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Twitch Needs to Get Clear With Dr DisRespect

Ex-Twitch streamer, Dr DisRespect, recently opened up on his stream about how his ban has caused him anxiety.Despite his ban being public for over a month, not even the Doc himself knows why he was banned.This behavior from Twitch to one of their former biggest stars is underhanded.Dr DisRespect opened up about how his ban…

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Public Sector Careers

September 03, 2020 Are your workplace dilemmas different because you’re in the public sector? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of Bernie Banks, a retired U.S. Army general and a professor at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. They talk…

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What Does Building a Fair AI Really Entail?

Charles Taylor/EyeEm/Getty Images Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming integral to how organizations are run. This should not be a surprise; when analyzing sales calls and market trends, for example, the judgments of computational algorithms can be considered superior to those of humans. As a result, AI techniques are increasingly used to make decisions. Organizations…

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Marketing in the Age of Resistance

oxinoxi/Getty Images Modern consumers are as politically and socially conscious as ever. While some brands respond out of fear of alienating sects of their audience, a recent Morning Consult study found that merely saying the “right things” or “standing in solidarity” no longer cut it with consumers. They want the brands they support to back up those…

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How to Measure a Company’s Real Impact

Martin Barraud/Getty Images In recent years, most major international airlines have reported healthy profitability. But our calculations show this to be a mirage. In the case of Lufthansa and American Airlines, for example, accounting for their environmental costs of $2.3 and $4.8 billion respectively would make both companies unprofitable. What explains this discrepancy? To date,…

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Why Did We Make Kanye West & The Kardashians This Rich?

Forbes just released its Celebrity 100 list, and Kanye West and one of the Kardashians are amongst the highest-paid. How did that happen? Kanye West & the Kardashian clan have, against all logic, weaseled their way into our wallets. | Source: REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/File PhotoKanye West made the Forbes “Celebrity 100” list of highest-paid celebrities.His sister-in-law,…

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