Ideas

In July, I wrote about Terry Leahy's book, “Management in Ten Words.” The 10 words are: truth, loyalty, courage, values, act, balance, simple, lean, compete and trust.

A bill making its way through the state Legislature could provide more incentive for consumers to recycle lead-acid batteries and control costs for battery manufacturers and distributors.

Are you willing to challenge conventional thinking? It takes courage, and it's not easy.

The following quote (courtesy of a blog post by Esther Dyson, savvy internet investor) should be posted on billboards next to every large company, especially in Japan where once-great electronics giants face the Herculean challenge of reversing an accelerating decline:

*Saturday, Oct. 13, Milwaukee Empty Bowls will hold its 14th Annual Milwaukee Empty Bowls event at MATC-Oak Creek Campus,...

Consumer sentiment jumped again in this month to its highest level in five years, according to the latest gauge by the University of Michigan-Thomson Reuters.

Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. announced it will complete its delivery of nearly $1 million in donated generators and pressure washers to an additional 58 American Red Cross chapters nationwide.

Sharp Literacy, Inc. has appointed Lynda Kohler as its new executive director, according to an announcement the Milwaukee-based, education-driven organization made Wednesday.

A 45-foot Ferris wheel is being assembled inside ACUITY’s corporate headquarters in Sheboygan in preparation for the company’s “Cirque du NICU,” a fundraiser to be hosted by the property and casualty insurer on Oct. 13.

It has been a remarkable 15 years since we founded Milwaukee College Prep. Working with Milwaukee Buck's forward Junior Bridgeman, we launched with 76 inaugural students in 1997 and serve some of the poorest, most troubled neighborhoods in Milwaukee.