Dec 15, 2021

Innovators. Manufacturing in Virginia's Southwest, overcoming resistance, Black Olympic gold.

By Mary Trigiani • Issue #1056 • View online

One step at a time.

Be patient.

Your moment will come.

This type of counsel is meant to soothe, yet it actually can be a barrier to essential change and true progress. Or a wall to hide behind while protecting the status quo. In the rural parts of America, there has been significant taxpayer investment in economic studies and projects for decades. Some of this has delivered results, a healthy percentage of which is the building of bureaucracy that serves the empire builders of what we can call the agency class. These folks need a new call to action, centered in a new definition of return-on-investment. Shift gears and put muscle into delivering jobs and a broader tax base, an open path to prosperity for all, and a more welcoming attitude to newcomers and new concepts.

Project to bring wind energy manufacturers to Virginia kicks off | Local Business News | heraldcourier.com

“The goal is to really look at the pathway your area can take to participate in this industry. It’s all about creation of jobs, creation of employment; it’s the building of industry,” Tingley said.

Authority Chairman Mike Quillen, a former, longtime mining executive, said, “The purpose of this work is that we get a plan to go forward and not everybody is out in their silos spinning their wheels. It’s going to take coordination, and that’s what this plan does. … We recognize we’re not going to be all things to all people. We need to figure out what we would be good at.”

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Author Talks: The forces working against innovation and how to overcome them | McKinsey

There are forces inside of human beings that make them resistant to new ideas. No matter how cool your idea is or how compelling your strategy is, unless you address this human element, unless you address some of these psychological barriers and forces, your innovation efforts will be stifled.

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Virginia's first Black Olympic gold medalist to get historical marker - Cardinal News

Lee’s name is not well-known for many reasons. For one thing, he passed up a chance to turn pro, preferring to continue his education. (One of his fellow Olympic boxers did turn pro; his name was Floyd Patterson, who went on to become the heavyweight champion of the world.) Lee graduated from Howard University and went on to become an educator, a real estate investor and a reserve military officer, finally retiring as a lieutenant colonel. Nonetheless, Lee occupies a place in Virginia history. He was the state’s first Black Olympic gold medalist and his legal challenge to segregation made him a civil rights pioneer.

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