Opinion

Harnessing the power of AI

In the ever-evolving marketing world, staying ahead of the curve is crucial for businesses to thrive. One of the most significant advancements in recent times is the rise of artificial…

How marketing and advertising can save small businesses

Most, if not all, local small businesses in Northwest Arkansas that are struggling or have failed can be attributed to their lack of marketing and advertising efforts, which becomes evident…

What’s the big deal about cyber hygiene?

Don’t let the ads fool you—there’s no such thing as a quick fix. Say we want to lose 20 pounds. Can we pop a magic diet pill, drop the weight…

Opportunities disguised as a problem

The future comes at us in hard-to-process events. We are always trying to figure out what we are experiencing or how to use the situation or event to our benefit….

Talk Business & Politics editorial: Throwing shade on sunshine laws

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has pulled together a seven-person “working group” to modernize the state’s Freedom of Information Act because the existing law was drafted before the iPhone was…

Avoiding a ‘Field of Dreams’

The commercial real estate market in Northwest Arkansas is “very healthy,” according to Mervin Jebaraj, the lead researcher for the Arvest Skyline Report. If commercial developers in other parts of…

Shaping the message by adjusting the lenses

I’m not an economist, but maybe it’s time to bring the team together again. I know that is an odd sentence, but read on. I had the privilege recently to…

The great mammogram debate: Starting screenings earlier will save lives

When should women start getting mammograms? It’s a simple question, and it should have a straightforward answer. Yet, conflicting screening guidelines over the past several years have left women in…

The reality of fintech partnerships

As August approaches, bankers should be aware of the access and insights VenCent Fintech Summit will provide related to what’s happening in the banking industry, especially around financial technology. The…

The value of mentoring

Over the years, I have had the privilege to speak to several groups and individuals about leadership, financial planning, sales, personal finance and other related topics. The most common question…

Arkansas taxpayers can direct their taxes specifically toward education

This year, hundreds of Arkansas children from income-eligible families received new education options because of generous contributions of business and individual taxpayers who directed their Arkansas state income tax to…

Preparing for compliance with the PUMP Act and Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Pregnant workers are currently protected under various acts including Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), and the Providing Urgent…

Avenues to entrepreneurship

It’s always driven me a little bit batty that the business media and pop culture seem to think entrepreneurship is only about starting businesses. It seems like everyone forgets that…

Turning the corner

It is said that a first-time visitor to New York City from Arkansas, mouth agape as he stared skyward at a forest of construction cranes towering over a maze of…

Unfair competition? Level the playing field

Business clients tell me every day that employees are hard to hire and retain. By now almost everyone has read about or experienced the “great resignation” and its unprecedented levels…

Writing bold new story for Arkansas

It’s been true since the beginning of time: Through the stories we tell, the voices we uplift and the stories we collectively embrace, narrative has the extraordinary power to shape…

Conventional career path, interrupted? The case for workforce development

Traditionally, Arkansas students graduate high school and pursue higher education or get full-time jobs. These career paths have, for the most part, provided a steady stream of talent to keep…

15 questions to ponder

“The unexamined life is not worth living” is a famous saying supposedly uttered by Socrates. Socrates believed that philosophy — the study of wisdom — was the most important (life)…

The flip of a coin

What do you think? You need to fill an open position, and you’re given a choice: either follow your established methods for making a hiring decision or scrap it —…

Northwest Arkansas needs construction workers ASAP

Everywhere you look in Northwest Arkansas, road projects seem to drag on for years on end, and commercial construction projects sometimes sit half-finished, with some projects dragging on for months….