Hospitals cope with staffing shortages
About 1-in-5 healthcare workers quit their job during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But, despite common belief, the nursing shortage is actually not a symptom of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather, it had been a creeping phenomenon for several decades now. The pandemic only quickened the process.“We Read More →
Trust as a foundation of organizational success
By Vlad Vaiman I have spent the past 20 years of my life researching the issues of talent management and consulting organizations on what they should do to attract, engage, develop, and retain their most valuable employees. Among some of the outcomes of my work is the framework for talent retention revealing what keeps people with Read More →
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Nexa3D acquires Danish company
Nexa3D, a Ventura-based ultrafast polymer 3D printing company, announced on April 4 that it has acquired Addifab, the originator of Freeform Injection Molding, a proprietary and patented digital tooling process that couples the design freedom of 3D printing with the mechanical performance of injection molding using thousands of tried-and-true engineering materials. The terms of the Read More →
Cuadrilla-backed InfoDesk acquires Wide Narrow
InfoDesk, an enterprise insights software platform, has acquired Wide Narrow, a competitive and market intelligence SaaS platform for an undisclosed amount, the company said in an April 4 news release. InfoDesk is backed by Cuadrilla Capital, a Santa Barbara-based venture capital firm that invests primarily in software companies. Massumi + Consoli LLP served as legal Read More →
Latinos drive most of U.S. GDP growth
The economic contributions of Latinos in the United State are large and rapidly growing, according to a report that was the focus of a March 29 program at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. “As a summary statistic for the economic performance of Latinos in the United States, the 2020 Latino GDP is extraordinary,” the Read More →
Prioritizing solutions to poverty will bring in revenue to our regional economy
By Laura Capps Costs of living on the Central Coast are skyrocketing, and poverty maintains a tight grip on the lives of too many of our residents. The 2020 Census calculated a 15.2% poverty rate for Santa Barbara County, one of the highest rates in the state that has the highest rate in the country. Read More →
