Tod Fetherling, the agile CEO of Nashville Technology Council (NTC), asked this morning if we'd seen the latest Milken Institute report ranking Nashville 79th among 393 high-tech metro centers. Answer: We had seen it...and, despite the modest showing, we're optimistic. Why? Well, it's not really because we moved from 89th to 79th, while numerous Metros that previously outranked us fell. There are more durable reasons for hope: First, there's the resilience of this republic and our collective drive toward innovation. Second, there's the convergence nationally and in Tennessee not only of the genuine vision and understanding essential to appreciating our need for progress; but, also a convergence of the intelligence and resolve to do something smart about it. This wisdom has been manifest in numerous initiatives that outweight the sum of all follies, as reported by VNC. Globally, we hope we'll collectively beat our swords into hard-drives and petri dishes, and learn to be of service, one to another. Nationally, we'll encourage moral leadership and the getting of wisdom, rather than fostering avarice. Closer to home, our greatest hope is that Tennessee will be blessed with another smart, productive and ethical governor to succeed Gov. Phil Bredesen, and a productive General Assembly, come Inauguration Day 2011, so that we may build upon the strides made in recent years in economic development, human services and fostering entrepreneurism -- and, so we may place unprecedented emphasis upon education for all Tennesseans. There's no reason, you see, that Tennessee cannot rank first in aspiration. (Here are some earlier rankings-related posts.)
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Comment: Ranking Nashville's future
Tod Fetherling, the agile CEO of Nashville Technology Council (NTC), asked this morning if we'd seen the latest Milken Institute report ranking Nashville 79th among 393 high-tech metro centers. Answer: We had seen it...and, despite the modest showing, we're optimistic. Why? Well, it's not really because we moved from 89th to 79th, while numerous Metros that previously outranked us fell. There are more durable reasons for hope: First, there's the resilience of this republic and our collective drive toward innovation. Second, there's the convergence nationally and in Tennessee not only of the genuine vision and understanding essential to appreciating our need for progress; but, also a convergence of the intelligence and resolve to do something smart about it. This wisdom has been manifest in numerous initiatives that outweight the sum of all follies, as reported by VNC. Globally, we hope we'll collectively beat our swords into hard-drives and petri dishes, and learn to be of service, one to another. Nationally, we'll encourage moral leadership and the getting of wisdom, rather than fostering avarice. Closer to home, our greatest hope is that Tennessee will be blessed with another smart, productive and ethical governor to succeed Gov. Phil Bredesen, and a productive General Assembly, come Inauguration Day 2011, so that we may build upon the strides made in recent years in economic development, human services and fostering entrepreneurism -- and, so we may place unprecedented emphasis upon education for all Tennesseans. There's no reason, you see, that Tennessee cannot rank first in aspiration. (Here are some earlier rankings-related posts.)
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