Publications
January 2, 2018
Weekly Report 18-01
GET READY FOR AN EXCEPTIONALLY CHALLENGING YEAR: AS POLITICIANS CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE INCREASED EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES, forecasts predict up to 375 million workers globally needing to learn new skills for transition to available occupations over the next dozen years. Automation is forecast to impact up to a third of activities in some 60% of occupations... Continue
December 11, 2017
Weekly Report 17-52
DIGITAL DISTRACTIONS HAVE CREATED “INABILITY TO FOCUS for longer than a minute,” impacting job performance and productivity. Combined with social network conversation, the web’s perpetual news cycle and feeds (which are “algorithmically structured to keep users scrolling and sharing, for fear of missing important information”) – now have smartphone users touching their devise between every... Continue
December 9, 2017
Weekly Report 17-51
HAPPY NEW YEAR. WHAT’S AHEAD IN 2018? FOR THE ECONOMY: “If history is any guide (and it often is), the business cycle is coming to an end. The world economy tends to tip into a recession every 8 to 10 years and the last one ended in 2009… The stock market is trading at valuation... Continue
December 3, 2017
Weekly Report 17-50
SMARTPHONES APPEAR TO CONTRIBUTE TO ADOLESCENT ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. Scientific evidence supports the idea that “social media can inspire malaise,” and research on data from over 500,000 teens & millennials found mental troubles more likely from those who spent more time on new media than from those who “used screens less, spending time playing sport,... Continue
November 27, 2017