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5 Ways To Make the Missing Middle Less Missing
A July 2019 report from Bloomberg explores the decline in Missing Middle housing in the United States—and it turns out it’s more missing than ever. This graphic from Bloomberg using Census data shows the decline in the share of missing-middle (blue) housing among all multifamily housing construction, even as very…
Read MoreFlying Lessons: How stories from Aviation can make us better Managers – Improve
In this, the fifth installment of our six part series, we look at the role of Improvement in business value creation and examine, through the lens of lessons learned, and example of improvement from the field of aviation. The picture of Boeing’s iconic 737 airliner represents a culmination of…
Read MoreOregon’s Renewable Portfolio Standard requires that 50 percent of the electricity Oregonians use come from renewable resources by 2040.
Oregon’s Renewable Portfolio Standard sets a requirement for how much of the electricity we use must come from renewable resources. “Renewable” means the source of power can be used repeatedly because it is replaced naturally, like wind or the sun. The original RPS was adopted in 2007, when just 2 percent of Oregon’s electricity…
Read MoreRenewable natural gas demand to increase with UPS purchase agreement
On May 22, 2019 United Parcel Service (UPS), a global provider of shipping and delivery services, announced that the company would increase its use of renewable natural gas (RNG) in the United States. UPS purchased 170 million gasoline gallon equivalent (gge) from fuel supplier Clean Energy Fuels to meet this…
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A Bridge to the Future: Jordan Cove Project Benefits
Creation of 6,000+ good-paying construction jobs and ~8,500 spin-off jobs. Building a safe, clean natural gas pipeline – with an export terminal in Coos County – the Jordan Cove Project will create more than 6,000 good-paying construction jobs at peak construction in addition to an estimated 8,500 jobs in sectors…
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Jordan Cove will provide economic benefits to Southern Oregon
by Todd Goergen Those who have lived in Southern Oregon for most of their lives know that $10 billion private investments don’t come along very often. Well, never, to be exact. Slightly less rare is a business investment that has the ability to provide economic benefits to so many Oregon…
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What is the E2E Network?
Inspired by communities from Bend to Boulder, management consultant Cynthia Scherr and financial consultant Linda Ganim, along with other local entrepreneurs, started E2E three years ago. They challenged their friends and clients, most of whom own businesses, to come together as a loose group of entrepreneurs to focus on promoting,…
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Blackstone Publishing: A Page Turner
by Cynthia Scherr Traffic snakes along at 5 mph, horns honk, the smell of asphalt and exhaust mix in the air. Ever found a traffic jam inspiring? Craig Black, founder of Blackstone Publishing, did. Thirsty to continue his education, Craig started reading classic literature and history in his 30s while…
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Lead Like a Lion: Lessons from The Lion King
With Disney’s new, reimagined version of the The Lion King movie set to release this week, it’s the perfect time to look to the original 1994 classic for leadership insight! From overcoming obstacles to staying true to yourself to reaching your full potential, this movie is full of life lessons.…
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Learn to Live! – a TEDxAshland Talk
Learn to Live – a TEDxAshland Talk Trever Yarrish and I had the opportunity to present at the first TEDxAshland in May. Our “Learn to Live” talk focused on a new idea we have for applying agile principles that we both use everyday in our own software companies, to your…
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TEDx Ashland
On May 20, 2019 I took the stage with 13 other brave individuals at the Camelot Theatre in Talent, Oregon and presented 15 to 18 minute stories as a part of the first TEDx Ashland. After months of practice and coaching we took turns presenting memorized talks about topics that…
Read More“Cut-off” Flood Irrigation A management practice that works for the Inland Rogue Basin
Flood irrigation is an ingenious, inexpensive means to grow tens of millions of dollars worth of agricultural produce. While current flood irrigation methods result in 40% to 45% efficiency, compared to 70% or greater for sprinkler systems, research shows that flood systems can be as efficient as most other irrigation…
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