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Then, in a brilliant interactive move, the zoo asked its social media fans to share their best screen shots of the baby panda on the zoo’s Flickr, so fans could feel like they were part of the process. Finally, and tragically, when the baby panda died, that was recorded on the panda cam, too, and explained on the zoo’s Twitter and Facebook. Social media provided a great resource for fans who wanted information, but it also provided them with connection and a place to share their grief. … [Read more...] about Social Animals: Behind The Community-Building Culture Of The National Zoo

The big difference is in the numbers. Under the federal partnership program, CVS planned to have about 1,000 of its pharmacies as vaccine hubs to serve some 25,000 nursing home facilities across the nation, a CVS official told The Wall Street Journal in early December. Similarly, a Walgreens official said his company would have 800 to 1,000 Walgreens pharmacies to serve as hubs for about 23,000 nursing home facilities. … [Read more...] about The simple reason West Virginia leads the nation in vaccinating nursing home residents

“No matter how great we are on any particular thing, we’re always going to be trying to improve. We wanted to invite people to see a little bit about our journey, to be enthusiastic and inspired, but also to recognize that we are part of a larger system,” Myers says. “We talk about it a lot as a journey, and our hope is that people get inspired and want to take that journey with us, either in their own individual lives or in their company.” … [Read more...] about ‘We got a long way to go’: Netflix releases its first company inclusion report

They are not alone in this thinking. Economist Thomas Piketty recognizes the dangers of rising nationalism and inequality, but hopes we learn “to invest more in the welfare state.” He says “COVID will reinforce the legitimacy for public investments in [health systems] and infrastructure.” … [Read more...] about I spoke to 99 big thinkers about what our world after coronavirus might look like: This is what I learned

Insisting on a rigorous reliance on the facts At pre-Mulally Ford, the truth came in many different flavors. Different numbers were used for different audiences. Ford was also big on excuses. There was always a reason why things did not work out according to plan, but it rarely had anything to do with the root causes of Ford’s dysfunction. … [Read more...] about Saving An Iconic Brand: Five Ways Alan Mulally Changed Ford’s Culture