Jonathan Mase

It’s never going to be easy to be in a leadership position when times are tough. Uncertain times will make it so that you won’t always have all the answers, but you’re going to be tasked with leading your people anyway. Take a look at the following four tips for leading through uncertain times. If […] The Thrive Global Community welcomes voices from many spheres on our open platform.

There are many times where you will hear people using words such as manager and leader interchangeably. It’s true that managers often find themselves in leadership positions, but there is a difference between a leader and a manager. Read on to get more information about what being a manager means and what being a leader […] The Thrive Global Community welcomes voices from many spheres on our open platform.

1. Introduction Viruses profoundly affect life on this planet, though they themselves are not alive. They exist just beyond the boundary between living and nonliving, but many blur that line. Some viruses are astonishingly simple: The prototypical Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus), for example, has only seven main proteins but can exert a dramatic effect on those infected.(1,2) Other viruses are more complex.