Publications
August 15, 2024
Weekly Report 24-35
“USING TABLETS AS ‘e-BABYSITTERS FOR TODDLERS BRINGS MORE TANTRUMS, which in turn can have harried parents trying to calm a child by handing them a tablet.” Canadian researchers report that screen time in early childhood can disrupt their ability to manage anger & frustration leading to increased outburst. With most 4-year-olds now owning their... Continue
August 8, 2024
Weekly Report 24-34
“THE THING THAT MAKES BUSINESS TRICKY is that almost every situation is novel in some way, with different products/ services/ types of employees/ markets/ etc., so it’s situational in nature.” Even hindsight has its limits, since today’s world isn’t yesterday’s world, and decisions have to be made with a fraction of the total information we’d... Continue
August 1, 2024
Weekly Report 24-30
BEST TO MIND YOUR MANNERS WITH CHATBOTS. While, according to McKinsey, some 85% of Americans believe that civility (i.e. manners) have declined in the last decade and 90% feel youngsters have become disrespectful as a result of social media and peer pressure, artificial intelligence is now also a factor. However, researchers in three countries have... Continue
August 1, 2024
Weekly Report 24-31
‘FAMILY BUSINESS’ – defined as any company in which two or more family members “exercise control, concurrently or sequentially” – represent some 90% of American businesses, employing over half the nation’s workers and GNP. When managed effectively, up to two-thirds make it through two generations (up to sixty years). Meanwhile, a study of 25,000 publicly-traded companies... Continue
August 1, 2024