by Mark Lautman | Jan 4, 2015 | Blog, Featured
In an economic contraction scenario, lost economic base jobs trigger cascading losses in service jobs, thereby diminishing the net worth of local residents and businesses and eroding the tax base. Ways to Create Economic Base Jobs Creating economic base jobs is a... 
by Mark Lautman | Nov 3, 2014 | Blog, Featured
Communities won’t be able to get away with running a competent employer recruiting, retention and expansion program anymore. Most face four daunting tasks: 1. Innovate new program approaches 2. Invest more in traditional programs expecting diminishing returns 3.... 
by Mark Lautman | Sep 21, 2014 | Blog, Featured
A looming, zero-sum market for qualified workers reverses the traditional economic development process. Today, a community’s quality metrics must be strong enough to attract, grow and retain enough qualified workers to staff the economic base and service sector... 
by Mark Lautman | Aug 26, 2014 | Blog, Featured
Mark Lautman CEcD One of the huge challenges that communities are facing is related to the evolution of their workforce. In fact, most experienced and productive workers are retiring and becoming dependents faster than new qualified workers are being educated and... 
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... 