Publications
January 11, 2017
Weekly Report 17-03
“THE RELENTLESS MARCH OF TECHNOLOGY has brought us to a point where machines & software are not just outworking us, but starting to outthink us.” Tesla’s latest software enables a driver to see two cars ahead on the road and actually ‘predict’ an accident [see https://electrek.co/2016/12/27/], “software has started writing poetry, pop hits, sports stories... Continue
January 6, 2017
Weekly Report 17-02
A GENUINELY FUNNY RECAP OF 2016: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/dave-barrys-year-in-review-trump-and-the-hideous-monstrosity-that-was-2016/2016/12/29/17c84a14-b7d6-11e6-b8df-600bd9d38a02_story.html?utm_term=.74fe5ec308c4&wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1 NEW 2017 CALIFORNIA LAWS TO BE AWARE OF: (1) Immigration Protections: Employers are subject to a $10,000 penalty for requesting more documents than the federal I-9 forms demands, failure to honor documents that appear to be genuine, or re-investigating a current employee’s work authorization. (2) Minimum Wage: increases... Continue
January 3, 2017
Weekly Report 17-01
WHAT DO 2017 AND THE NEAR FUTURE, HOLD IN STORE? FOR WORK CULTURE: Gradually Artificial Intelligence will transform the essence of human culture, and have major adverse impact on jobs. As AI systems “teach us to trust machine intelligence over the human variety… and learn from experience, AI will replace accountants, lawyers, bankers, insurance... Continue
December 22, 2016
Weekly Report 16-52
TWO-THIRDS OF COMPANIES HAVE “CULTURES THAT ARE NOT ALIGNED WITH LONG-TERM VALUE… An organization’s culture is defined by a set of shared beliefs, decisions and behaviors, all determined by the organization’s primary focus” – goals or mission, innovation, customer or product-centric, quality, risk management, and so forth. Predominant “culture Killers are arrogance, misaligned leadership, lack... Continue
December 22, 2016