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May 17, 2019 Do Your Data Scientists Know the 'Why' Behind Their Work? By Thomas C. Redman If not, is it their fault — or yours?

Business processes To Improve Food Inspections, Change the Way They're Scheduled by Maria R. Ibanez, Michael W. Toffel New research finds that the timing of commercial kitchen inspections affects their results. Operations How Home-Based Primary Care Can Reduce Expensive Hospitalizations by Paul Di Capua, Jay Mathur, Vivek Garg, Sachin H. Jain Results from a program in Connecticut. Health You Are the Product: Giancarlo Pitocco and the Attention Economy Former Facebook and Instagram employee Giancarlo Pitocco explains how the attention economy has created a mental health and productivity crisis — and how we can begin to reclaim our valuable time and attention. Technology Using Voice Interfaces to Make Products More Inclusive by Cathy Pearl Different people need to access technology in different ways.

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