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Interview With The Honorable Tom Ridge – First Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security

The Honorable Tom Ridge is president and CEO of Ridge Global, an international security and risk management company headquartered in Washington, DC. Ridge, twice elected governor of Pennsylvania, served as the first Assistant to the President for Homeland Security following the events of September 11, 2001, and in 2003 became the first secretary of [...]

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8 Step Process For A Productive Meeting

One of the impediments to successful completion of projects is the dreaded meeting. In economic development, it seems we can’t get anything done without having a meeting to vet both the business and political implications of ideas and actions. Entire days may fall into the black hole of back-to-back-to-back meetings. And the time it [...]

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