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The Hidden Truth About the Power (Consumption) of AI

The Hidden Truth About the Power (Consumption) of AI

Recently, the Lincoln Journal Star reported that a proposed Google data center could require more than three times the amount of electricity the entire city

Art Director2026-03-23T16:56:31-05:0004/01/26|Categories: Columns, LIBA|Click here for all press, reviews & features about LIBA|

The Impact of Trust in Small Business: A Dividend or a Tax?

The Impact of Trust in Small Business: A Dividend or a Tax?

When Stephen M.R. Covey published The Speed of Trust, he made a simple but powerful claim: trust isn’t just a social virtue—it’s an economic driver.

Art Director2026-02-24T12:12:08-06:0003/01/26|Categories: Columns, LIBA|Click here for all press, reviews & features about LIBA, Lincoln Independent Business Association|

The Power Behind Lincoln’s Economy: Why Small Businesses — and LIBA — Matter More Than Ever

The Power Behind Lincoln’s Economy: Why Small Businesses — and LIBA — Matter More Than Ever

Which businesses are the most important in our community? Most of us instinctively picture the big names. If you’re at Memorial Stadium on a football

Art Director2026-02-02T09:33:51-06:0002/02/26|Categories: Columns, LIBA|Click here for all press, reviews & features about LIBA, Lincoln Independent Business Association|

Have You Found Your Tribe?

Have You Found Your Tribe?

It’s Not Too Late – and It’s Important! This is a short story of one of those topics that (to quote Col Nathan Jessup) “deep

Art Director2025-12-22T10:54:00-06:0001/01/26|Categories: Columns, LIBA|Click here for all press, reviews & features about LIBA, Lincoln Independent Business Association|

When Government Becomes the Competitor: Why Taxpayer-Funded Public Sector Undermines Free Enterprise

For more than 45 years, the Lincoln Independent Business Association (LIBA) (Liba.org) has held an unwavering belief in the free enterprise system; those private businesses,

Art Director2025-11-24T09:51:56-06:0012/01/25|Categories: Columns, LIBA|Click here for all press, reviews & features about LIBA, Lincoln Independent Business Association|

If They Are the Backbone of Modern Business — Why Do So Many Implementations Go Sideways

If They Are the Backbone of Modern Business — Why Do So Many Implementations Go Sideways

In the last several decades, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have become the nerve center of modern businesses. At their core, ERPs are business management

Art Director2025-10-28T12:21:53-05:0011/01/25|Categories: Columns, LIBA|Click here for all press, reviews & features about LIBA|

From Pauley Pavilion to the Boardroom: The Influence of John Wooden

From Pauley Pavilion to the Boardroom: The Influence of John Wooden

As a kid growing up with a lazy eye and no depth perception, I knew early on that I wasn’t destined to be an athlete.

Art Director2025-09-26T11:34:38-05:0010/01/25|Categories: Columns, LIBA|Click here for all press, reviews & features about LIBA|

Why Does One Bond Require Voter Approval – But Another of the Same Size – Does Not?

Why Does One Bond Require Voter Approval – But Another of the Same Size – Does Not?

If you are like me, you might be wondering exactly how the City of Lincoln could issue $25 million of bonds to finance the new

Art Director2025-08-25T13:16:19-05:0009/01/25|Categories: Columns, LIBA|Click here for all press, reviews & features about LIBA, Lincoln Independent Business Association|

Rebalancing the Scale: Fixing Nebraska’s Broken Tax Code – Why Sales Tax Reform is a Fairer Alternative to our Obsession with Property Taxes.

Rebalancing the Scale: Fixing Nebraska’s Broken Tax Code – Why Sales Tax Reform is a Fairer Alternative to our Obsession with Property Taxes.

Definition of Regressive- taking a proportionally greater amount from those on lower incomes. I know some of you might be thinking it, but I promise

Art Director2025-06-26T15:23:59-05:0007/01/25|Categories: Columns, LIBA|

LIBA 2.0 – There IS a Place For EVERYONE in LIBA!

LIBA 2.0 – There IS a Place For EVERYONE in LIBA!

In the March newsletter to LIBA members, I wrote of “disruptive innovation”, a concept that was introduced by the Harvard Business Review more than 30

Art Director2025-05-28T11:26:57-05:0006/01/25|Categories: Columns, LIBA|

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