Rebooting “Convergence” June 4, 2011
Posted by Tom in Housekeeping.comments closed
After over four years away from the blog, I think it’s time to rev up the engine once again.
What have I been up to? There’s quite a story in the answer. I left my employment in the world of quasi-public workforce (It was Indiana, and Governor Daniels has been privatizing a lot) to follow a family move to Columbus, Ohio. After looking around and talking to more than a few people in my new town town, I found a place as an appointee of then-Governor Strickland to run one of his campaign platform’s workforce initiatives – one linking economic development goals and workforce development goals! (Go figure!) Managing a program of this size and prestige was the height of professional exhilaration and challenge, offering me countless lessons. In rare down-times, I could only sit back and reflect on how humbling it was to be in a position to try to help so many Ohioans as the economy went into a tailspin around November 2008.
