Publications
December 18, 2019
2019 YEAR END REPORT – 19-52
THOUGHTS FOR YEAR-END CONTEMPLATION ‘TIME MANAGEMENT’ IS AN ILLUSION. It passes irrespective of our desire, intention or behavior. So framing efforts to improve productivity or efficiency in the context of the ‘clock’ is misdirected. Reality is that the problem in achieving results is “misplaced attention in a distracting world filled with technology designed to persuade... Continue
December 10, 2019
Weekly Report 19-51
LAX IS THE 4TH BUSIEST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD, annually serving over 87 million passengers with half departing on planes every 50 seconds, after having been “cross-profiled with algorithms and matched against ‘watch-lists’ some twenty different ways,” then screened (along with 100,000 others daily) by many of 2,700 TSA agents who confiscate guns/knives/gels/ aerosols &... Continue
December 1, 2019
Weekly Report 19-50
AS 2020 STRATEGY EVOLVES, EMPLOYERS NEED AWARENESS THAT ‘GENERATION Z’ KIDS, born after 2000, are now entering the job market with perspective quite different than any previous generation. Effective management involves both understanding their unique perspective and procedural integration with existing multi-generational employees. Key factors include their (1) having experienced the economic volatility and financial... Continue
November 23, 2019
Weekly Report 19-49
70% OF START-UP COMPANIES FAIL BECAUSE OF A FEW FUNDAMENTAL STEPS: (1) Premature Scaling – spending money on non-essentials like marketing, sales personnel, fancy offices, etc. before “nailing the product/market fit critical to growing the business”; (2) Failure to involve mentors and team members with complementary skills. (Mentored start-ups grow some three times faster and... Continue
November 18, 2019