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Leveraging technology to get the job done has been critical to many organizations. Two months ago remote working was not widespread in our region, being offered by most firms only in limited situations.

Small business owners in Massachusetts are now in the fight of their lives, many forced to close their doors when Gov. Charlie Baker shut down all non-essential businesses in mid-March.

Main reasons for restructuring or reorganizing a business involve the departure of a key person, overlapping roles or new business objectives, such as entering a new market.

Compounded by the fears of the virus, business owners of color are being disproportionately left out of the federal bailout Paycheck Protection Program.

10) Documentation. A good starting place is confirming job descriptions, employee handbooks and job specific training guides are accurate.

Management guru Peter Drucker once said culture eats strategy for breakfast. Drucker wasn’t suggesting strategy is unimportant. He was noting no strategy, however strong, would succeed if executed in an environment of a weakened or failed culture.

Quickly picking up on technology has become a necessary skill these days for museums more accustomed to bringing in crowds to see artwork, watch and hear animals in their habitats, or experience first-hand the wonders of science.

Savvy Central Mass. social media managers all seem to report the same phenomenon, which is a business owner’s dream: post a product online and see it fly off the shelves.

Central Massachusetts was already facing deep-rooted challenges with poverty. Add a pandemic forcing more than 800,000 Massachusetts residents to file for unemployment, and Central Massachusetts human services have been sent into overdrive.

This new way of life has rearranged the real estate and construction industries, just like practically every other part of the economy.