Publications
February 4, 2021
Weekly Report 21-12
BUSINESSES RUN BY A “CRAZY THING CALLED A BUDGET.” The City of Long Beach, California, with businesses struggling from among the nation’s toughest pandemic restrictions, opted to pass a well-intentioned ‘Hero Pay’ measure to increase wages of essential grocery workers by $4/hr. The immediate result was Kroger brand promptly closing four retail stores – 30%... Continue
February 1, 2021
Weekly Report 21-11
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” – Martin Luther King Jr. ANOTHER CALIFORNIA MESS: (1) “Hackers, identity thieves & overseas criminal gangs stole over $11 billion in Unemployment Benefits, with possibly another $20 billion suspected fraud not yet confirmed… Technologically outdated state systems were caught flat-footed by... Continue
January 29, 2021
Weekly Report 21-10
“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 to stop the creative process… But most underestimate the value of persistence in creativity, called... Continue
January 27, 2021
Weekly Report 21-09
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 altered the nature of both personal & business communication from in-person to phone or online,... Continue
January 22, 2021