The Curse of Specialization As an economic and a community developer, I have had the opportunity to work with communities large and small, rural and urban, all over the country. Quite often when speaking with local leaders about the most pressing challenges, it is interesting to note [...]
Realizing Our Potential Imagine if you will, it is summer of 2033. What is the experience of a newly arrived young family that has just flown into Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, direct from Shanghai, China, for the first time? What will this family find most striking? Will [...]
Aerozone Alliance Hosts Polaris Southwest Regional Advisory Council Meeting On April 20, 2023, the Aerozone Alliance hosted the Polaris Southwest Regional Advisory Council breakfast meeting at the Ohio Aerospace Institute with Bryan K. Smith, Director of Facilities, Test, and Manufacturing at NASA Glenn Research Center. Smith presented [...]
Total Kaizen of the Heart Last month, we reflected on how the Aerozone Alliance could learn from Legos and its concept of ‘A System in Play.’ How could we create a dynamic and a self-correcting system that continually observes, experiments, learns, discards, refines, and evolves? In other [...]
Event Recap: The Sustainable Supply Chain Seminar, March 2023 The Sustainable Supply Chain Seminar hosted by Great Lakes Biomimicry, the Ohio Aerospace Institute, and Parallax Advanced Research, in cooperation with the Aerozone Alliance, was held on March 29, 2023. The Sustainable Supply Chain Seminar hosted [...]
NASA Glenn Research Center to Resume In-Person Tours An article by Crain's Cleveland Business shares that NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is resuming in-person facility tours for the first time since 2019, before the pandemic. The tours will take place on six dates, all Saturdays, from April through November, giving [...]
NASA Glenn Research Center launches exploration day to get more students into STEM An article by News 5 Cleveland shares that NASA Glenn Research Center recently opened its campus to 200 CMSD high school students for a Career Exploration day to get more students interested in STEM careers. [...]
Local Business Resources: SkillUp 2.0 Cuyahoga County’s SkillUp 2.0 program has been designed with one primary purpose – to help businesses grow! SkillUp 2.0 helps employers upskill their staff and offer them generous financial incentives to do it. SkillUp can help your company establish a training plan if [...]
Playing with Legos Last weekend, my son and I were playing with Legos, when something that was written on the Lego box caught my eye. Lego describes itself as “A System In Play.” That seems like a fascinating way for a toy company to describe itself. To satisfy my curiosity, I googled [...]
Aerozone Alliance Proudly Supports the NASA Glenn Research Center This month, the Aerozone Alliance was thrilled to submit a letter to President Biden advocating on behalf of the NASA Glenn Research Center. We expressed our full support for NASA GRC and the incredible work being accomplished here in our community to facilitate [...]
