Weekly Reports January 2021

January 29, 2021

Weekly Report 21-10

  • “PRODUCTIVITY IS OFTEN FALSELY CONFLATED WITH CREATIVITY. When completing any task that requires mental energy, people often take the ease of producing ideas – i.e. those ideas most obvious – as a signal of their quality, and are more likely... Continue
  • January 27, 2021

    Weekly Report 21-09

  •   THE AIM OF ‘LISTENING’ is “to ascertain what another person is trying to achieve – to identify, select & interpret the key words that turn information into intelligence, which is crucial to effective communication.” The pandemic lockdowns have dramatically... Continue
  • January 22, 2021

    Weekly Report 21-08

  • 2021 PROMISES TO BE “PARTICULARLY UNPREDICTABLE, given the interactions between the pandemic, an uneven economic recovery, fractious geopolitics, and as risks abound to health and social stability,” including: fights within & between countries over vaccine, over keeping companies on life... Continue
  • January 19, 2021

    Weekly Report 21-07

  • BEYOND THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF IMPLEMENTING CYBERSECURITY policies, programs & procedures, a cyber-intrusion insurance policy should be a priority strategic consideration for most companies. 2020 saw an all-time high in Ransomware attacks, with demands up to mega-millions. “Although there have... Continue
  • January 16, 2021

    Weekly Report 21-06

  • PREVENTING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE with a non-invasive wearable device which “stimulates the brain to target sense of smell” has been developed by scientists at a New Zealand university. Dementia is the condition where memory & thinking abilities lapse – a result... Continue