Quick wins versus the right thing

Rebecca Ryan

Public speaker, futurist, consultant and economist Rebecca Ryan helps chambers of commerce, other associations and communities as a whole think clearly about their futures and how they want to get there. A big component of her process is “slow thinking,” the concept of looking beyond today’s needs to focus on core values and aspirations. Ryan last fall spoke to members of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce on those topics in the context of Middle Tennessee’s rapid growth and later sat down with Post Editor Geert De Lombaerde. Here are some edited excerpts from that conversation.