Weekly Reports

October 24, 2017

Weekly Report 17-44

TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO CHANGE OUR WORLD at an accelerating pace as SOFTWARE TOOLS disrupt most industries and worker needs. UBER and AIRBNB, for example – now the biggest taxi and hotel companies in the world – don’t own cars or... Continue
October 17, 2017

Weekly Report 17-43

AS ORGANIZATIONS GROW with data, analytics and algorithms providing powerful inputs and methods for decision-making, the impact is that “organizational complexity clouds accountability and, as the number of decision-makers rises, leaders are less able to delegate authority effectively.” This situation... Continue
October 13, 2017

Weekly Report 17-42

• FIVE STARTUP BUSINESS MISTAKES that consistently “lead to frustration, dissention, poor performance, and often failure” almost always stem from: (1) Lack of strategic planning to encompass clarity & consensus of owners/managers as to Goals, Objectives, and Timelines; (2) Shortcutting... Continue
October 4, 2017

Weekly Report 17-41

THE DYING ART OF DISAGREEMENT! Once upon a time, what used to be called a ‘liberal’ education involved learning “to listen & understand, to question & disagree, to treat no proposition as sacred and no objection as impious, to be... Continue
September 25, 2017

Weekly Report 17-40

‘SYNTHETIC IDENTITY THEFT’ IS A SCAM WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ONE IN FIVE CREDIT CARDS WHICH GO BAD. While the financial industry have spent years convincing retailers to upgrade card terminals to accept computer chips (which supposedly prevent crooks from stealing... Continue