Podcast
Episode 42 – Climate Change Actions Emerge as a Site Location Factor
In this episode, Didi Caldwell, principal with Global Location Strategies, talks with Rick Weddle about how community or state action to combat climate change is emerging as an increasingly important site location factor.
Episode 41 – Unpacking the Location Strategy Decision Process
Larry Moretti, Principal with LFM Corporate Location Solutions, talks with Rick Weddle about the location strategy decision chain. Listen to Larry describe what goes into the decision process, who is involved in the decision and how it all works in practice.
Episode 40 – The COVID-19 Impact on the Food and Beverage Processing Industry
In this episode, Jay Garner, Guild Chairman and President/Founder of Garner Economics talks with host, Rick Weddle, about the impact COVID-19 has had on the food and beverage processing industry. Jay also shares his unique perspective and insight on the role the Site Selectors Guild has played in professionalizing the location advisory business over the past decade.
Episode 39 – Stay or Go Decisions for Companies
Site Selection Matters host, Rick Weddle, speaks with Bob Hess, Vice Chairman of Newmark's Global Corporate Services practice about the stay vs. go decisions that corporations are making today and the dynamics of such important corporate outcomes.
Episode 38 – Capturing Reshoring Investments to the U.S.
Site Selection Matters host Rick Weddle, President and CEO of the Site Selectors Guild, speaks with René Buck, President and CEO of BCI Global, about increasing chances for reshoring of production from Asia to the US.
Episode 37 – Incentive Compliance Management During COVID-19
In this week's episode of Site Selection Matters, Rick Weddle speaks with Larry Gigerich of Ginovus about incentive compliance management issues in the COVID-19 impacted economic environment.
Episode 36 – Manufacturing Re-shoring: Post-COVID 19 Tipping Point
In this week's episode of Site Selection Matters, Guild President Rick Weddle speaks with Greg Burkart, Managing Director and Practice Leader with Duff & Phelps, about how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing the dynamics of manufacturing location activity around the world. Greg explores manufacturing re-shoring and how it will impact stated, regions and cities in the years ahead.
Episode 35 – Insights into Location Resilience as a Factor in the Post-Pandemic Era
This episode takes a deep dive into site location in the post-pandemic era as Rick Weddle interviews a distinguished panel of Guild members about economic resilience. Listen as Mark Williams, President of the Strategic Development Group, Angelos Angelou, founder and Principal Executive Officer of Angelou Economics, Von Hatley, Managing Director of Jones Walker Consulting, Jerry Szatan, owner of Szatan & Associates, Ken Maly, Senior Managing Director for Location Strategy with Newmark Knight Frank, and Seth Martindale, Senior Managing Director of CBRE share their informed insights into how location resilience will impact site location in the future. If you listen to one podcast this year, this should be it!
Episode 34 – Site Location in the Post COVID-19 Era
Guild President and CEO Rick Weddle talks with Tom Stringer, Managing Director and Service Leader for Site Selection and Incentives with BDO, about site location work in the Post COVID-19 Era.
Episode 33 -Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Redrawing Europe’s Borders
Elias van Herwaarden of Location Perspectives talks with Guild President Rick Weddle about how the COVID-19 pandemic may be redrawing Europe's economic borders.
Episode 32 – Reshoring in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mark Williams, President of the Strategic Development Group, discusses the concept of reshoring with Guild President, Rick Weddle. Hear how reshoring is impacting economic development and how COVID-19 is impacting the site location business overall.
Episode 31 – Incentives in the Age of COVID-19
Listen to Andy Shapiro with Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Company talk with Guild President Rick Weddle about the state and local financial incentive climate in the post COVID-19 economic environment.