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I was blown away the first time I interviewed Tim Green in the summer of 1982. I was covering Syracuse University football at the time, and Green had just arrived on campus from nearby Liverpool as the “savior” recruit who ...

Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak

For years, different federal appeals courts have grappled with the question of whether discharges to groundwater are regulated under the Clean Water Act (CWA). While the question remains unanswered, recent cases have come down on both sides of the issue ...

Tagged with: Jeremy J. Wolk law

The enduring popularity of mutual funds can be attributed, in part, to the fact that they provide investors with access to a professionally managed portfolio at a reasonable cost. In this third column in our series about investing in mutual ...

Tagged with: Patricia Foster The Informed Investor

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays—a chance to take a brief timeout from a career and a life that lately feels as if it’s zipping by as rapidly as a ball off the barrel of Aaron Judge’s bat. It’s ...

Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak

In the book “Drawdown,” a team of researchers led by Paul Hawken identified the top 100 solutions to reverse global warming. According to their work, land-based wind energy is the No. 2 solution to reducing carbon emissions and offshore wind ...

Tagged with: Environmental Business

Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated its 32nd annual Rochester Chamber Top 100 Awards, recognizing our region’s fastest-growing, privately held companies. The Rochester Chamber Top 100 is the biggest business event of the year in our area, and it ...

Tagged with: On Business Robert Duffy

Knute Rockne and George Gipp must be spinning in their graves after viewing the hodge-podge football uniforms Notre Dame will don Saturday for their nationally televised game against Syracuse in the new Yankee Stadium. I get it that the Irish ...

Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak

What do “2001: Space Odyssey,” “The Matrix,” “The Terminator,” and “WALL-E” all have in common? They are all science fiction movies that examined the advantages and potential dangers of artificial intelligence, commonly known as AI. While the concept of AI ...

Tagged with: Heidi Trost technology

“This survival of the fittest implies multiplication of the fittest.” — Herbert Spencer If I told you that virtually every federal and state government funding source is evaluating and monitoring the fiscal health and financial viability of your organization, would ...

Tagged with: Gerald Archibald Non-profit Management

This is a tale of two quarterbacks. Of what is and of what might have been. This is a story about Nathan Peterman and Patrick Mahomes. A story about the Buffalo Bills getting it wrong. Again. Peterman and Mahomes continued ...

Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak

For the last two decades, I’ve been laboring in the corporate “vineyards” with the object of promoting strong ethical cultures in the organizations that I’ve served. Much of this effort involved the development and implementation of internal controls designed to ...

Tagged with: Business Ethics Jim Nortz

We’ve all heard the saying, “jack of all trades, master of none.” This might be used to describe your neighborhood handyman who is often helping people out with various home improvement projects. When you have a serious home renovation, however, ...

Tagged with: Digital Marketing Karl Heberger

“My team is being asked to fill out yet another “confidential” employee survey on engagement. Despite numerous email reminders, most of my team members plan to ignore it or refuse to fill it out, believing that their confidentiality won’t be ...

Tagged with: Kathleen Driscoll Managers at Work

Over the course of his nomadic, 13-season professional baseball career, World Series hero Steve Pearce has worn the laundry of 20 different teams. And perhaps no season was more challenging for this 35-year-old journeyman-turned-most valuable player than 2012, when he ...

Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak

As a manager, it’s easy to pigeonhole team members based on what you hired them to do, and within that, what they do especially well. There’s benefit to that, of course, including the confidence of knowing your colleague has the ...

Tagged with: great workplaces Lauren Dixon