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\"Hummingbird\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Follow-ups and afterthoughts . . .<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 One post in May asked the question Can \u201cDisability Humor\u201d Really Work<\/a>? \u00a0Boston Globe<\/em> business writer Drake Bennett poses a related query in Who\u2019s Still Biased?<\/a>, an in-depth look at whether diversity training actually works.\u00a0 The cited studies and quoted experts in Drake\u2019s article seem to suggest that no one really knows\u2014but the provisional answer is “probably not.”\u00a0 There seems to be little evidence that companies with formal diversity training programs improve in terms of hiring and promoting women and minorities.\u00a0 It even seems that compulsory and\/or legalistic training can have a negative effect.<\/p>\n

What does (or at least might) work better?\u00a0 The best plan may be adding \u201cmore explicit measures like minority outreach, mentoring, and even old-fashioned affirmative-action programs like setting gender- and race-based promotion targets and making someone responsible for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Perils and Perks:\u00a0 Government Online<\/a> recounted both a cautionary tale and a happy story.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a little more news from the happy category:\u00a0 New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., have all made a some key data sets available to third-party developers\u2014and the result is an array of apps that sift through the official info and makes it more useful to users.\u00a0 For example:\u00a0 San Francisco Crimespotting<\/a> offers a nice interface for exploring police report data.\u00a0 And in NYC, a BigApps<\/a> competition drew some inventive entries like Bookzee (enter the title of a book and the nearest public library with a copy will pop up on your iPhone).\u00a0 Data access is not limited to developers, by the way.\u00a0 Anyone can visit DC Data Catalog<\/a>, NYC Data Mine<\/a> and Data SF<\/a> for serve-yourself downloads of permit records, purchase orders, code enforcement incidents, and more.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Inside Unemployment<\/a> looked at the experience of editor Dominique Browning, whose job at an upscale lifestyle magazine suddenly disappeared.\u00a0 I think Browning\u2019s book includes themes familiar to many people coping with unemployment, and offers interesting reflections on losing\/finding work-life balance.\u00a0 But I can also understand why the book has provoked some critical responses. \u00a0Carolyn See\u2019s Washington Post<\/a> review takes a rather sharp view of the book and its author, and although Browning defended herself in a recent appearance on the Diane Rehm<\/a> show, it\u2019s clear (from some of the negative emails received during the show, as well as comments on DR\u2019s website) that people are very<\/em> sensitive around the issue of unemployment.<\/p>\n

Not much employment improvement in May\u2014but things are not worse either.\u00a0 Let\u2019s keep a good thought for June.<\/p>\n


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(Many thanks to thefixer<\/a> for this month\u2019s just-for-pretty photo:\u00a0 a ruby-throated hummingbird, caught in mid-flutter.)<\/p>\n


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