NOVEMBER 2019

Cover Story

Innovating Healthcare: Coverage and Cost

Not every business comes to the question of healthcare coverage from the same angle, but they share a common concern: cost. Innovations that impact … [More]

Features

Convey Complex Ideas Simply and Persuasively

Not everyone is a natural raconteur. But everyone can enhance his or her skill by keeping three principles in mind: People need to feel something for … [More]

Organizational Capacity Defined

These days, businesses are often exhorted to build organizational capacity, but what does that really mean? There are many definitions of “capacity,” … [More]

Roundtable

Performance Review: Useless Procedure?

Evidence from a recent survey by Gallup and others has found that two-thirds of organizations feel their performance reviews are not effective. … [More]

Legal

Cutting through the Weed(s)

The legalization of marijuana in Arizona has created an exciting buzz in this State. Medical marijuana has proven itself a unique, and potentially … [More]

By the Numbers

Small-Business Lending: Arizona Entrepreneurs on a Fast Track for Growth

In spite of growing concerns, the economy remains strong. As a result, entrepreneurs continue to seek fresh capital to help grow their businesses. … [More]

Startups

Waste Not Opportunity

BlueBridge is the wastewater industry’s only provider of cooperative resource recovery solutions for the management of fats, oils and grease (FOG), which make up the No. … [More]

Innovating in the Cannabis Market

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Carefree, Ariz., Tech-Holdings is an innovator in the hemp and cannabis industries, and has developed and patented a proprietary, … [More]

CRE

Drafting an Entitlement Team

Assembling one’s entitlement team is a lot like drafting an NFL prospect. Given the significant investment and risk of acquiring and entitling property, smart developers … [More]

Favorable Activity in Office Pipeline

The Phoenix office market has already absorbed more than 3.07 million square feet of office space in 2019. According to the Q3 Office Insight report just released by the … [More]

New North Scottsdale Office Lofts

A brand-new loft-style office project is coming to North Scottsdale, courtesy of Phoenix-based commercial real estate investment and operating company George Oliver and … [More]

Epicenter at Agritopia® Is Underway

Groundbreaking is imminent at Epicenter, the high-end, vertical mixed-use community and retail destination in the heart of Agritopia®, a village that includes an … [More]

Healthcare

How to Get Patients to Use the Patient Portal

It’s a question that persistently confounds healthcare providers: how to keep patients from leaving their network. This desire to prevent patient … [More]

Technology

Rise of the Modern-Day Product Manager

“We want to know what every product in the world is. We want to know who every person in the world is. And we want to have the ability to connect them … [More]

Briefs

Economy

Financial Wellness Is Workplace Benefit for All

As more and more business owners offer retirement and healthcare benefits for their employees, the question is: What else can I do? This isn’t purely … [More]