January 29, 2021
“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
Weekly Report 21-10
January 27, 2021
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
Weekly Report 21-09
January 22, 2021
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
Weekly Report 21-08
January 19, 2021
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
Weekly Report 21-07
January 16, 2021
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