Weekly Reports

September 19, 2020

Weekly Report 20-78

MOST FAMILY BUSINESSES WHICH HAVE TRANSITIONED TO AT LEAST 2nd GENERATION have not been negatively impacted by the pandemic, versus large publically funded/traded companies, based on a global survey covering 25 industries in 20 countries. The rationale is that while... Continue
September 16, 2020

Weekly Report 20-77

80% OF ROBOCALLS COME FROM FAKE NUMBERS, and answering or not “has no effect on how many more you’ll receive.” Based on a one-year study of over 1.5 million calls on 66K phone lines by researchers at No. Carolina State... Continue
September 14, 2020

Weekly Reports 20-76

REMAINING PRODUCTIVE WHILE WORKING AT HOME IS CHALLENGING FOR MOST – worse even than office work, where typical disruptions occur every three minutes and can take up to 23+ minutes to get ‘back on task’ according to a recent UC-Irvine... Continue
September 9, 2020

Weekly Report 20-75

THE FUTURE OF ‘WORK’ IS AMONG THE MOST MAJOR ISSUE OF OUR TIMES. As the number of ‘Software Robots’ (aka digital workers) “representing the new division of labor between humans and machines – and our evolving co-dependency – are projected... Continue
September 8, 2020

Weekly Report 20-74

AS POST-PANDEMIC REOPENINGS EVOLVE: Under the stress of maintaining business productivity & profitability, owners & managers are understandably likely to ‘backburner’ some elements of leadership which are critical: For MILLENNIALS, priorities remain work/life balance, working remotely, resetting daily routines, and... Continue