Weekly Reports

                                    WHAT DO 2017 AND THE NEAR FUTURE, HOLD IN STORE?  FOR WORK CULTURE:  Gradually Artificial Intelligence will transform the essence of human culture, and have major adverse impact on jobs. As AI systems “teach us to trust machine intelligence... Continue

TWO-THIRDS OF COMPANIES HAVE “CULTURES THAT ARE NOT ALIGNED WITH LONG-TERM VALUE… An organization’s culture is defined by a set of shared beliefs, decisions and behaviors, all determined by the organization’s primary focus” – goals or mission, innovation, customer or... Continue

• DEFINITION FOR THE YEAR: We’re in the POST-TRUTH (aka POST-FACTUAL) POLITICAL ERA, which Wikipedia defines as “debate determined largely by appeals to emotion disconnected from the details of policy, and by the repeated assertion of talking points to which... Continue

GENERATION Z IS THE MONIKER NOW APPLIED TO KIDS BORN AFTER 1990; they are projected to comprise 20% of the workforce by 2020 and differ from Millennials in attitudes, expectations and workstyles largely because they’ve been “shaped by the recession…... Continue

HOLIDAY SCAMS UPDATE: (1) Hundreds of counterfeit ‘Pirate’ retail apps now compete to steal credit card information and/or to infect your device with malware. They claim links to brand-name companies (like Nordstrom or Jimmy Choo), so best to check the... Continue