May 30, 2022 - Worcester Business Journal

Diversity & Inclusion

🔒Q&A: Waters executive seeks to bring more women to manufacturing

On April 1, Sheree Gaus began her first term on the board of Women in Manufacturing Association, a nonprofit trade group founded in Ohio with aspirations of making a global impact.

Opinion

🔒A Thousand Words: Unionization at Planned Parenthood

News

🔒Editorial: Set the stage for another 300 years

As the exact date of the 300th anniversary of Worcester’s founding ticks closer to June 14 and all the tercentennial celebrations ensue, the focus should then shift away from the past and toward the future.

Opinion

🔒Viewpoint: Teaching through a critical race framework at the Clemente Course

Naysayers refuse to accept that race plays a role in shaping the experiences, opportunities, and productivity of an individual. Consequently, white supremacy remains intact, limiting the productivity of its perpetrators and victims.

Arts & Entertainment

Movers & Shakers for May 30, 2022

Milford Federal Bank, UniBank, UMass Memorial Health, and GFA Federal Credit Union are among those with recent hires and promotions.

Advice

🔒101: Collaboration overload

Too many cooks in the kitchen, also known as collaborative overload, is when communication and decision-making gridlock slow an organization’s flexibility, impacting employee engagement.

Advice

🔒Four key elements of a defense-in-depth cybersecurity program

The rise of ransomware and malicious cyberattacks in the past decade have driven the criticality for all businesses to expand their cyber programs to provide better, layered defenses.

Advice

🔒Spotting fake checks & protecting your business

While the majority of common fake check scams are meant to target consumers, businesses can fall victim, increasing the need to be educated about how to spot and stop check fraud.

Advice

🔒A mother & a business owner

Becoming a mother is an experience like no other, putting life into perspective in a way that is hard to describe.

Economy

🔒Labor’s long fight in Worcester

For much of its 300-year history, Worcester has been anti-labor, making it harder to organize and fight strict company rules.

Education

🔒An era of change: President Fithian eyes transformation for Clark University and its neighbors

President David Fithian’s strategy for Clark University is crystal-clear: The Worcester school is moving into an era of bigger, broader, and bolder thinking.

Diversity & Inclusion

🔒Q&A: Previewing the Mass. Democratic Convention in Worcester with the top governor candidates

Worcester Business Journal spoke to Democratic candidates for governor Sonia Chang-Díaz and Maura Healey ahead of the party's convention in Worcester, to ask about their stances on the state’s economic issues, particularly how they pertain to Central Massachusetts.

Arts & Entertainment

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