June 10, 2019 - Hartford Business Journal

Arts & Culture

🔒Leadership lessons from the silver screen

The dilemma of defining leadership is present and problematic.

News

🔒How to speed up management decisions, knowledge

During the American Revolution it could take 30 days to get a message from Congress to Ben Franklin in Europe to bring him up to date on the war effort.

News

🔒Tips for solving complex problems more quickly

“Cracking Complexity — The Breakthrough Formula for Solving Almost Anything Fast” by David Benjamin and David Komlos...

Politics & Policy

🔒The good, bad and uncertainty of CT’s $43.4B budget

Does the recently passed $43.4 billion state budget have your head spinning? If it does, that’s not surprising given the complexity of the two-year spending plan.

Education

🔒Countering U.S. trend, international students still flocking to CT schools

Colleges and universities are big employers, and many, including UConn and Yale, use H-1B visas to hire...

Economy & Labor

🔒Denial rates for skilled-worker visas skyrocket in CT

Ten years ago, a Connecticut employer petitioning federal immigration authorities for permission to hire a skilled foreign worker was successful more than 97 percent of the time, on average.

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Boston architecture firm sees growth with new Hartford office

Q&A talks with Carole Wedge, CEO of Shepley Bulfinch, a Boston-based architecture firm that recently opened a Hartford office.

Real Estate & Construction

🔒CT employers fueling office culture through new community spaces

Taking a page out of Silicon Valley’s playbook, a growing number of Connecticut employers are relying on new innovative office designs to promote a more collaborative workplace experience for staff.

Insurance

🔒Travelers Cos. among region’s insurers doing major office renovations

Travelers Cos. executive Donna Grici has the workplace flexibility and comfort of 6,500 of her fellow downtown Hartford co-workers top of mind.

Manufacturing

🔒W. Hartford-linked migraine device wins FDA approval

An Israeli company that has developed a medical device that treats migraines is set to start selling its wares in the United States later this year, and a local physician is partly to thank.

Legal & Courts

🔒Models slap CT strip clubs with trademark lawsuits

Carmen Electra and more than two dozen other models and actresses are suing six Connecticut strip clubs...

Arts & Culture

🔒Could tax credits draw Broadway tour starts to CT theaters?

Could a state tax credit program help lure Broadway producers to build their national tours in Connecticut? Perhaps — if it existed.

Economy & Labor

🔒Repka sees eBenefits Group through sale

Company benefits are often a major consideration when people are deciding where to work.

June 10, 2019Edition

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