May 31, 2017
ROBOT-TO-WORKER RATIOS ARE RISING RAPIDLY. In Korea nearly 5:1, Japan & Germany close to 3:1, America now over 1.6:1. Percentage of jobs at risk in U.S. cities include 54% in Fresno, 49% in Las Vegas, 47% in Los Angeles, nearing... Continue
Weekly Report 17-23
May 25, 2017
GENERATION ‘Z’ ARE NOW GRADUATING COLLEGE AND ENTERING THE WORKFORCE with different personality, expectations and demands, based on national surveys. “Unlike Millennials, who were mostly raised during times of relative prosperity, Gen Z were largely raised during a global recession... Continue
Weekly Report 17-22
May 18, 2017
‘REVERSE DELEGATION’ IS AMONG THE GREATEST NEMESIS OF MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS. It involves ‘taking back’ a delegated assignment when employees are stuck, or redoing it yourself when not up to your expectations. These actions not only waste your own... Continue
Weekly Report 17-21
May 11, 2017
IDENTITY THEFT IS GROWING MASSIVELY by “hackers and cyber-thieves who are hell-bent on penetrating and staling your financial or personal records in an effort to profit from that data… and the truth is that it’s highly unlikely that anyone, whether... Continue
Weekly Report 17-20
May 5, 2017
REALISTIC LONG-TERM PLANNING BEGINS WITH ‘GOAL SETTING’ based on three critical factors: (1) Specificity; (2) Reality-based achievability; and (3) Measurability – which means “defining what constitutes completion or achievement (i.e. assessment measures like quantity, quality, money spent or saved), and... Continue