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• Modifying risk behavior with change management

  Dr. David Hillson Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  ​Have you found it hard to get commitment to risk management from your project team, sponsor or other stakeholders? Project practitioners are naturally focused on delivery, and they prefer to think about their next deadline, instead of worrying about something that may never happen. Some project leaders resort to threatening their team into doing risk management ("Think what might happen if we don't do it!") or to bribing team members with promises ("Life will be so much easier if you succeed in managing your risks.").

• How much is your word worth in the business world?

  Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  Imagine you were going out with someone for the first time. You took off early from work to go home and prepare for the night. At the time when you were about to leave the door, you received a text message from the date, telling you all of a sudden s/he happened to book another important meeting for the night and, as a result, s/he would be happy to go out with you next weekend. What would be your reaction?

• ONC publishes new strategic plan as blueprint for future

  Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

  The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has released its Federal Health IT Strategic Plan for 2015-2020. The plan details how the federal government intends to apply the effective use of information and technology to "help the nation achieve high-quality care, lower costs, a healthy population and engaged individuals."

• Banking stem cells for tooth repair

  Tracy Szwec Oral & Dental Healthcare

  ​When you hear about stem cells, you probably think of the controversy surrounding the topic. After all, this subject does polarize many people. However, there is a source of stem cells that is completely harmless and shouldn't cause much controversy at all — the teeth.

• Choosing the right muzzleloader bullet

  John McAdams Recreation & Leisure

  When preparing to hunt with a muzzleloader, it is extremely important to choose the right bullet for the job. A good bullet must shoot accurately out of your muzzleloader and offer acceptable terminal performance. While there are a number of high-quality muzzleloader bullets currently on the market, they are not all created equal and some bullets are better choices than others. Here is how to choose the right muzzleloader bullet for hunting.

• Plastics advances pushing broad-based electrical device trends

  Don Rosato Engineering

  The electrical and electronic (E&E) market ranks as the third-largest plastics end-use market, only exceeded in volume size by packaging and building and construction. Yet the E&E sector uniquely crosses over all of the 20 major plastics markets, namely packaging, building and construction, automotive, electrical and electronics, appliance, medical, consumer products, toy, recreation and leisure, furniture, office products, lawn and garden, marine and boat, aerospace, industrial, agriculture, waste management, government, export, and other and emerging.

• Academic coaching helps college STEM students with disabilities

  Ruth Bomar Education

  ​College students with disabilities ​face a barrier to success. Experts have found that college students with disabilities who are pursuing science, technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees express their struggle to manage time, complete assignments, maintain focus or shift focus from one task to another, make plans and organize tasks.

• As rate of school shootings rises, what can educators do?

  Brian Stack Education

  ​This week, our country mourns the loss of 10 people in a school shooting at a small community college in Roseburg, Oregon. In that same event, another nine were injured. At a vigil the night of the shooting, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown stated, "In our sorrow, we will remember and honor those lost today, and they will forever be in our hearts. May peace be with you."

• Leadership fortitude starts with honest feedback

  Hank Boyer Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Fortitude (or courage) usually shows up high on the list of attributes of a great leader. Great leaders best display fortitude not by taking bold risks and implementing aggressive programs, but by the honesty with which they deliver feedback to their staffers.

• Join Periscope to authentically connect with your customers

  Emma Fitzpatrick Marketing

  Periscope's initial live stream competitor, Meerkat,seems to be falling to the wayside. Meanwhile, Periscope is gaining more momentum. Launched in March, Periscope now has more than 10 million active accounts, and more than 2 million of those users log in daily.

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