Your Curated Morning (#132) for Thursday March 28th is here.
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The Main Thing: What can be said about safety? Our bains have evolved to the point that practically everything we do is to assure our safety. It makes sense that people need to feel safe to have a positive culture in your business or orgainzation. Safe physically, emotionally, and psychologically. In this fourth and final post on positive culture in organizations and communities, I will discuss how a community can achieve this type of safety. A leader can also do deliberate things to create safety in a community. It takes more than a leap of faith. It takes some work and effort. Green Economy The Green Economy can’t be denied. It is the future of jobs and capital investment. The sooner we concentrate on ways to take advantage of this massive change, the better off we will be. This week, we highlight articles on this topic: Direct Air Capture Deployment and Economic Opportunity: State-by-State by Rhodium Group A technology being explored more and more is carbon capture. This entails either capturing carbon in emissions before it is released into the atmosphere or sucking it out of the air after it has been released. This report describes the opportunities in each state for Direct Air Capture or “DAC.” Some states, like Texas, have enormous DAC opportunities, whereas others don’t. The report looks at these opportunities to the year 2035 and the year 2050, assuming the US fully decarbonizes. Climate change presents issues for everyone and opportunities as well. Are you prepared to help existing companies pivot to take advantage of these technologies or attract new companies to your region? This report may help you prepare. New Haven Harbor Debuts Its Heavy-Duty, All-Electric Cargo Mover by John Moritz, The News-Times, TNS New Haven, CT, has started operating a new all-electric crane with a fifty-ton lift capacity at its port. Although smaller than the previous one, this crane is faster and will move more cargo than the diesel emissions-belching crane previously used. This crane is one of only three built and installed by its maker, New Haven is one of only three ports in the country equipped with the newest Sennebogen machines. How three cities are building sustainability and resilience | SmartCitiesWorld Cities like Toronto, London, and Vancouver are undertaking plans and studies to become more resilient to climate change. In London, activities include developing and managing green roofs, urban forests, wildlife habitats, air quality, and flood risk. In Toronto, large building owners will get data on water usage management. Vancouver, facing rising temperatures, extreme weather events, sea level rise, and air quality due to wildfire smoke, will update its Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for 2024-2025 What has your community or region done to deal with climate change? Is there a plan? Does it include economic development impacts? Other Articles of Interest this week: Technology -- Author Talks: Chris Dixon on how to reshape the digital landscape | McKinsey and Company Economic Development - Texas Faces Greater Competition on Incentives from Other States | Governing City/Rural -- Despite Low Unemployment, States Are Still Short of Funding Benefits | Governing Leadership -- Want to Connect with Your Audience? Stop Trying to Impress Them | Kellogg Insight A Blog Post You Should Read: I’ve been reading Chip Conley’s newest book, Learning to Love Midlife. In one chapter, he discusses how, as we age, we become more emotionally intelligent—at least most of us. Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand that life is a series of moments that are essentially outside your control, and reacting in ways detrimental to your physical and mental health is not beneficial. In other words, you learn not to overreact and not care what people think. It is also an opportunity to practice one of my favorite quotes I recently came across, whose attribution I cannot provide. Still, it goes something like this: “You don’t always need to have an opinion about everything.” I think this is a great rule to follow (did you catch that). Emotional intelligence comes in handy, particularly in your professional life. Duh! Of course, it does! Here is an article that I thought was easy and quick to read. The author mentions four keys to emotional intelligence. See if you practice any of these and up your EQ if you don’t. Overheard : Experience is not what happens to you–it’s how you interpret what happens to you.
Listen, Eat, Drink, Watch, READ, View I watch with a disturbed sense of curiosity at thousands of people holding their smartphones up at a concert or some meaningful event, taking pictures or videos, and wonder if they will remember the feeling and experience of being at the event and how it made them feel Will they regret not being in the moment and enjoying the pleasure of being in the presence of their favorite artist or being part of a historical event? According to Charan Ranganath, neuroscientist and the author of Why We Remember, humans evolved the memory system we did because it helps us stay attentive to what is essential. Many of us have dove into our phones' picture archives and tried to retrieve a picture of an event we went to or a famous person we met. They are hard to find unless you are really good at archiving pictures. It reminds me of the hundreds of pictures (with a film camera) my wife and I took of our children when they were small and growing up that never developed. We had a plastic grocery bag filled with un-processed film. Some of you may remember when one took a picture and had to bring it to Walgreens or some other place to have the images printed. We considered it an innovation when they started processing and publishing them within 24 hours! How about that concert you attended? How often do you peer at that video or photo using your smartphone? The brain is designed for remembering quality, not quantity. No one has to have a picture to remember the best restaurant meal they ever had or how they felt the first time they kissed their beloved. Where was the smartphone then? In this interview, Ranganath suggests we "pay attention to what makes a particular moment distinctive." Pictures of that moment set them apart from all the images of food and other non-important things and activities. Listen, Eat, Drink, WATCH, Read, View In an interview with Mark Cuban, a16z General Partner David Ulevitc learns about Cost Plus Drugs, a new drug provider Cuban has started. Cuban intends to upend the pharmacy and drug industry through this business. In the interview, he says that this effort is so large that it takes a billionaire. The interview is far-ranging, as Cuban discusses several topics, including why entrepreneurship is the United States' most important attribute. Cuban has taken a deep dive into upending the prescription drug market business. Innovation occurs when an entrepreneur identifies something broken that needs to be fixed. Cuban is doing that with his drug venture. Listen, Eat, DRINK, Watch, Read, View A favorite memory of growing up was visiting my best friend's house on Sunday. It was enjoyable in the summer, as his family had invested in a built-in pool. One thing that distinguished Sunday at his house from Sunday at my house was the food we ate. A Sunday "dinner" held around 2:00 to 3:00 in the afternoon was a typical American Meat and potato menu. In my part of the Midwest, "dinner" was a mid-afternoon meal, always on Sunday, and "supper" was an evening meal, mainly during the week. A light supper might be served after eating late in the afternoon on Sunday. Even though my parents were from Eastern Europe, we adopted the very American Sunday pot roast with potatoes, salad (Thousand Island dressing), and a warm roll and butter. But going to my BFF's house on Sunday was a special treat. Having a Sicilian father meant that Sunday was set aside for a sizeable Italian-style meal with a tomato sauce slowly simmering on the stove since early morning. By the time I got to their house, the place smelled heavenly. And because it was a change from the regular pot roast, it was even more special and exotic for me. As an adult, I created my cooking style and learned that a solid meat base can make or break a sauce. Adding meat to the process generates a deep and rich flavor that can't be matched. The article below confirms that choice. The story and the menu below confirm my story and the pleasure and ecstasy of Sunday Sauce. If you liked this email, pay it forward. Share it with someone you think might benefit. Did someone share with you? Sign up here. For previous editions, click here. Whenever you’re ready, there are several ways I can help you: 1. Economic Development: If you are looking to supercharge your economic development organization, I can help by strategizing and developing a roadmap to success. Set up a time to talk to me here. 2. Culture Change; Is your organization changing? Would you like to create an asset out of your culture? Do you know how to assess team strengths? Let me help you. I'm a certified culture change practitioner. Set up a time to talk to me here. 3. The Green Economy; The world is changing. Some of it is positive, and some of the change is not. 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