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Nov. 23, 2020Edition

🔒Executive Q&A: Looking beyond profits with Redemption Rock and McLaren & Associates

Dani Babineau from Redemption Rock and David McLaren from McLaren & Associates sat down (virtually) to chat about the benefits of being a B Corp.

🔒Editorial: Remember what we learned in the pandemic’s first phase

Even after the first surge of the virus spread across the country, the initial deadly surge left the Bay State ranking in the top seven states for coronavirus deaths, and the highest unemployment rate in the nation over the summer. It took a while to effectively mitigate its impact.

🔒This pandemic is about people

The announcement on Nov. 13 of the scheduled reopening of the UMass Memorial DCU Center Field Hospital gave me a deja vu moment: Here we go again.
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🔒Movers & Shakers for November 23, 2020

People are on the move at Clinton Savings Bank, Colantonio, Inc. and Central One Federal Credit Union.

🔒101: Prioritizing

Successful leaders have a honed sense of focus on their company’s projects and what should take priority. They are also skilled at juggling talent, resources and individual department needs with the company’s needs to make it all happen.

🔒Museums can sell their collections? Lease them instead

On April 15, the American Association of Museum Directors board announced it passed two resolutions amending its ethical standards. These resolutions are a policy reversal on their prior position on meeting institutional operating costs both by accessing restricted endowments and by using the proceeds of selling items in the museum’s collection.

🔒10 Things I Know About … Building community amid racial unrest

10) Black Families Together convenes hundreds of Black people in Worcester, to address racism and the inequities existing for Black people. Priorities include business ownership and access to capital. 
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🔒What my high school and college employees taught me

The expectation I have seen from those who do not know me personally was daunting over the summer. I am a person behind the business with 22 other people with feelings and emotions with all going on in the world, too.

🔒Two years after taking over Vision Advertising, Julia Becker Collins faces a new crisis: thyroid cancer

Earlier this year, before the coronavirus pandemic upended every corner of society and the economy, the COO of marketing agency Vision Advertising in Westborough had a regular checkup scheduled for March – one she nearly skipped.

🔒Preparations for the second surge move forward, as healthcare providers hope lessons have been learned

With cases rising sharply again, hospital officials planning for the winter are hoping that low hospitalization and death rates will continue, as a consequence of both a better understanding of the pandemic and a much younger population getting sick.

🔒Worcester, Hudson improvement districts shift expectations during pandemic

In Worcester, a district still in its infancy was forced to abruptly shift from seeking a place-making consultant to helping to provide resources and advocacy for neighborhood stores.
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🔒Still waiting: DCU Center awaits the return of live events, as it cut employees from 641 to 26

Nearly nine months have passed since the DCU Center in Worcester was forced to cancel all of its events in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, and now with the state emergency field hospital restarting in the arena in December, a full-fledged reopening doesn’t seem any closer.

OSHA investigating Table Talk Pies over workplace safety concerns

Table Talk Pies is being investigated by federal officials for workplace safety concerns at facilities in Worcester and Shrewsbury following a series of instances in which the company has already been fined.
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