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By Kiely (registered) | Posted June 15, 2010 at 15:35:35

But here's the real question: How can we get businesses to build their base in Hamilton? What do we need to do to move away from the industrial and progress into technological and commercial? My concern is that the right people aren't in place at city hall to welcome these businesses. - Rene

The right people aren't in the right place but it isn't just city hall it is the CITY.

I'm no expert Rene, that's for sure, but to me cities, like companies, are about people (and I do have some experience in this area). The company with the best people will prosper, the city with the best people will do the same. So a (admittedly) simple plan is stop focusing on businesses and start focusing on people. We shouldn't be asking, how do we get the businesses? We should be asking, how do we attract or develop the people businesses want and need? This may seem like semantics but it is an important distinction. If you are worried about business you'll focus on business. The city needs to focus on people.

A simple example of not focusing on people is the fact we aren't retaining immigrants; which is a huge pool of new ideas, new approaches, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit, wasted.

To borrow from an old saying… "It is the people, stupid".

Comment edited by Kiely on 2010-06-15 14:36:19

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