Publications
September 22, 2021
Weekly Report 21-70
“PEOPLE GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO AVOID UNPLEASANT INFORMATION THAT MAKES THEM FEEL BAD.” A new 5000-person Harvard study found that even more prevalent than inattention or laziness being the rationale for ‘tuning out’ information, people chose to “avoid negative info that impacted decisions benefiting themselves at the expense of others – the ‘selfish option’... Continue
September 18, 2021
Weekly Report 21-69
THE COVID HOSPITALIZATION NUMBERS ARE MISLEADING. Researchers from Harvard & Tufts Medical Schools studied Veterans Health Care Systems records for some fifty thousand admissions across the country to conclude that in the first six months of 2021 – after vaccination was widespread but before the Delta variant had arrived – “roughly half of all hospitalized... Continue
September 15, 2021
Weekly Report 21-68
MULTI-TASKING CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT PRODUCTIVITY. “Trying to do multiple things simultaneously, like calls or messaging while reviewing or editing reports, usually results in busywork, causing mental overload and reducing efficiency. ‘Parallel processing’ doesn’t exist, since our brains are simply not designed for it. Instead, they switch back & forth from task to task filtering out... Continue
September 10, 2021
Weekly Report 21-67
BEING THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS IS NEVER FUN, especially if it results from one’s action or inaction. A few tips to at least lessen the stress on yourself, and hopefully the recipient: (1) Fess up and don’t procrastinate delivery, while they get the news late and/or from someone else; (2) consider an advance warning... Continue
September 9, 2021