Recent Articles
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Why cultural-fit hiring is the enemy of diversity
Simma Lieberman Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementA study by Cubix International of 55 organizations, including Ikea, found that 9 out of 10 recruiters passed over applicants that were not a "cultural fit." Hiring for "cultural fit" has become somewhat of a trend and buzzword. It usually applies to values, visions, norms and the way a company does business. Some people have told me that hiring for "cultural fit," as opposed to just skills, is a way of ensuring that the new hire gets along with everyone and be a "team player." I’ve also been told that it is a way of increasing diversity since you’re not just hiring based on degrees and grades. But what if this is part-fallacy?
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Bullying vs. learning disabilities
Amy Temple EducationI'm sitting here writing this to you to proclaim that I am a survivor of bullying and harassment. I can very easily say junior high school were the worst two years of my life. Every day, I endured horrible name-calling, taunting, pushing and physical threats. I remember being so scared walking down the halls in between classes that I would huddle up against the wall, clutching my bookbag. I would often go home sick.
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Device could extend organ viability to 24 hours or more
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareKeeping donated organs viable poses a significant challenge for physicians. While a pancreas or liver may last 12 hours, a heart or lungs must be transplanted within six hours. Otherwise, the organ dies. Researchers have studied this problem for years but have not created a more effective way to preserve and transport organs than a basic insulated cooler. However, a team of researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio have created a device that could potentially extend organs' shelf life between 24 hours and a full week.
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3 ways to say no
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementNo is such a powerful word, and yet few of us seem to know how to use it. We gracefully accept additional work, commitments and obligations, then spend our energy either trying to improve our time management to fit it all in or stressing about the fact that we will never have enough time to do it all. Instead of focusing our efforts on getting it all done, here are three ways to say no and save our energy.
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Knowing when our timing is off in healthcare
Lisa Cole Medical & Allied HealthcareAs healthcare providers, we know all too well that when the timing is off, people can suffer. Asynchronous heart rhythms, unchecked cellular growth and medication mistakes all can lead to death. Less tragically, blood sugar spikes and dips, sleep anomalies, and bowel disturbances can make folks miserable. "Sequencing affects outcome," my dear deceased friend would often quote me from the yoga sutras. So it is with each of us emotionally. Consider all the "could ofs, should ofs, might ofs, if onlys" of our lives.
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5 ways you can identify fake and misleading consumer feedback
Lisa Mulcahy MarketingConsumer comments — whether they're online and given face-to-face to your company's service employees — are invaluable indicators of what your brand is doing right or wrong. When that feedback is fake, however, or when you don't get a complete or accurate picture of what your audience is trying to tell you, you don't make the right moves and your brand can suffer. You need to know when that feedback is fake and get the true picture of how your products and services are perceived. Want five outside-the-box ways to do it? Follow this science-driven advice.
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Travel2020: Overtourism, safety, climate change now top concerns for travelers
Lark Gould Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementThe results of a recently released annual survey paint a picture of rapidly changing priorities among travelers, driven by growing concerns over safety, more conscious travel values, and the quick adoption of new platforms in the sharing economy. The research hails from the 29th annual MMGY Travel Intelligence report: The 2019 Portrait of American Travelers survey. Here are some highlights from the latest edition of the travel survey.
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Dental students in Costa Rica design metal saliva ejector to reduce waste
Tammy Hinojos Oral & Dental HealthcareA group of dental students has engineered a solution to the wastefulness of one-time use plastic saliva ejectors that most U.S. dentists use daily. Dentists must dispose of plastic saliva ejectors after each patient in accordance with infection control protocols. But thanks to the ingenuity of these conservation-minded dental students, this could become a thing of the past. The four students at the University of Costa Rica have developed a metallic saliva ejector that can be cleaned in the autoclave and reused again and again.
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Meeting production goals with remote conditioning monitoring
Abhishek Jadhav ManufacturingHitting production goals are key to driving revenue and growth for any manufacturer. But there are many unknown factors in the road to production. Equipment failure and downtime have no place in plants with aggressive goals. In this article, we will discuss how conditioning monitoring can help diagnose potential problems and prioritize addressing those issues by revealing the presence and development of defects. By taking advantage of remote condition monitoring, those same manufacturers can gather the insights necessary to safely maximize production while minimizing disruption.
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Are you feeling stressed all the time? You may have Complex PTSD
Victoria Fann Mental HealthcareMost of us have heard of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is associated with a traumatic event that often gets triggered by some experience that brings up the intense emotions associated with that trauma. Symptoms include agitation, anxiety, shortness of breath, dizziness, nausea, and obsessive thinking. But what if there is ongoing or chronic stress? It may be what is called Complex PTSD. Complex PTSD typically arises when the trauma has happened over a significant period of time.