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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Choose your own adventure between these two interesting stories this morning

I’m going to recommend two good reads this morning. Here’s the heads-up: The first one is not great. It’s called “We’re not doing enough to protect COVID-19 vaccine research from cyber espionage,” reported by Fast Company. …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Lack of high-speed internet leaves millions of students behind as schools shift to online learning

As a parent, I’m struggling with the decision of sending our high-school-age daughter back to the classroom as schools issue and shift their plans to reopen this fall. But we’re the lucky ones because we …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: What we can learn from softball-sized hail in Argentina

I’ve always been interested in weather. The running joke with friends/colleagues/family is that because I took two meteorology classes at Iowa State, I’m basically a weatherman. I’m not, but I often pretend to be. This …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Businessolver study finds that workplace empathy is ‘vital, but stalled’

A recent annual survey by Businessolver identifies some counterintuitive findings about the level of empathy by U.S. employers. For a fifth year, the West Des Moines-based benefits technology services firm surveyed U.S. employees, HR professionals …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Businessolver study finds that workplace empathy is ‘vital, but stalled’

A recent annual survey by Businessolver identifies some counterintuitive findings about the level of empathy by U.S. employers. For a fifth year, the West Des Moines-based benefits technology services firm surveyed U.S. employees, HR professionals …

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NOTEBOOK: Takeaways from Mercer’s ‘The New Shape of Work: Flexing for the Future’

Last week I listened in on a videoconference by Mercer: “The New Shape of Work: Flexing for the Future.” A group of national practice leaders with the human resources consulting firm provided some interesting insights …

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NOTEBOOK: CRE Weekly launches new interactive feature

The Business Record launched a new feature in CRE Weekly – an interactive map and database of commercial building permits issued by 13 Central Iowa communities in the first six months of 2020. https://bit.ly/2F4FJYx 

The …

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NOTEBOOK: Streamline email clutter for a greener cyberspace

Four weeks after receiving it, I finally cracked open my July/August edition of Wired magazine. (You’d think I would be better with all my home time right now.) 

Although Wired dedicated plenty of space to …

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NOTEBOOK: A look back to 1998: Renaming downtown building after civil rights activist Edna Griffin

For a recent cover story in the Business Record, Kathy Bolten told the story of the Edna Griffin Building named after Edna Mae Griffin, who took a stand against injustice and was widely recognized for …

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ONE GOOD READ: One-third of American renters expect to miss August payment

CityLab:Renters across America are wading into unknown territory. With the lapse of the federal moratorium on evictions that expired July 31 and the end of the $600 per week boost to unemployment benefits, a recent …