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What is Zaire Ebolavirus? How is Zaire Ebolavirus different from other Ebola viruses? Zaire Ebolavirus is one strain of Ebola virus in the filovirus family. Ebola Zaire is extremely deadly and contagious. Read more about Zaire Ebolavirus below.
What is the Dot Collector app? How does it work, and how is it successfully implemented? The Dot Collector app is a tool used during meetings to provide feedback to employees. All members of the meeting can assign positive or negative dots to others in real time. Read to find out more about the Dot Collector tool.
What are the Bridgewater tools that the company used? How did these Bridgewater tools help the company succeed? Bridgewater tools are technological tools that the company uses to track success. The tools are meant to be employee friendly and encourage transparency. Read more about Bridgewater tools and how they help the company.
How does Junior use the Goliath and David story in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian? Does the story actually apply to him? Junior’s school school, Reardan, has a basketball rivalry with his old school on the reservation. Junior compares the rivalry to the Goliath and David story. But by the end of the game, he realizes he has it backward. He’s not David, he’s Goliath, and it makes him sick. Read more about how Junior uses the Goliath and David story as a way to think about his basketball rivalry, and how he discovers he’s wrong.
Who is Mayinga in The Hot Zone? Was Mayinga responsible for furthering the spread of Ebola? Mayinga in The Hot Zone was a nurse at a hospital in Nairobi, who cared for patients sick with the Ebola Zaire virus, the most deadly strain of Ebola. Read about how Mayinga in The Hot Zone contracted Mayinga, and what happened next.
Who is Eugene in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian? How does Junior know Eugene, and what is his role in the story? Eugene in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian was a friend of Junior’s father. Eugene dies tragically after a drunken altercation with a friend, and Junior is devastated for the loss of a trusted adult in his life, and wonders what this means for his future. Read more about Eugene in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, and how his life and death affected Junior.
What is Ebola Marburg? Is this virus different than other Ebola outbreaks? And Ebola Marburg is a strain of Ebola, named after the German city that experienced an outbreak in 1967. The Ebola Marburg outbreak sparked scientific interest in this new disease, and scientists rushed to find its origins. Keep reading to find out more about Ebola Marburg.
How do you build meaningful relationships at work? Can meaningful relationships help a company succeed? Building meaningful relationships at work helps a company succeed by creating a positive work culture, and fostering collaboration. Keep reading to find out more about building meaningful relationships at work.
How does scoring OKRs work? Why do you have to score your OKRs in order to have a successful OKR system? Scoring OKRs is part of what makes them measurable. OKRs should always be measurable and prioritized; assigning them a score allowed you to establish where they fall in your goals, and track them effectively. Keep reading to find out how scoring OKRs works.
What does it mean to embrace reality in Ray Dalio’s Principles system? How can you embrace reality in the workplace? When Ray Dalio says “embrace reality” in Principles, he’s referring to the idea that you need to be honest about yourself and your work so that you can improve. Keep reading to find out how to embrace reality at work.