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Is your organization creating bad leaders?

Fast Company Tech

Bad organization design is not just a structural flaw; it is a leadership hazard. The Trap of Misaligned Structures When an organizations structure does not align with its strategy, leaders are forced to work against the grain. As a result, the company fell behind competitors who had better-aligned structures.

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Crowdsourced data is not a substitute for real statistics

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Patrick Ball, Jeff Klingner, and Kristian Lum After the earthquake in Haiti, Ushahidi organized a centralized text messaging system to allow people to inform others about people trapped under damaged buildings and other humanitarian crises. We think that this is important and valuable.

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How an L.A. community of wildfire survivors is getting insurance to pay for contamination testing

Fast Company Tech

Many worried that smoke from the Eaton wildfire that destroyed more than 9,000 structures and killed 18 people may have carried toxins , including lead, asbestos and heavy metals, into their homes. “I’ve already had multiple people reach out and say: ‘Thank you for publishing this map.

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DeepMind creates ‘transformative’ map of human proteins drawn by artificial intelligence

The Verge

AI research lab DeepMind has created the most comprehensive map of human proteins to date using artificial intelligence. Proteins are long, complex molecules that perform numerous tasks in the body, from building tissue to fighting disease. the culmination of the entire 10-year-plus lifetime of DeepMind”.

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Visual language maps for robot navigation

Google Research AI blog

Building robots that are proficient at navigation requires an interconnected understanding of (a) vision and natural language (to associate landmarks or follow instructions), and (b) spatial reasoning (to connect a map representing an environment to the true spatial distribution of objects).

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How L.A. can rebuild after the wildfires without leaving vulnerable residents behind

Fast Company Tech

In all, more than 16,000 structures most of them homeswere destroyed, leaving thousands of people displaced. I see several ways to design solutions that help low- and moderate-income residents recover while building a safer community for the future. So can not building in risky areas in the first place. As seen with the L.A.

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A look at 15 best and (almost) free mind mapping tools for nonprofits

Candid

The same principle lies at the heart of a mind map. Mind maps help us stay organized in the world of content shock, informational chaos, and short attention span. They say mind mapping makes people more creative and retentive. Why use mind maps in your nonprofit practice? Mind maps can help you: Plan nonprofit projects.

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