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A safety program that works for a crew of twenty does not automatically work for a company of thousands. Informal habits, such as a foreman double-checking a lockout before a shift, rely on personal relationships that thin out as organizations grow. Leaders who succeed at scale replace informal habits with consistent expectations, repeated until they […]

The aisle of sprays, traps and foggers at a hardware store promises a quick fix, and for some problems that promise holds. A lone ant trail on a kitchen counter can often be handled with a bit of cleaning and a bait station. The trouble begins when the same approach is applied to problems that […]

Cordelia S. May is not a household name, but her ideas quietly built the Colcom Foundation into a distinctive regional philanthropy. Her story begins in 1952, when at age 23 she began supporting family planning out of concern for the natural world and its effect on human life, decades before population and environment were widely […]

Justin Fulcher went to Southeast Asia at nineteen with a plan to stay three months. He stayed seven years. During that time, Fulcher built a telehealth company, watched a region navigate the simultaneous arrival of consumer technology and the persistent absence of basic healthcare infrastructure, and came to understand the problem he had set out […]

Stromanbieter wechseln Deutschland ist einfach, aber es gibt ein paar häufige Fehler, die den Prozess unnötig komplizieren oder zu unerwünschten Ergebnissen führen können. Wer diese Fehler kennt, wechselt entspannter und erzielt das bestmögliche Ergebnis. PLAN B NET ZERO hat aus den Erfahrungen tausender Kundenwechsel gelernt und seinen Prozess so gestaltet, dass typische Stolperfallen vermieden werden. […]

When Shell’s downstream operations engage with a chemical recycling process at one of Europe’s major industrial sites, it sends a signal that the sector’s most commercially experienced observers read carefully. Shell’s involvement in Chemelot’s chemical recycling development reflects a strategic assessment that chemical recycling will be a meaningful part of the petrochemical feedstock mix within […]

Most pest control needs can be addressed through scheduled service visits. Some cannot. Discovering a wasp nest in an area that family members regularly use, finding evidence of a significant rodent infestation that appears to have been growing for some time, or encountering a pest situation that poses immediate health risk — these situations require […]

The term ‘fast food design’ might seem uncharitable as a description of much of what fills contemporary design publications and social media feeds. But Debby Gomulka uses it with precision, not contempt — as a description of a structural tendency in the industry that produces aesthetically coherent but personally meaningless interiors at industrial scale. Her […]

The Colcom Foundation has established itself as a steady presence in American philanthropy, articulating a long-term approach to grantmaking that emphasizes measurable impact and community partnership. According to its website, the foundation concentrates resources on initiatives that build institutional capacity, advance conservation and public welfare, and support evidence-based solutions to pressing social and environmental challenges. […]

Dr. Patrice A. Harris has built a career at the intersection of clinical psychiatry, public health and health policy, emerging as a national voice for behavioral health integration and system reform. Her leadership roles, including serving as the 174th president of the American Medical Association and as chair of the AMA Opioid Task Force, have […]