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Which poll is right on PawSox?

What does the public think of the current financing proposal for a new ballpark for the Pawtucket Red Sox? Ask House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello,...
Bruce Newbury

Rhode Island rings around the world

(Updated at 2:30 p.m. to clarify connection to Montauk boats in 6th paragraph.) There has been a lot of talk recently about rings – of...

Stamoulis receives lifetime achievement award for nursing career

SANDY STAMOULIS was presented with a lifetime achievement award during the 2017 President’s Pursuit of Excellence Dinner hosted by Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro...
SKILLS ENHANCER: Lawrence E. Wilson, a former senior administrator at Rhode Island College, launched The Wilson Organization LLC last fall to help employees at large and small companies develop or enhance their soft skills. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Soft skills needed in workplace

When companies hire employees, soft skills often count heavily in the decision. And those skills, including adaptability and the ability to collaborate with colleagues,...
Ron Sacks
Provdotnet LLC, 
Irontrust Networks CEO / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Embrace failure to succeed

Ron Sacks | Provdotnet LLC, Irontrust Networks CEO It has taken me most of my professional life to realize that failure is an integral part...

Hedgehogs, mules and teamwork

It was a cold winter. A group of hedgehogs, realizing the situation, decided to bunch together to keep warm. However, the quills from each...

How to avoid investing disaster

A basic rule of life is to avoid being a guinea pig in other people’s experiments. This is an inviolable rule of technology: consumers...

Marketing and sales: 5 ways to make 2018 your best year...

• Try something new. In their “Habits Across the Lifespan” study, Duke University researchers found nearly half of human behaviors are habit-based, regardless of age....

Family leave that pays for itself

Proposals to have the federal government help new parents take paid leave from their employment have generally come with serious disadvantages. If the government makes...
COLLABORATING: Maggie Anderson, the newly appointed education director for the R.I. State Council on the Arts, speaks with Randall Rosenbaum, executive director. /  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With Maggie Anderson

Maggie Anderson | Education director, R.I. State Council on the Arts 1. What do you hope to learn from the 31-year legacy of former Education...
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