in The Longest Day—a day-long opportunity most recently held on June 20 to raise awareness and funds for the care, support and research efforts of the Alzheimer’s Association. It’s been two years since the company launched NuStepping...

A local law firm is expanding a program designed to make sure children from Detroit Public Schools have the supplies (and backpacks to carry them) when they return to school this fall. The Mike Morse Law Firm, which specializes in personal injury cases, last year provided more than 22,000 backpacks...

Whirlpool Corporation, a leading manufacturer of major home appliances, is partnering with Innit, a food innovator, to bring a new layer of food intelligence to its products. Starting with the Jenn-Air brand of ovens, Whirlpool plans to add the Innit platform to give customers access to a library of digitized...

SAE World Congress remains premier ‘face to face’ opportunity for those influencing vehicles we’ll be driving years from now.

It's a commonplace attitude around where we live—we sometimes miss out on what visitors consider to be landscapes and features worth traveling hundreds, even thousands of miles, to take in. Thankfully, we have organizations nationally like the non-profit Student Conservation Association, which make it their business to share a wealth of knowledge about National...

When it comes to a "race to the top," competitions like Best & Brightest produced by the National Association for Business Resources, are among the very best ways to actively spur on organizations in some of America's key cities and regions. Here's the big takeaway: Best and Brightest, whether it's the...