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OSHA to Retailers: Make Black Friday Safer for Workers

HR Digest

22, 2018 in Bentonville, Ark. The employees weren’t provided with the necessary training and tools to safely manage the crowd of gung-ho shoppers. After the 2008 Black Friday tragedy, OSHA released an annual set of “Crowd Management Safety Guidelines” for retailers to follow. Gunnar Rathbun/AP Images for Walmart).

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Manage Risk Like a Royal Marine

Harvard Business Review

In the dark of night, Corporal Mike Stevenson leads his section of seven heavily-armed Royal Marines across the deck of HMS Ark Royal toward the waiting Sea King helicopter. To understand human behavior around risk, and to learn how to manage it better, it's important to recognize that one man's fear is another man's opportunity.

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Manage Risk Like a Royal Marine

Harvard Business Review

In the dark of night, Corporal Mike Stevenson leads his section of seven heavily-armed Royal Marines across the deck of HMS Ark Royal toward the waiting Sea King helicopter. To understand human behavior around risk, and to learn how to manage it better, it's important to recognize that one man's fear is another man's opportunity.

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