A Great American City Hidden in Plain Sight

Tune in tonight as your host, executive coach Lisa Pasbjerg, interviews Andrew R. Basile, Jr. about an intriguing idea: He contends that we have "a great American city hidden in plain sight." The chairman of Young Basile, a 16 attorney intellectual property firm with offices in Michigan and Silicon Valley, Mr. Basile's practice emphasizes intellectual property and technology-related transactions such as alliances, development, procurement, outsourcing and licensing. A native of Michigan, a graduate of the University of Michigan's law school, and a frequent traveler, he is passionate about the untapped opportunity and unrealized promise here in southeast Michigan, and particularly, in the Detroit area. Join us as we discuss the concept of "Quality of Place", its relationship to the competitiveness and vitality of any city, and what we can and need to do now to stop the "brain drain" and recruit and retain world-class talent right here in Detroit and its surrounding suburbs.