January 18, 2020
GENERATION Z (aka iGens and AppGens) ARE THE KIDS NOW ENTERING THE WORKFORCE. They’ve been born since the late 1990s into a world where the internet has always been a focal part of their life, with skills to “shift seamlessly... Continue
Weekly Report 10-03
January 15, 2020
2/3 OF FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES NEVER MAKE IT TO THE SECOND GENERATION (and 85% are gone by the 3rd) – mostly because they are seldom structured or managed effectively. Controlling owners find it uncomfortable to balance multiple roles; family members have... Continue
Weekly Report 20-02
January 6, 2020
CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS NOTE NEW LAWS EFFECTIVE NOW: ‘INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR’ classification (1099) law now stipulates a ‘legal presumption’ that ALL workers, unless professionally Licensed, are Employees, irrespective of written agreements. To escape the presumption, workers must now satisfy all three legislated... Continue
Weekly Report 20-01
December 18, 2019
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... Continue
2019 YEAR END REPORT – 19-52
December 10, 2019
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... Continue