Weekly Reports

  “USING TABLETS AS ‘e-BABYSITTERS FOR TODDLERS BRINGS MORE TANTRUMS, which in turn can have harried parents trying to calm a child by handing them a tablet.” Canadian researchers report that screen time in early childhood can disrupt their ability... Continue

“THE THING THAT MAKES BUSINESS TRICKY is that almost every situation is novel in some way, with different products/ services/ types of employees/ markets/ etc., so it’s situational in nature.” Even hindsight has its limits, since today’s world isn’t yesterday’s... Continue

BEST TO MIND YOUR MANNERS WITH CHATBOTS. While, according to McKinsey, some 85% of Americans believe that civility (i.e. manners) have declined in the last decade and 90% feel youngsters have become disrespectful as a result of social media and... Continue

‘FAMILY BUSINESS’ – defined as any company in which two or more family members “exercise control, concurrently or sequentially” – represent some 90% of American businesses, employing over half the nation’s workers and GNP.  When managed effectively, up to two-thirds make... Continue

EFFECTIVE PEOPLE DON’T JUST KNOW WHAT TO DO, THEY KNOW WHY.  They have concrete goals – essentially a vision of what they want to achieve, with purpose which guides their dedication, organization and capacity to bypass distractions that stand in... Continue