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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? Each of these issues could signal that a more streamlined organizational structure is needed. It’s a structure that preserves accountability.

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Is your organization creating bad leaders?

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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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Strong boards make strong nonprofits: What you need to know

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That’s why setting up the board’s structures and bylaws with care is one of the most important things a nonprofit founder can do. The board agreement is signed by board members and spells out their responsibilities, while the bylaws lay out the composition, structure, and rules under which the board operates. Or is doing too much?

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Why OpenAI is trying to untangle its 'bespoke' corporate structure

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On the Friday after Christmas, OpenAI published a blog post titled "Why OpenAI's structure must evolve to advance our mission." Why is OpenAI pursuing a PBC structure? First and foremost, a PBC structure whether it's private or selling share on the open market would get OpenAI out from under that non-distribution constraint.

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How to protect human rights in an AI-filled workplace

Fast Company Tech

Taking away the human element obviously has a structural problem for workers, but it has a humanity problem, as well.” When you’re dealing with an algorithm, even the basic experience of having to leave your desk or leave your station. to use the restroom, becomes problematic, she says.

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How machine learning can be used to identify microplastics

Fast Company Tech

Microplasticsa global problem The term plastic refers to a wide variety of artificially created polymers. Many plastic polymers have similar structures, so two different polymers can have similar spectra. We hope that this work will help us learn about the types of microplastics floating through the air in our study area, Michigan.

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AI for good: How you can help Candid Labs empower nonprofits 

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That’s why we created Candid Labs , a destination where our users can discover the breakthrough technology Candid is developing to support those working to solve the biggest problems in society. These difficulties stem from factors such as grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure.

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