Publications
October 17, 2017
Weekly Report 17-43
AS ORGANIZATIONS GROW with data, analytics and algorithms providing powerful inputs and methods for decision-making, the impact is that “organizational complexity clouds accountability and, as the number of decision-makers rises, leaders are less able to delegate authority effectively.” This situation is compounded by technology which distributes information to so many more people “without clarifying decision-making... Continue
October 13, 2017
Weekly Report 17-42
• FIVE STARTUP BUSINESS MISTAKES that consistently “lead to frustration, dissention, poor performance, and often failure” almost always stem from: (1) Lack of strategic planning to encompass clarity & consensus of owners/managers as to Goals, Objectives, and Timelines; (2) Shortcutting management talent to optimize operations, marketing, sales, personnel and finance; (3) Overestimating revenues, which typically... Continue
October 4, 2017
Weekly Report 17-41
THE DYING ART OF DISAGREEMENT! Once upon a time, what used to be called a ‘liberal’ education involved learning “to listen & understand, to question & disagree, to treat no proposition as sacred and no objection as impious, to be willing to entertain unpopular ideas and cultivate the habits of an open mind… Quarrels over... Continue
September 25, 2017
Weekly Report 17-40
‘SYNTHETIC IDENTITY THEFT’ IS A SCAM WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ONE IN FIVE CREDIT CARDS WHICH GO BAD. While the financial industry have spent years convincing retailers to upgrade card terminals to accept computer chips (which supposedly prevent crooks from stealing CC numbers), “synthetic fraudsters simply buy stolen social security numbers, then combine them with a... Continue
September 18, 2017