Dan Gregory, co-founder of the Impossible Institute, joins Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon to discuss how he helps businesses achieve the seemingly impossible by teaching them a process for approaching challenges differently and reframing traditional questions. Dan is a behavioral researcher and strategist, as well as an author, educator, international speaker and social commentator. He is a regular on ABC’s Gruen Planet and has worked with some of the biggest…

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates again, but this small increase may not faze small business growth. Generally, higher rates translate into more costly traditional loans and, in turn, potentially slow plans for expansion or investment. However, the recent rate increase of a quarter percentage point — from between 0.25-0.5 percent to between 0.5-0.75 percent — marks only the second hike since rates hovered around nearly zero during the financial…

Figures by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Missouri’s net gain of 57,100 jobs over the last year led all eight of its neighboring states. The state also ranked in the top 10 for the nation for job creation over that period. The same federal data indicate that Missouri was tied for the largest statistically significant decrease in the nation in the unemployment rate in November. “Over the…