Reading List
Leadership Reading List
- "Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead" by Jim Mattis
- "Didn't See it Coming" by Carey Nieuwhof
- "Hollowing out the Middle" by Patrick Carr and Maria Kefalas
- "In Awe" by John O'Leary
- "Leading Change" by John Kotter
- "Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" by Joseph E. Aoun
- "The Power of Positive Leadership" by Jon Gordon
- "When" by Daniel Pink
- Ron Kitchens' Reading List
COVID-19 Reading List
- $1,200 cash payments, help for businesses: Here's what's in the historic stimulus package for coronavirus (USA Today)
- A record 3.3 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits as the coronavirus slams economy (Washington Post)
- ACCE Economic Recovery Reading List
- America's Biggest Cities Were Already Losing Their Allure. What Happens Next (NYT)
- As I See It | Moving from Triage to Strategy (Ady Advantage)
- Coronavirus Small Business Survival Guide: All Our Content in One Place (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
- Data Of Nearly 8,000 Small Businesses May Have Been Exposed, SBA Says (National Public Radio)
- Global Problems, Global Solutions: How Intellectual Property Answers the Call in a Time of Crisis (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
- Help is coming for gig economy workers and small businesses hit by the coronavirus crisis (CNN)
- How 10 Small Businesses are Fighting Coronavirus in Creative Ways (Above the Fold)
- How Coronavirus-Impacted Businesses Can Get an Employee Retention Tax Credit (US Chamber of Commerce)
- How the biggest companies in the world are preparing to bring back their workforce (CNBC)
- How companies are confronting the unparalleled uncertainty of the coronavirus crisis (Washington Post)
- How the Fed's Magic Money Machine will Turn $454 Billion into $4 Trillion (NYT)
- How to Be a Great Leader During a Crisis (US Chamber)
- How to Get a Coronavirus Emergency Paycheck Protection Loan (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
- HU MEENA — Pandemic offers resilient Mississippi a chance to embrace a brighter future (MBJ)
- Ivanka Trump Lassos $1.6B for Virus-Slammed Small Companies (Washington Examiner)
- Majority of Mississippi Businesses say Negative Impacts felt by COVID-19 shut downs (Y'all Politics)
- Navigating the workforce implications of COVID-19 (Deloitte)
- To Get Back to Work, Companies Seek Coronavirus Tests for Workers (Wall Street Journal)
- Small Businesses Wait for Cash as Disaster Loan Program Unravels (NYT)
- Pandemic expected to have an effect on site selection factors (Phil Hardwick, MS Business Journal)
- Paycheck Protection Program aid opens for sole proprietorships and independent contractors (CNBC)
- Plan to Recovery - Chamber Strong (Bill Pawlucy and Bob Harris)
- The Changing Value of Economic Development: What a Difference a Virus and 60 Days Can Make (Mark Williams, Strategic Development Group)
- We need more covid-19 tests. We propose a ‘shark tank’ to get us there. (Washington Post)
- What Impact will COVID-19 have on Commercial Real Estate (MBJ)
- Working from Home During Coronavirus Pandemic Hasn't Broken Internet (WSJ)
Other Relevant Professional Development Reading Suggestions
Audible and Visual Learning
- Always Forward (Ron Kitchens' Podcast)
- Chamber Crisis Management and Recovery Planning with Sheree Anne Kelly, President and CEO, ACCE (MEDC Webinar w/special guest)
- ChamberChat Podcast (ACCE Podcast)
- Community Recovery Plans and Changes to Site Selection led by Didi Caldwell and John Longshore from Global Location Strategies
- How to prepare your community for investment during COVID-19 by Didi Caldwell of Global Location Strategies
- IgniteCast (Community Development Foundation Ignite Leadership Conference Podcast)
- Madison County Economic Development Authority Quarterly Meetings
- MEDC CARES Act and Small Business Loan led by US Chamber Rep, Clark Jackson Webinar Recording (Audio begins at 13:33)
- MEDC Membership Renewals, Retention and Recovery led by ACCE In-House Consultant, Anissa Starnes
- MEDC Membership Renwals, Retention and Recovery Presentation
- Mississippi Prospects (MEDC's Podcast, hosted by Jeff Rent)
- Restore, Reinvent, Renaissance: What Can We Learn from Past Disasters Webinar led by Gray Swoope and Nancy Blum-Heintz with VisionFirst Advisors
- Restore, Reinvent, Renaissance: What Can We Learn from Past Disasters Presentation by VisionFirst Advisors
- The Evolution of Chambers through COVID-19 led by Valencia Williamson, Executive VP, Chamber of Commerce, Area Development Partnership
- Unlocking Us (Brene' Brown's Podcast)