Weekly Reports

MOTIVATING WORKERS TO PERFORM OPTIMALLY is dependent on process and your personal expectations, but usually more a matter of compatibility with the employee’s values. Motivation is “a skill to create the three psychological needs for generating the vitality to thrive:... Continue

STRATEGIC PLANNING IS TYPICALLY A PROCESS OF “ALIGNING the (presumed & forecasted) external environment with internal capabilities, but developing strategy inside-out with a group of executives is likely to be more operational than strategic, more continue-as-before than innovative… The rapid... Continue

“PEOPLE GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO AVOID UNPLEASANT INFORMATION THAT MAKES THEM FEEL BAD.”  A new 5000-person Harvard study found that even more prevalent than inattention or laziness being the rationale for ‘tuning out’ information, people chose to “avoid negative... Continue

THE COVID HOSPITALIZATION NUMBERS ARE MISLEADING. Researchers from Harvard & Tufts Medical Schools studied Veterans Health Care Systems records for some fifty thousand admissions across the country to conclude that in the first six months of 2021 – after vaccination... Continue

MULTI-TASKING CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT PRODUCTIVITY. “Trying to do multiple things simultaneously, like calls or messaging while reviewing or editing reports, usually results in busywork, causing mental overload and reducing efficiency. ‘Parallel processing’ doesn’t exist, since our brains are simply not... Continue