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What Companies Can Learn from the Southwest Airlines Crisis

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An American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) article details other Black Swan examples: A “highly profitable hospital network may suffer a similar meltdown in operations under a bizarre mass casualty event” because they haven’t made any accommodations for extra space and staff and thus lose efficiency.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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The co-founder and CEO of SparkToro , who previously co-founded Moz, gives consultants an edge over agencies and full-time employees in a recent blog post. The company hired four agencies and five consultants in its first two years. Of course, managing a freelancer is not the same as managing a full-time employee or agency.

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Defenses up: It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month

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Federal agencies—the IRS and the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services—are certainly taking the lead on improving their own cybersecurity and protecting your data. So let’s take a look at what these agencies are doing to protect you in your daily excursions into cyberspace. What’s the price to you?

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More Managers Than Ever Are Keeping Tabs on the News—Here’s What It Means for Companies

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William Stonehouse III is president and co-founder of Crawford Thomas Recruiting , a “full-service staffing agency with a focus in the areas of sales recruitment, accounting and information technology,” according to their website. He watches the news closely with an eye on making plans around the most current events. “A

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Top 10 Most Innovative Companies to Watch in 2024

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How they innovate: Group Black partners with media companies using Uplift, which helps match Black creators with 200 brands in their network. 29 is one of the first PR agencies entirely dedicated to sustainability and social impact, with a client list that includes VEJA, TED, Rothy’s, Happiest Baby, Book of the Month and more.

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How to Partner with a Rival for a Win-Win

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Think Work Media head Shayne Spencer and I met in a networking group, and quickly realized that we both wanted to raise the bar for our industry. Think Work Media is a marketing agency. When that happens, everyone in the industry is considered a competitor. That is not good for any of us. I am only a strategist.

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