Publications
September 16, 2020
Weekly Report 20-77
80% OF ROBOCALLS COME FROM FAKE NUMBERS, and answering or not “has no effect on how many more you’ll receive.” Based on a one-year study of over 1.5 million calls on 66K phone lines by researchers at No. Carolina State University, the main types of “annoying, illegal & fraudulent calls used fake or short-lived numbers... Continue
September 14, 2020
Weekly Reports 20-76
REMAINING PRODUCTIVE WHILE WORKING AT HOME IS CHALLENGING FOR MOST – worse even than office work, where typical disruptions occur every three minutes and can take up to 23+ minutes to get ‘back on task’ according to a recent UC-Irvine study. Time management begins with calendaring of priorities, but optimizing effectiveness mostly involves factors like:... Continue
September 9, 2020
Weekly Report 20-75
THE FUTURE OF ‘WORK’ IS AMONG THE MOST MAJOR ISSUE OF OUR TIMES. As the number of ‘Software Robots’ (aka digital workers) “representing the new division of labor between humans and machines – and our evolving co-dependency – are projected to increase 50% next year,” and McKinsey Global suggest that a staggering 400 to 800... Continue
September 8, 2020
Weekly Report 20-74
AS POST-PANDEMIC REOPENINGS EVOLVE: Under the stress of maintaining business productivity & profitability, owners & managers are understandably likely to ‘backburner’ some elements of leadership which are critical: For MILLENNIALS, priorities remain work/life balance, working remotely, resetting daily routines, and rejection of set workhours; Up to a third contend they experience ‘work-related anxiety’ which can... Continue
September 3, 2020