Tag: Pandemic
Five Questions With: Dr. Ashish K. Jha
Dr. Ashish K. Jha | Dean, Brown University School of Public Health
1. How will you use your new role to shape COVID-19 policy...
Pandemic’s sting fails to stop beekeepers
IOLA, Wis. – They wrote it right into their business plan – an expectation that, each year, at least half the stock on which...
Here’s how to prevent PTO stockpiling
When employees stockpile their paid-time-off hours, it can lead to a host of negative implications, including low employee morale, decreased productivity and a burden...
Challenges for nonprofits reach unimagined heights
It’s times like these that Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island President Kathleen Cloutier feels as though all the nonprofits in Rhode Island are...
Finding opportunity in a crisis
Coming into 2020, Rhode Island’s manufacturing industry was doing well, with many companies experiencing banner years. Hiring was active, so much so that the...
Building a future in construction
R.I. Department of Labor and Training Director Scott Jensen says the decision by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo to allow the construction industry to remain...
Q&A Debra Bedrosian
Debra Bedrosian | Cooley Group vice president, human resources and social responsibility
Technical textile and geomembrane manufacturer Cooley Group has worked throughout the pandemic, including...
Q&A: Ingridt J. De oleo Morales
Ingridt J. De oleo Morales | The Bosworth Co. pump assembler
Ingridt J. De oleo Morales, a native of the Dominican Republic, began in the...
Q&A: Jim Deslandes
Jim Deslandes | Deslandes Construction owner and president
Deslandes Construction owner and President Jim Deslandes has spent 40 years in his family business. The Warwick-based...
Q&A: Aaron J. Horowitz
Aaron J. Horowitz | Sproutel Inc. CEO and co-founder
Sproutel is equal parts R&D lab, design studio and venture studio, says co-founder and CEO Aaron...


















