Recent Articles
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Los Angeles inferno wraps up 2017’s year of disasters
Michelle R. Matisons Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityThere's no rest for the weary, is there? 2017 has been a year of natural disasters related to climate change. We ended hurricane season barely intact, as Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico are recovering from a string of now-notorious hurricanes. Then, we had the northern California wine country fires in a year when California has witnessed 1 million acres burn — the most in any one year, ever.
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Time’s Person of the Year reflects new norms in business culture
Michelle R. Matisons Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAfter the dust settles, the financial damages accrued by brand names and individual reputations will be incalculable in the new high-stakes sexual harassment and assault allegations arena. To illustrate how seriously people are taking allegations, Time Magazine has named "The Silence Breakers" as its Person of the Year for 2017.
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Reduce stress by rewriting your job description
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementDissatisfaction with work can affect even the happiest employees from executive down to the front line. Sometimes it can be directly attributed to a discrete event: a new boss, lack of promotion, change in business strategy. However, it can also be the result of a less obvious and more pervasive problem: an inaccurate job description.
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Filing a mechanics lien is great protection — but only if it’s…
Nate Budde Construction & Building MaterialsThe ability to file a mechanics lien is a powerful tool for construction industry participants to guard against nonpayment. Possessing a valid, enforceable mechanics lien can virtually guarantee that a construction company will get paid for the work performed or materials furnished.
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Discussion brings literature to life
Sheilamary Koch EducationLike complementary colors across from each other on the artist's color wheel, reading and speaking complement each other in the ESL classroom. They are opposites in terms of one being receptive and the other productive — an ideal pairing that leads to complete, balanced language learning.
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Managing the association’s rainy day fund
Robert C. Harris Association ManagementSome associations are sitting on considerable reserves — a combination of savings and property. Ask why they have amassed the assets, one might hear, "It is our rainy day fund."
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Everyone loves video — except when they don’t
Shawn Smajstrla MarketingYou love video. You know how I know? Because just about every report I've read in the past year related to video content says you do. Apparently, I'm supposed to love video also. Except that I don't.
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Interior design industry growing steadily
Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & FixturesOver the last three years, the interior design industry has rebounded from its post-recession decline and now appears to be on a steady course of upward, modest growth. Since 2014, the number of practicing designers and number of design firms have been increasing each year. Interior design business activity has picked up during the second half of this year, and designers as a group are mostly optimistic that the trend will continue into the beginning of next year.
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The blind blue line
Rajib Bhattacharjee Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityThose who have been fortunate enough to never have dialed 911 may be unaware of the standard procedure of the call. Some of the typical questions asked by an emergency dispatcher are the standard "who, what, where, etc." line of journalistic inquiry.
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The democratization of funding and the lure of startups
Dr. Sean Wise Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementOnce upon a time, there were gatekeepers everywhere in the world. If you wanted to book a flight, you called a travel agent. If you wanted to buy shares in a publicly traded company, you called a stock broker. If you wanted money from your own bank account, you came in during banking hours and waited in line.