Archive for May 2021

"Some of the excuses and inequities we had become used to — it’s no longer credible. Instead of, ‘maybe next year’ or ‘we can’t find the workers,’ it really became a time to — as we say at American Tower — stand and deliver." Read More

Stephanie Browne has spent the last five years as the vice president of talent acquisition and the chief diversity and inclusion officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, capping a 26-year career at the health insurer. At 63, she says she’s seen her fair share of uprisings — but last summer’s protests in the…

"As a chief diversity officer, it’s been the best of times, and it’s been the worst of times. Finally, organizations are beginning to realize that this is a deeper issue, and that racism is something that we need to tackle head-on," said Paul Francisco, senior vice president and chief diversity officer at State Street Corp.…

"If you just say, ‘You can get there,’ and don’t give them support, and they don’t see anybody taking that path, it gets harder. So there has to be a very intentional intervention to cultivate the next level of leaders, emerging leaders, and then have a succession plan around it." Read More

At the one-year mark of Floyd’s death, Business Journal interviews with diversity-focused executives reveal a range of emotions, from relief at the outcome of former police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial to frustration at public desire for a "quick fix" for issues that have been at the foundation of American society for centuries. Read More

The new normal won’t be what many people were expecting. Read More

As the state Legislature considers open access to voc-tech education opportunities, let’s reimagine a voc-tech system that delivers on its promise of broad access to high-demand tech-career pathways and work with comprehensive high schools to partner in mutually advantaged ways. Where qualified students sit on waiting lists, it makes sense to enable public high schools…

The requirement that claimants must take steps every week to try and get a job have been suspended during the pandemic. But beginning in mid-June, they will be reinstated as many employers struggle to fill open positions. Read More

Voyager Therapeutics (Nasdaq: VYGR) is losing two executives this spring as the gene therapy company shifts its focus to engineering capsids for adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) that deliver gene-altering treatments. Read More

The heads of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts and the departing leader of the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center were honored Thursday at the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts’ annual breakfast. Read More