Publications

January 21, 2024

Weekly Report 24-04

CONFLICTING BUT INTERESTING RESEARCH ON SENIORS’ MEMORY: Most research on ‘aging’ suggests that “mental powers change with age in different ways – some declining while others improve, at least for a time, with arithmetical, comprehension and vocabulary skills improving until age 50. However, for tasks involving short-term memory (remembering things immediately after presentation) and working... Continue
January 15, 2024

Weekly Report 24-02

PERSONALITY – A PERSON’S TYPICAL THOUGHTS, FEELINGS & BEHAVIORS as they go through daily life – is not a mannerism set it stone. Changes in personality over time can be driven by the natural aging process, by influence of major life events, or simply by daily interactions with others. The Big Five personality traits –... Continue
January 15, 2024

Weekly Report 24-01

SO, WE’VE MADE IT TO 2024, albeit with the geo-politics of our planet at their most precarious and perilous low-point since WWII. Today’s fractured international system and western political dysfunction have evolved primarily over the past five years from a few fundamental factors: (1) The uncontested seizure of Crimea by Russia – the first outright... Continue
January 15, 2024

Weekly Report 24-03

THE 4TH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IS UPON US, with “three great forces converging in a period of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity.”  The trends are in Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change and Shortage of Talent. [ECONOMIST]   Leaders who appreciate the nature of these disruptions to conventional business operations and who focus on risk management, have a much... Continue
December 28, 2023

Weekly Report 23-64

CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS BE AWARE: a slew of new legislation and court decisions are effective in 2024 which impact workplace policies and employee rights – including employment agreements, cannabis guidelines, health care plans, disciplinary procedures, minimum wage & hour regulations, sick/ family/ ‘reproductive loss’ leaves, rehiring of displaced workers, violence prevention plans, religious & cultural observances, arbitration,... Continue