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Will the EV Industry Regain Momentum?

Dec 18, 2023
Microsoft at 10 cents a share in 1986 (it’s $370-plus now), Amazon at eight cents in 1997 (now $147-plus), Tesla at $1.22 in 2010 (now north of $243)—just a few line items in a long list of misses in my… more

Why Philanthropy? Why we care?

Dec 18, 2023
Therese Miller was a childhood friend and she married a soon-to-be-great friend in St. Louis by the name of Rich Greene. Rich and his Dad operated the Richard Greene Company and they were active members of St. Clement Parish. We… more

TGIF: Thank God It’s Fall

Nov 28, 2023
PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2023 It’s a marker of how mind-numbingly stupid, infinitely gullible, and deeply brainwashed younger generations of journalists are that our local newspaper can publish an article, as it did this summer past, attributing the rail warping on the… more

What Neal Taught Us About Excellence

Nov 28, 2023
PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2023 This marks the 30th year since Ingram’s organized and showcased the merits of extraordinary women in leadership roles. Some may take for granted the recognition-oriented nature of this publication, but one must remember that excellence should be… more

Can We All Just Get Along?

Nov 28, 2023
PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2023 Twenty years ago this fall, the wildly successful author/producer Michael Crichton spoke at the famed Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. As a topic, he was asked to address the most important challenge facing mankind. The challenge he… more

The New KCI: A Review

Nov 1, 2023
PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 2023 “For years, the naysayers put up a big fight against a new airport terminal in Kansas City, Missouri,” TPG’s Zach Griff gushes in his guide to the new KCI. “They liked the convenience of the original facility,… more

Time for an Agonizing Reappraisal of Our Appraisal

Nov 1, 2023
PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 2023 The date was circled in red on the calendar. The valise was brimming with real-estate comps and downloads of the tax assessments for neighboring properties. I’d rehearsed, at least a dozen times, my best closing arguments, a… more

Building and Retaining the Young Work Force

Nov 1, 2023
PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 2023 Each year Ingram’s selects a score of 20 in Their Twenties and features them in our October edition. And each year it feels like the overall quality of candidates may be stronger than the year preceding.  This… more

The Ingram’s 250 and Recommendations from the Corner Office

Oct 5, 2023
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 2023 It’s not a popularity contest when our editorial board convenes to deliberate over which executives should be included in the Ingram’s 250 in a given year. The change has been profound among the top leadership, and the… more

The Future Is Here with AI. Are You Ready for It?

Oct 5, 2023
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 2023 With the Age of AI upon us, one can find no shortage of Terminator-inspired memes on social-media platforms these days. Meh: I’m not convinced that machines will be rounding all of us up for slave camps or… more