July 24, 2020
ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH EVOLVES TO MATURITY IN ROUGHLY FIVE PHASES: from Creative stage, to Strategic Direction, Delegation, Coordination, and then Collaboration. In between those phases, the critical Leadership factors also evolve from total control to allocation of authority & autonomy, monitored... Continue
Weekly Report 20-57
July 21, 2020
“THE MORE WE DEPEND ON SMARTPHONES, THE MORE ATTRACTIVE AN ATTACK VECTOR THEY BECOME for cybercriminals.” Primary signs that your Android or iOS devices have been hacked are: (1) sudden loss of battery life; (2) spike in data usage; (3)... Continue
Weekly Report 20-56
July 18, 2020
THE RESIDENTIAL 30-YEAR MORTGAGE LOAN RATE IS NOW BELOW 3% – lowest in four decades – now available to borrowers with strong credit scores and sufficient earnings or cash flow after large down payments, which is motivating home buying across... Continue
Weekly Report 20-55
July 15, 2020
DESPITE TODAY’S CHAOS, IN THEORY, WE SHOULD BE FEELING BETTER NOW THAT SUMMER IS HERE. Seasonal changes impact our brain’s health, affecting moods as well as cognition when daylight varies, and “people in general tend to be smarter in summer... Continue
Weekly Report 20-54
July 14, 2020
MODERN DAY UPDATES OF PARKINSON’S LAW that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” (1) For employees who are ‘slackers,’ taking advantage of stay-at-home rules to work minimum hours: ‘For the unconcerned, when unobserved, work... Continue