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Bird Flu Spreads to Another State, Affecting Egg Prices—Here’s What to Know

The latest cases of bird flu, otherwise known as “highly pathogenic avian influenza” (HPAI), have been confirmed in Idaho. On Saturday, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), announced that two non-commercial, backyard flocks were infected in Caribou County and Gooding County. The affected flocks have been quarantined and are…

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How Understanding Your Family Dynamics Can Improve Work

April 19, 2022 Deborah Ancona, a professor at MIT Sloan School of Management, and Dennis Perkins, CEO of The Syncretics Group, have researched how family dynamics play out in the workplace. They say people often revert to childhood patterns at work. By applying a concept from psychology known as family systems theory, managers and leaders…

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The Power of Natural Language Processing

The conventional wisdom around AI has been that while computers have the edge over humans when it comes to data-driven decision making, it can’t compete on qualitative tasks. That, however, is changing. Natural language processing (NLP) tools have advanced rapidly and can help with writing, coding, and discipline-specific reasoning. Companies that want to make use…

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A Framework for Designing Excellent Virtual Health Care

The pandemic heightened awareness of the promise of virtual care but realizing it is proving challenging. A framework developed by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School can help. It prioritizes the needs of both patients and caregivers. Covid-19 has sped the adoption of virtual care, or…

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What Role Do Individual Leaders Play in Corporate Governance?

April 19, 2022 From 1997 to 2012, Scott Tucker built a nationwide network of payday lending businesses, becoming a pioneer in online lending along the way. Many of his borrowers could not access credit from commercial banks and depended on payday loans as a financial lifeline to cope with emergency expenses. But in 2012 federal…

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