by Mark Lautman | Aug 18, 2014 | Blog, Featured
Mark Lautman CEcD The first step is to get a grip on the problem. This means developing an understanding of the nature and dimension of the threat to your company, your industry and your host communities. For many, this is still counterintuitive. How could the... 
by Mark Lautman | Aug 10, 2014 | Blog, Featured
Mark Lautman CEcD After a decade of financial market turmoil, recession, escalating tax and regulatory burdens and the constant barrage of global market disruptions and creative destruction, C-suite execs are recovering from their own version of PTSD. So, the last... 
by Mark Lautman | Jul 30, 2014 | Blog, Featured
Mark Lautman CEcD, Lautman Economic Architecture LLC For the purpose of discussion, it is helpful to think about the community or regional economy as having two kinds of jobs: income generating and income retaining. Income Generating – Economic base jobs or... 
by Mark Lautman | Jul 22, 2014 | Blog, Featured
Recalibrate your economic development plan Mark Lautman CEcD, Lautman Economic Architecture LLC Understanding how many and what kinds of jobs a community expects to have in the future is predicate to any discussion about a workforce development. Unless you are... 
by Mark Lautman | Jul 16, 2014 | Blog, Featured
Mark Lautman CEcD, Lautman Economic Architecture LLC It’s the flip of the causal dynamics in the job-creation game that will force most communities to look for a new business model. This doesn’t mean communities can back off funding their traditional program efforts.... 
by Mark Lautman | Jul 7, 2014 | Blog, Featured
The Changing Game of Economic Development Mark Lautman CEcD, Lautman Economic Architecture LLC A looming shortage of qualified workers is going to force many communities to rethink their business models for economic development. For the last 50-plus years, community... 