Tim Wakefield: Living The Dream
Where Winning Goes Way Beyond Baseball They say that if you filled Boston’s Fenway Park – including every seat, the aisles, the playing field and boundaries – shoulder to shoulder with 10-year-olds, then randomly picked one youngster, those are the odds against a Little Leaguer ever making it to the Major Leagues. Tim Wakefield not only defied those odds, but he has kept on defying the odds and has become one of the most recognizable and admired pitchers in baseball, while making perhaps an even bigger mark with his contributions off the field. A Florida native, born and raised in Melbourne, Wakefield ...
‘Making The Future’
Companies, Leaders and Sectors to Watch in 2012 In his most recent work, Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos and Loss – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All, Jim Collins said, “We cannot predict the future, but we can make it.” Collins’ crystal ball, for who is “making the future,” is the research he began back in 2002, when the first signs that our seemingly endless economic growth was starting to falter. From that perspective he identifies the types of businesses that have continued to grow, in spite of the odds. He and his coauthor Morten T. Hansen asked, “Why do some companies thrive ...
The Good The Bad and The We’ll See
An Overview of Brevard’s Economy by Paul O'Quin 2011 proved to be an eventful year for the economy in Brevard County and abroad. The global, national and local economies endured significant changes which will permanently alter the path of future developments, growth and policy. Mixed economic news was met with cautious optimism in Brevard County as it experienced the end of an era with the last shuttle launch in the midst of the slow recovery from the last recession. Several economic indicators point to a recovery in Brevard County in an uncertain global economic environment. A Year in Review For the first time in its ...
Titusville: The Game Isn’t Over
Half Time in North Brevard’s Reawakening by George White There are signs of new life as Titusville emerges in the post Space Shuttle era. Bleak forecasts all of which focused on the layoffs at Kennedy Space Center have given way to, at worst, a reluctant acceptance of change or at best, new energy toward a diverse economy, eco-tourism and an exciting arts-based future. “I relate the Shuttle layoffs to a storm,’’ said District 1 County Commissioner Robin Fisher. “We were gearing up for a CAT 5 and I think it was about a CAT 3.” While officially about 8,000 contractor and NASA workers lost jobs, the ...
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