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• New research highlights potential incentives to encourage organ donation

  Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied Healthcare

  The donor-priority rule was developed as a potential way to encourage organ donor registrations. If a person signs up to be an organ donor, the potential donor will receive a higher priority on the transplant list if he or she ever needs an organ transplant. However, this arrangement brings about an unintended consequence. People who are at risk of needing an organ transplant are more likely to register as organ donors. And generally speaking, people who need organ transplants are sick. New research published in the journal Management Science pinpoints a potential solution.

• Free cybersecurity training resources for veterans

  Roy Phillips Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  In 2006, the VA experienced a data breach that included the personally identifiable information (PII) of more than 26 million vets. In 2015, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) experienced a data breach that exposed the PII of 21.5 million federal employees. My personal information was compromised by both data breaches. These incidents made me wonder what I could do to protect my PII, and they led me to the discovery that there are several organizations that offer free cybersecurity training to veterans.

• The wonder of morning walks

  Cindy Belt Recreation & Leisure

  Hiking during the day is great. Exploring the trails, enjoying the views, and getting exercise are all great reasons to hike at any time of the day. However, I have found morning walks to be more satisfying. Here are my reasons.

• Why cultural understanding is essential: Part 2

  Douglas Magrath Education

  Cultural competence is an important key for success in today’s world. Language learning improves international understanding and tolerance. Learning languages enables people to develop their identities and allows them to be involved in multiple cultures. Speaking several languages makes people feel empowered and gives them choices and perspectives. Language learning involves culture as well. One can be fluent in L2, but cultural roadblocks can still interfere with communication.

• How being mistreated because of learning disabilities made me push back

  Amy Temple Education

  In 2006, shortly after moving to Florida, I was hired as a dog sitter for a couple who were living in the same residential community as me. They had the cutest Boston terrier with the calmest disposition I had ever seen in a dog. It was the perfect job. I could set my own hours and the pay was pretty good. However, the couple's true colors began to show shortly after. I think my learning disabilities were the reasoning behind the couple's behavior. They often talked down to me.

• Selling interior design services in the 2020s

  Lloyd Princeton Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

  Two inevitable trends will transform the interior design industry in the coming decade. One is the rise of the millennial client. The other is the maturing of e-commerce. These trends are inextricably linked. Designers who want to remain competitive in this changing market will need to innovate their marketing and business processes to attract and retain these clients.

• Why the SAT can’t be fixed

  Patrick Gleeson Education

  Your dear mom has fallen down a flight of stairs. She has severe skin cuts, several broken bones and a concussion. Rather than hospitalize her, you buy her a better pair of walking shoes. Will that work? For similar reasons, various attempts to reform the SAT tests that many colleges use to evaluate potential students are unlikely to help. The damage has already been done. Attempting to tidy things up by "improving" the SAT, which notoriously favors the wealthiest students and further disadvantages the poorest, is like responding to your mom’s injuries by buying her a better pair of shoes.

• The upside of grief

  Victoria Fann Mental Healthcare

  The loss of a loved one is a major event in one’s life. There’s no way to prepare for it or to lessen its emotional impact. It’s one of life’s inevitable natural disasters, leaving families in varying degrees of shock, disagreements over the deceased’s possessions and myriad casualties from regrets over things said, left unsaid or undone to the daunting task of adjusting to life without this person. There’s not much good to be found at the end of someone’s life…or is there?

• Infographic: Solving the growing problem of employee turnover

  Brian Wallace Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Turnover is a major challenge for business leaders, and with historically low unemployment, it’s only getting worse. The high demand for talent has led to "ghosting" from candidates who accept a job and then never show up after they get a better offer somewhere else. Employee turnover is time-consuming and expensive, but you may have a secret weapon: benefits. Learn how the right mix of benefits can improve turnover by up to 138%.

• What does the Fed’s interest rate cut mean for businesses, workers?

  Seth Sandronsky Civil & Government

  Economic growth is slowing down. The growth in the nation’s gross domestic product declined to 2.1% for the second quarter of 2019 compared with 3.1% for the first quarter. In part due to this slowdown, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee cut the federal funds rate by a quarter point from 2% to 1.75% on Sept. 18 to bolster economic growth, the labor market and price stability, in keeping with the mission of the central bank. What does the Fed’s move mean for business and workers?

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