Category: Case Study
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Shifting Gears: How Smart Columbus Found Confidence Navigating the Unknown
The big picture: For the first four and a half years after winning a very competitive national $50 million grant, collaborative innovation lab Smart Columbus was laser-focused on transforming transportation in the community. When that grant came to an end, the team found themselves tussling with big questions: Should they continue the effort? And if…
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From Local Brand to National Powerhouse: The TogetherSolve Transformation
The big picture: In 2022 Rob Myers’ 12-year old business, then known as Ohio Industrial Energy, had specialized in saving companies money on their energy spend, and business was booming. But then, a major shift in the global energy marketplace forced major changes to their business model: the beginning of the war in Ukraine. After…