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The Insider Notebook

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Multitasking usually a bad idea, but here are 5 times when it’s OK

Everyone thinks they are good at multitasking. Generally, humans aren’t. I’m as guilty as anyone. I’m so bad, I often try to get something done while I wait for a new tab to load in …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Empathy is declining. Should we care?

Among people in my 50-plus age bracket, “walking a mile in someone’s shoes” was a lesson many of us heard in school, particularly in parochial schools like I attended. So I could identify with this National …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Severe air turbulence expected to worsen due to climate change

Here’s some news that could literally shake up air travelers, particularly if you’re a frequent flyer. More severe midair turbulence caused by climate change is making air travel more dangerous for flight attendants and passengers …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the April 19 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the April 19 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories at businessrecord.com/insider and can …

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NOTEBOOK: OK Google, where does Terrace Hill order pizza from?

Right away on Monday morning, media covering Grow with Google’s digital literacy workshop at the Central Library learned two breaking news items: Google.org’s Impact Challenge Iowa, which will award $1 million in grant funding across …

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NOTEBOOK: Network connects coaches, organizations for strengths-based assessments

Do you know what your top five strengths are?

If you’ve ever taken the Clifton Strengths Assessment, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Several years ago the staff here at Business Publications Corp. all …

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NOTEBOOK: Legislative courtesy

At the 2019 Prometheus Awards presented by LWBJ and the Technology Association of Iowa, Iowa Economic Development Authority and Iowa Finance Authority director Debi Durham took a moment to call out three Iowa legislators: Sen. …

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NOTEBOOK: Hy-Vee grocery lockers at your business?

I recently came across an article out of the Sioux City area about one of the area’s major employers that had installed a Hy-Vee Aisles grocery locker on-site. The busy Avera McKennan Hospital employees, many …

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NOTEBOOK: A new era at library

When I met with the director of the Des Moines public libraries, Sue Woody, she had some stories that drove home her point that the system has evolved from the days of librarians shushing those …

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NOTEBOOK: State greenlights film grants

The Iowa Arts Council has a pilot program that will offer matching grants of $10,000 to $50,000 to Iowans making films locally.

Veronica O’Hern, the council’s grant services and artist programs manager, said grant recipients …