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Using Virtual Tools To Rebuild “Ghost Neighborhoods”

The Horizons Tracker

.” Going back in time The researchers used data from the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, which are hand-constructed maps of all American cities that were created for fire insurance purposes. This will give them the requisite information to develop their 3D visualizations. “Some cities are choosing to eliminate them.

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Alaska, Bad Weather and Building an Oil Pipeline

Great Results Team Building

After the 1973 American oil crisis, and a few legal battles with environmentalists, oil companies started planning the pipeline’s construction. About 6,000 of the workers during the pipeline’s construction were Alaskan natives. Bill Parcells is famous for sharing a similar message with his football teams. What is YOUR pipeline?

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How to Become a Successful Entrepreneur

Strategy Driven

However, you must visualize disappointment as a constructive experience for future growth. Develop long-term business relationships. It is important to note that business relationships are part and parcel of what makes your business successful. The fear of failure is what holds many entrepreneurs back from pushing forwards.

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How to Design Work Projects for Maximum Learning

Harvard Business Review

Skill development is clearly a major priority for companies and managers these days. Consider, for instance, the talent development program at Ascom, a global telecommunications company. While delivering millions of dollars in profits, these projects have helped develop a cadre of leaders who can inspire teams to achieve big goals.

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Why You Should Question Your Culture

Harvard Business Review

The truth is that most leaders don't know how to develop a useful picture of their organization's culture, which is why they resort to platitudes. By making these differences concrete and conscious, they were able to have a constructive dialogue that led to ground rules for decision-making.

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Rising Sea Levels Won’t Doom U.S. Coastal Cities

Harvard Business Review

Companies such as Coastal Risk Consulting are developing flood risk statistical models at the parcel level. For those who decide to build in flood risk areas, construction teams will be able to use modular materials that can be disassembled like Lego pieces. What will this adaptation look like? The answer varies by location.

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How the Insurance Industry Can Push Us to Prepare for Climate Change

Harvard Business Review

But we now see insurers exploiting geographically refined data to more precisely estimate land parcel risk. Municipal governments seek to plan development in terms of decades, while insurance companies are reticent to move beyond an annual time scale when assessing property risk.