Leadership
Prepare your successor and step down with grace
Succession is not an event, but a process, writes Alaina Love, who outlines three immediate actions leaders can take now.
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Travel
How to serve return-to-base business travelers
This piece is the last of four installments in a series exploring strategies for the hotel, lodging, meetings, and travel industries to effectively cater...
Infrastructure
Gevo’s Patrick Gruber on What’s Next for Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Can a sustainable fuel actually be carbon negative? Dr. Patrick Gruber from Gevo says yes. Yes, it can.
Leadership
Are you, as a leader, suffering from BMS?
Leaders of any gender or era can suffer from BMS -- boomer male syndrome -- if they rely on old-school tactics of command and control, says S. Chris Edmonds.
Infrastructure
Double Feature: E-Liability and Virtual Power Purchase Agreements
Learn more about environmental liability (E-liability), which is a simple, accurate, and verifiable calculation for the total cradle-to-gate emissions of any product or service. Also hear what companies should know when considering virtual power purchase agreements.
Development
Sagacious leaders free up other’s wisdom — for free
Wisdom is all around us, Larry Robertson writes, and suggests top leaders seek out that wisdom and encourage their teams to do the same.
Infrastructure
Colgate-Palmolive’s Vance Merolla on Squeezing the Most Out of Sustainability Efforts
Vance Merolla, Senior Vice President of Global Sustainability at Colgate-Palmolive, discusses how that company tackles sustainability across all its products and brands.
Food
Getting the most out of urban grocery store design
Architecture and construction executives shared case studies and advice for getting the most out of urban grocery store design at the FMI Energy & Store Design Conference.
Food
Building the refrigeration technician workforce of tomorrow
Finding ways to recruit and retain refrigeration technicians will be key for HVAC and refrigeration suppliers and the retailers they serve, especially as they make the transition to natural refrigerants, a panel of experts said during a session at FMI -- The Food Industry Association's Energy & Store Development Conference this week in Baltimore.
Sponsored
Facing the building services hiring challenge
This piece is sponsored by TEAM Software by WorkWave In a tight labor market, commercial cleaning companies need help both recruiting and retaining a...
CPG
How brands are innovating to meet consumer dietary needs
Consumer demand for allergy-friendly and allergen-free products is on the rise and brands are responding with innovative new products.
Education
Exploring teacher professional learning opportunities at the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian Institution offers many free professional learning opportunities for teachers, often held during the summer.
Analysis
AI is making networking and social skills more critical. Are your students prepared?
Social skills are a must for landing a job, but today's students lack the confidence to talk easily with adults. Here are ways to help.
Infrastructure
How Companies Are Leveraging Solar-As-A-Service
Harald Overholm, the co-founder and CEO of Alight Energy walks us through current solar trends in the Nordics and the rest of Europe
Consumer Insights
The evolution of grocery brand loyalty
Shifts in consumer behavior have driven loyalty to no longer be exclusive to one food brand or retailer.
Digital Technology
Retail media: Why growth is moving off-site and in-store
Retail media is evolving fast – and Brandcrush’s Teresa Aprile details three key opportunities: in-store revival, off-site audiences and standards for measurement and process.
Sponsored
Transforming the television and entertainment landscape
Unleashing technology to create a revolutionary viewing experience for consumers.
Education
6 keys to effective video coaching in a Title I district
A director of teaching and learning shares insights on effective video coaching that have helped teachers learn from their lessons.
Leadership
Sexist humor at work is even more toxic than you thought
Sexist humor in the workplace may seem harmless, but new research shows it could undermine the careers of both men and women.
Infrastructure
Optimizing the Grid to Electrify Everything
3M's Terry Collier shares his insights on the latest technologies and strategies to bring more renewables online and enhance grid stability and resiliency.
Leadership
Advice on expanding overseas in uncertain times
Gavin O’Loughlin offers five steps for US companies seeking to expand their business to the European Union.
Travel
Part 3: How to serve client, supplier and stakeholder business travelers
Corporate travel is crucial to success, but COVID-19 and inflation have complicated matters. As the world slowly recovers, the pendulum is starting to swing back towards client, supplier and stakeholder business travel.
Digital Technology
How publishers can diversify revenue streams
For publishers to diversify their revenue streams, they have to know their audience and their content, before they can generate competition.
Consumer Insights
Need states are the “why” behind today’s beverage choices
How and why do consumers choose one beverage among a sea of options? The answer lies in understanding the interconnected beverage need states.
Consumer Insights
How stories are selling the new crop of fancy foods
Specialty food brands and their founders told their compelling startup stories at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City last month.
Consumer Insights
FMI leader lays out 6 imperatives facing the food industry today
Leslie G. Sarasin, president and CEO of FMI -- The Food Industry Association -- lays out six imperatives facing the food industry today and how the association is working with members to address them with a big-picture outlook.
Leadership
There is no cruise control in leadership
It would be handy to be able to put our leadership on cruise control, but Steve McKee writes it's better to learn to handle the curves.
Marketing
What reading trends mean for content marketers
Here is a three-pronged approach for content marketers to develop copy and content to engage with readers and keep them coming back.
Edtech
4 ways to humanize your school-home communications
Video messages, social media and personalization via a school-home communications system have helped make stronger connections.
Education
Do you have the school safety measures necessary for a safe learning space?
Prevention, preparedness and response are the three legs of the school safety stool. Technology offers helpful school safety measures.
Healthcare
New option on the horizon for children with PANS
Pediatricians may have a new option for treating children with PANS
Education
Do you have the school safety measures necessary for a safe learning space?
Prevention, preparedness and response are the three legs of the school safety stool. Technology offers helpful school safety measures.
Sponsored
Four tips to engaging with your customers post-purchase
How to keep customers coming back for more after their initial purchase.
Education
Physical school safety changes we made after a shooting at our middle school
An Idaho superintendent shares lessons learned after a school shooting and changes made to enhance school safety.
Career-Technical Education
Offering prior learning credits helps increase earning power
Getting college credit for prior learning can help people slash thousands of dollars from tuition and reduce time needed to complete a degree.
Sponsored
Engineering the future of your facility: 5 critical ways CRE owners use engineering to meet tenant demands and get greater ROI
The commercial real estate owners of tomorrow face new tenant demands for agility, efficiency and sustainability. To meet them and remain competitive, property owners...
CPG
Sleep health foods and drinks transform how we rest
Consumers are looking to address their sleep issues, and consumer packaged goods brands are introducing food and beverage products to meet the needs of those customers.
Sponsored
How AI can personalize the shopping experience
How ecommerce retailers use AI to improve customer satisfaction.
Education
National Teacher of the Year finalist: Alaskan village “unlike anything else in the world”
Frist-grade teacher Harlee Harvey of a rural village in Alaska is one of 5 finalists for the National Teacher of the Year.
Hospitality
Report: Travel industry challenges ahead
According to a study by Deloitte, the travel industry in 2023 is still facing challenges, even though health concerns related to the pandemic have...
Infrastructure
Farm-Powered Sustainability with John Hanselman from Vanguard Renewables
Learn how the agriculture sector is becoming more sustainable through the use of anaerobic digesters that take food waste and cow manure and turn it into products like natural gas, fertilizer, bedding for cows and cash for farmers.
Digital Technology
How to leverage marketing data automation in 2023
Data automation can breathe new life into that marketing data you’ve been collecting over the years, much of which is likely siloed and unorganized.