Elements group attended the CommunityGiving conference hosted at the river center in St. Cloud Minnesota. The event was a gathering of non-profit organizations all around the region to discuss collaboration and shared services in meeting their mutual causes. CommunityGiving is an organization that is developing the regional non-profit ecosystem by providing shared services and funding to create … Continue reading CommunityGiving Conference
Future Good: Book Launch
Elements Group attended Trista Harris' Future Good book launch party hosted by Wise Inc at T3 in downtown Minneapolis. Learn more at David's blog
FBI Compliance Academy
Elements Group attended the 1st FBI Compliance Academy in October of 2018. This was a pilot offering of the program and was a one-of-a-kind outreach event between the FBI and various experts on substantive compliance and ethics topics facilitated by the Organizational Ethics & Compliance Program at the University of St. Thomas School of Law and … Continue reading FBI Compliance Academy
CULTURE
At 3M, everyone I met shared in their own words the same sentiment...that 3M's innovation is "fueled by a culture of freedom to take risks and learn from mistakes." The right culture is essential for innovation. It facilitates the ideation-to-commercialization process as well as attracts and retains employees. 3M is a $31B Fortune 500 company … Continue reading CULTURE
China’s Strategic Statecraft
The rise of nationalism is driving countries to be more internally focused. The fallout of the United Kingdom’s Brexit vote has had impacts far beyond Europe. The USA has repositioned itself onnumerous global trade initiatives. These are just a few examples of how countries around the world are deciding notto collaborate and align. China, however, … Continue reading China’s Strategic Statecraft
Intentional Innovation 