BUSINESS CLIMATE; On talk and action; Frank talk about the state's business climate last week had some complaining that we're being too hard on ourselves. But maybe the opposite is true.

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: January 16, 2008| Author: HAYNES | Copyright information

Blunt talk about Wisconsin's business climate scratched open an old wound for some people last week: We're just too hard on ourselves, they complained.

But perhaps we haven't been hard enough.

Executives Richard Armbrust of The Oilgear Co., Jeff Joerres of Manpower Inc., Paul Purcell of Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc., John Shiely of Briggs & Stratton Corp. and Tim Sullivan of Bucyrus International Inc. engaged in an unusual session during a Public Policy Forum luncheon Thursday that ...