June 4, 2020
MAJOR BENEFICIAL CHANGES TO THE PPP LOAN PROGRAM, now passed by House & Senate: (1) Requirement to expend 75% of loan for payroll within 8 weeks is now 60% over 24 weeks; (2) Restoring to pre-Covid workforce level is no... Continue
Weekly Report 20-39
June 2, 2020
THE EVOLVING POST-PANDEMIC ‘NEXT NORMAL’ SHOULD BEGIN WITH ORGANIZATIONS TACKLING TWO OVERRIDING FACTORS: (1) Anticipating and planning to deal with “tension from the divide between execs managers who easily adapted to working from home and to flexible, ill-defined processes &... Continue
Weekly Report 20-38
May 31, 2020
“SOCIAL HISTORIANS MAY REGARD 2020 AS THE START OF A NEW AGE… when the rhythm of life was disrupted, and the barrier between home and working life (a useful way of relieving stress) disappeared.” For service industry workers, broadband allows... Continue
Weekly Report 20-37
May 29, 2020
THE ECONOMIC RESET FOSTERED BY CORONAVIRUS IS NOW EMERGING, with start-ups and restarts in progress. A reminder that four in ten new companies fail from the get-go because entrepreneurs built products or services which didn’t address the “real needs, of... Continue
Weekly Report 20-36
May 24, 2020
THE COMING U.S. ELECTION WILL BE UNLIKE ANY PRIOR, especially since this is the year that Millennials have overtaken Boomers & GenXers in population. While statistics suggest that 25 – 40 year olds are less attached to political parties and... Continue