WASHINGTON'S LEADING BUSINESS MAGAZINE

January 2012/FEATURES

Imagine That!

If Washington state were hosting a real world’s fair this year instead of commemorating one, what would it look like?
By: Bill Virgin
Was the future a lot more fun in the past? To judge by the vision of the future at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, whose 50th anniversary we commemorate this year, you might think so. The Space Needle! The monorail! Computers...
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Contents

Departments

Finance

Build a Bridge; Get a Green Card
Local firm adapts visa program to entice foreign nationals to invest in SR 520 project.
2012 Economic Outlook
The bad news: We’re not out of the woods yet. The good news: Thanks to Boeing, we’re in better shape than the rest of the country.

Retail & Services
Technology

Bright Idea: Lockerz rewards young people for doing what they love to do.
CEO Kathy Savitt courts 'curators' of taste.

Commentary

CEO Adviser
A leader’s tool kit in the new economy should include the ability to adapt nimbly to shifting workplace scenarios.
Commentary
That old saw about one-third of Washington jobs being linked to import/export business is outdated.
John Levesque’s Final Analysis: A decent living wage.
Now is not the time for washington state to scale back on providing a decent living wage.
Virgin on Business
Don’t count on today’s prominent pillars of corporate dominance being here 50 years from now.

Health Care

UW’s Institute for Health Metrics goes local
The Institute hopes that by focusing on King County it can better demonstrate the link between health and economics.

Technology

Inrix emerging as the traffic leader.
Kirkland-based Inrix is emerging as the preeminent collector, distributor and predictor of traffic information.

Law

Legal Brief
Events this year could send reforms back to the drawing board again.
Special Section: 2012 Best Puget Sound Lawyers
The leading lawyers in the Puget Sound region for 2012, as determined by their peers.

Retail & Services
Spotlight: Elimination of state’s film-incentive program could affect jobs and tourism.
Entrepreneurs think inside the box, bringing groceries to underserved areas via repurposed metal shipping containers.

Made in Washington

On Reflection
Elimination of Washington’s film-incentive program likely to affect jobs and tourism

Profiles

Executive Q&A
Leroy Hood helped revolutionize genomics when he co-invented the automated DNA sequencer. In 1992, he came to Seattle to establish the University of Washington’s Department of Molecular Biotechnology. Now, as founder of the Institute for Systems Biology, he is on a mission to revolutionize health care with an approach he calls P4 Medicine: predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory.

Made in Washington
Technology

Imagine That!
If Washington state were hosting a real world’s fair this year instead of commemorating one, what would it look like?

Finance
Workplace

Creating Jobs
Seattle Business asked executives and civic leaders for bold ideas on how to create jobs in Washington state. Their responses are presented here.

Executive Life & Style

Still Crazy
The craft distillery boom has made Washington fertile ground for sipping magnates.
Mod Man
An American visionary’s contemporary bent.
Restaurant Review: Black Bottle Postern
A tavern for foodies brightens Bellevue’s culinary landscape.
Fast Company
Play time for speed freaks.
Linked In
Feel like playing Pebble Beach today? It’s closer than you think.