Fri.Jul 22, 2022

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OK… maybe we can brag a bit…

KingsBridge BCP

“Yes, this is what I need. I’m sorry I didn’t notice I was missing it sooner. Thank you for being so responsive. If this is an indication of KingsBridge’s level of service, I’m impressed. Thanks again and good night. I won’t bother you again tonight.” This email arrived in Steve’s inbox at night and we just wanted to take this opportunity on our blog to show off a bit.

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South Korea's Extraordinary Fertility Decline

The Rand Blog

The complicated history of family planning as well as socioeconomic and political factors may all play roles in depressing birth rates in South Korea. But the nation's fertility decline is just one piece in a complicated gender puzzle.

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Include a ‘Working Strategy’ in Your Plans

Plan B Consulting

This week, Charlie discusses why using a simpler incident response model is better suited for clients. For a long time, I have been working on developing and refining a framework for responding to and managing incidents. The framework has to be simple, as those who are going to use it will likely have limited training, and it has to be flexible to ensure that it can cope with a wide range of incidents.

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U.S. Labor Market, 988 Hotline, Firearm Homicides: RAND Weekly Recap

The Rand Blog

This weekly recap focuses on the U.S. economy’s uneven pandemic recovery, a new national mental health hotline, firearm homicides, and more.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Include a ‘Working Strategy’ in Your Plans

Plan B Consulting

This week, Charlie discusses why using a simpler incident response model is better suited for clients. For a long time, I have been working on developing and refining a framework for responding to and managing incidents. The framework has to be simple, as those who are going to use it will likely have limited training, and it has to be flexible to ensure that it can cope with a wide range of incidents.

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Dry Sprinklers

National Fire Protection Association

Dry sprinklers are a type of sprinkler that are able to extend into a cold space while holding the water back in a space that can be maintained at temperatures where freezing isn’t a concern. Although there are several other methods for installing sprinkler systems in areas subject to freezing, dry sprinklers allow a wet pipe system to be installed while also being able to protect ancillary areas that might be subject to freezing temperatures.

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The 7 qualities to look for in an IT partner

Online Computers

Information technology (IT) is essential to the success of any company. But what many business owners don't realize is just how important it is to have the right IT partner in order to achieve organizational goals. A good IT partner can help your business grow and succeed, while a subpar one can hinder growth, cause a lot of headaches, and waste your time and money.

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Using Machine Learning to Perform Text Clustering

Advancing Analytics

Introduction An interesting branch of machine learning is Natural Language Processing (NLP). As the name suggests, it involves training machines to detect patterns in language using algorithms. It is quite often the case that NLP is referred to as text analytics. It is actually more impressive than that. It examines vectorised patterns which not only looks at the positioning of elements but what it means in context to neighbouring elements within the vector.

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Include a ‘Working Strategy’ in Your Plans

Plan B Consulting

This week, Charlie discusses why using a simpler incident response model is better suited for clients. For a long time, I have been working on developing and refining a framework for responding to and managing incidents. The framework has to be simple, as those who are going to use it will likely have limited training, and it has to be flexible to ensure that it can cope with a wide range of incidents.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Why It Makes Sense to Keep Mine-Hunting Dolphins on the Navy's Payroll

The Rand Blog

The mine-hunting abilities of the dolphin remain unmatched by human ingenuity. They make the seas safer for naval ships and other vessels. A single mine blast can incapacitate or even sink a warship costing billions of dollars. Yet budget cuts could spell the end of the program.

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