It's so interesting that Nebraska knows it has a problem with workforce but can't seem to get specific about how to solve the problem and finance those efforts.
Nor are they comfortable with qualitative data, collaborating with outsiders or examining psychological issues (instead of financial or logistical issues).
The NEWbraska consulting firm has periodically attempted to explain brain drain research with young professionals that has been conducted in Lincoln and the strategies emerging from that exercise that tell us:
What the problem is, specifically.
Why business owners and managers are part of the problem.
How to resolve the tension between Nebraska's universities that teach our youth one thing and the business community that ignores those teachings.