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• The connection between employees and your company brand

  Roberta Matuson Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  I recently met with a prospect who told me about his grand plans to grow his business. I listened intently while he described his vision. Surprisingly, he never mentioned his people. When he was done speaking, I responded by saying, "A brand is nothing more than a promise. What if your people can’t deliver on your promise?" He looked at me for a minute, and then quickly realized it was going to take more than a plan to hit his key metrics. Are you in a similar situation — grandiose plans and no specificity regarding how you are going to achieve these numbers? If so, read on.

• Travel2020: Following the money — Simplifying payment systems in travel

  Lark Gould Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  As technology and banking become better bedfellows, new methods of thinking about the banking process have allowed such companies as ConnexPay to create newer, simpler and often less expensive ways of processing transactions. This is especially true in the areas of travel and e-commerce. We sat down with Bob Kaufman, founder and CEO of ConnexPay, after the company picked up the top award for Travel Innovation in the Start-up Category at the recent Phocuswright 2018 conference in Los Angeles, to get a sense of how banking and payment reconciliation may be changing in the travel industry — and what this might mean for other industries as well.

• Study refutes effectiveness of drug combination for treatment-resistant…

  Dorothy L. Tengler Mental Healthcare

  Many treatment options are available for depression, but how well treatment works depends on the type of depression and its severity. Antidepressants take time — usually 2 to 4 weeks — to work, and often, symptoms such as sleep, appetite, and concentration problems improve before mood lifts. However, despite advances in understanding the psychopharmacology and biomarkers of major depression and the introduction of several novel classes of antidepressants, only 60 to 70 percent of patients with depression respond to antidepressant therapy.

• How to build a better meeting

  Lisa Mulcahy Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Meetings are an essential tool in the work your team does, of course — but are you running yours as productively as you can be? You could likely improve the way you plan, conduct and follow through on the important points you and your staff members are covering. But how do you know where to start? Use this new research to step up your game — and boost your company's productivity and profits.

• Unlocking opportunities for ‘intergenerational living’ in our…

  Lucy Wallwork Construction & Building Materials

  At a recent Housing Festival held in my hometown of Bristol, England, it was not the glossy new building technologies on show that stuck in my mind the most. Instead, it was a presentation by U.S.-based architect Jonathan Davis. Presenting a photo of the allotment in his own Grow Community on Bainbridge Island in Seattle, he described his elderly yoga-loving neighbor as a "wise soul," but so, too, his young daughter digging around in the vegetable patch. He didn’t see any reason these two "wise souls" should not be brought together more often.

• 6 steps to data-driven transformation

  Nir Kaldero Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  We’re now well into the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The First Industrial Revolution was about steam and railroads, the Second about electricity, and the Third brought about by the internet. AI, the basis of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, will completely change the way business is done and companies are run in the next five to 10 years, just as the internet has done. Even if you feel ready to turn your organization into a data- and model-driven enterprise, you may be unsure where to start. The following six steps are derived from my work with enterprises across various industries that have transformed successfully and can guide you in your own transformation journey.

• 9 rules of camping

  Cindy Belt Recreation & Leisure

  If you are new to camping or only camp a week or two a year, you may not know some of the unwritten rules of camping. Some of these are written rules at many campgrounds or are actual laws. Most of these are common sense or follow the Golden Rule. Remember, there are others camping in the campground at the same time you are camping so we all need to be polite! For example, while you might think your pet is the best pet in the world, others may not feel the same and might even be scared or allergic to dogs or cats.

• Dealing with political differences at the dinner table or at work

  Simma Lieberman Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  It’s post-midterm election season and the holidays; the time of year when people tend to socialize more. Common questions are, "How do I deal with differing politics at the dinner table?" and/or "How do I deal with political differences at work?" It would be easy to say, "Just don’t talk politics." This isn’t so easy when you and the people who disagree with you feel very strongly about what you believe in. There is an inclination to want to share your views and even assume everyone agrees.

• 4 tips to ensure that your company’s open enrollment is a success

  Terri Williams Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Employee benefits are typically 32 percent of total compensation costs, according to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). During the open enrollment period, employees can select new benefits or change their benefit options. However, they don’t always understand the enrollment process or the importance of selecting certain benefits. Below are four tips to help ensure that your company’s open enrollment is a success.

• Errors by scientists bring some doubt to results of recent ocean warming…

  Scott E. Rupp Waste Management & Environmental

  Scientists say they made some miscalculations in a report that claimed oceans have been absorbing more heat than experts originally thought. In a note added to the report, authors said while there are errors, it doesn't "invalidate the study's methodology or the new insights into ocean biogeochemistry on which it is based." According to the original report published by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, for each of the past 25 years, oceans have absorbed an amount of heat energy that is 150 times the energy humans produce as electricity.

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