Recent Articles
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Analyzing the social brain
Dorothy L. Tengler Science & TechnologyIn 2010, medical researchers uncovered a wiring diagram that shows how the brain pays attention to visual, cognitive, sensory and motor cues. The study was the first of its kind to show how the brain switches attention from one feature to the next.
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Follow the NBA — put the ball in your court
Jessica Taylor MarketingThe National Basketball Association recently approved advertising on uniform jerseys for the first time in league history. In fact, the NBA is the first of the four major sports leagues in the U.S. — including NFL, MLB and NHL — to put ads on its jerseys.
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Puzzling for learning: A crossed stick, a cross tick, acrostic
Debra Josephson Abrams EducationTruchman. Yerk. Psittaceous. Florilegium. For years, Wordsmith.org has sent a delicious linguistic nugget from "A Word a Day" in each of my weekday emails. And one of these emails recently gave me a great idea for a word game to use in the ESL classroom.
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The increasing costs of a cyberattack
Cassie Phillips Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAfter hearing about some of the dangers within the healthcare industry concerning cybersecurity and patient information, we can only expect the trend to continue. Whether it is an inside job, ransomware or a kind of social engineering, the risks are too high for businesses and organizations to ignore the potential fallout of a data breach. The negative media coverage and financial costs are simply too high (and rising).
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Leading people and managing processes
Anne Rose Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementSupervisory staff are frequently labeled "managers" with staff to "manage." But the most common synonyms and definitions of manage — control, manipulate, direct, handle, keep submissive, contrive — don't really speak to the leadership qualities you need to inspire staff toward a common goal.
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The Jetsons never had it this good — Welcome to the Ehang 184
Heather Linderfelt Transportation Technology & AutomotiveA drone you can sit in. The passenger selects a destination from a 12-inch device (a tablet or an iPad), and the drone flies itself there. I imagine something from The Jetsons — the tune is even playing in my head. But I wonder, are we ready for unmanned passenger flights?
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Remodeling soars as home ownership dips
Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & FixturesAfter a tepid first quarter, the remodeling industry is on course to realize one of its best years in a decade, thanks in part to weakening home sales. Homeowners unable or unwilling to sell their current homes are deciding to refurbish them instead. Moreover, they are undertaking bigger projects and spending more on furnishings and materials.
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What can we do about free riders?
Robert C. Harris Association ManagementIn economics, the free rider problem is described as a situation where some individuals in a population either consume more than their fair share of a common resource, or pay less than their fair share of the cost of a common resource.
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4 surprising revelations from church focus groups
Mark MacDonald Religious CommunityI travel around the U.S. talking to demographic church groups to better understand what's happening in a specific local church — successes, failures and themes to help the church communicate more effectively to reach deeper into their community.
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What can the World Trade Organization get for $1 billion?
Alan Kelsky Food & BeverageAfter 10 years of internal battling, Congress recently repealed the law known in the food industry as COOL, an acronym for Country of Origin Labeling. Congress had little choice but to repeal COOL after the World Trade Organization (WTO) threatened to implement sanctions against the United States, starting at $1 billion in the form of new tariffs on items exported from the U.S. to Canada and Mexico. Both Mexico and Canada said the U.S. COOL laws violated the WTO ban on discrimination against foreign livestock.