No. 1,000: The more things change…
Welcome, intrepid innovators, to Wednesday and a landmark edition of your favorite innovation newsletter, and to a momentous day in Innovate Long Island history. It’s mindboggling that more than…
David Pennetta
The Debrief: Going for brokers, innovation at CIBS
As a unified voice for proud professionalism and irreproachable ethics, the Commercial Industrial Brokers Society of Long Island has been elevating the regional real estate industry – specifically, RE…
No. 914: Peaceful resistance, angelic guarding and coastal reinforcement, with real(ish) emergency responses
See? Saw: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as October rises and this latest week of busy socioeconomic innovation dips into its latter half. We’re teeter-tottering over the hump with another…
No. 842: Ride ’em, cowboy – we’ve got horses, portable power packs and hot cocoa (plus septic stipends)
Saddle up: Howdy, cowgirls and cowboys! Grab them reins, ’cause we’re galloping straight through another busy workweek. To spur you along, here’s a high-in-the-saddle innovation review – the least…
Green energy stalls unless we minimize moratoriums
By DAVID PENNETTA // Land-use moratoriums are here to stay – but how they work can use a refresher. Moratoriums are a temporary prohibition of an activity. The intention of…
No. 825: In the swing with pocket watches, golfers, new bioscience aquariums and Anne Rice, good buddy
Hey, kinda warm out there: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as Long Island’s innovation workforce sweats our way through a surprisingly summerlike first week of October. Weekend update: Before we…
As RE transactions sink, time to stem insurance’s tide
By DAVID PENNETTA // Everything in commercial real estate costs more right now – construction, energy, financing, and now add insurance to the list. Consumers are hesitant to accept these…
No. 820: Happy new year! Celebrate with a new COVID vaccine (but probably not the double cheeseburger)
What’s the Rosh: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, marking not only the end of this latest workweek but the end of the entire year on the Jewish calendar. Yes, the…
At CIBS candidate breakfast, politics like it oughta be
By GREGORY ZELLER // A modest meet-the-candidates breakfast in suburban Long Island has set national politics on its ear. At least, it should. Belying an era when presidential impeachments are…
No. 810: On the bright side, we’ve got leaning towers, busted presidents, cancer innovations and rice pudding
Half full: A happy and hopeful Wednesday to you, optimistic innovators, as we reach the midpoint of another progressive workweek. That’s right – you’re already halfway to your next…
LI lags as creature comforts conquer commercial RE
By DAVID PENNETTA // Behavioral science and behavioral economics continue to fill U.S. office buildings. Humans are innately distinct from one another, for the sole purpose of sustaining the species….
No. 798: Play some tunes, fly to space and show off your flexibility – it’s all gonna be peaches and cream
Light touch: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the official first day of Summer 2023 – our Northern Hemisphere’s annual summer solstice, when the…
No. 794: On the Fat Boys, the first flying boat and Vatican City freedom, with chocolate ice cream for all
Looking ahead: Eyes up, dear readers! It’s Wednesday and we’re hurdling the hump of another vision quest with innovation in our hearts (and a not-so-distant weekend already in sight). There’s…
Still finding our way in the remote-work world
By DAVID PENNETTA // You might want to rethink your steadfast refusal to return to an office environment. The pandemic’s work-from-home phenomenon caused seismic shifts across mentalities, processes and technologies,…
No. 781: Bicycle, bicycle! We want to ride our bicycle with Eliot Ness, garlic and young musicians (but not on LSD)
Air quality: Welcome to the huffing, puffing middle of another breathtaking workweek, dear readers, with spring and innovation in the air. It’s Wednesday out there, and we’re helping you…