Weekly Reports

GENERATION Z (aka iGens and AppGens) ARE THE KIDS NOW ENTERING THE WORKFORCE. They’ve been born since the late 1990s into a world where the internet has always been a focal part of their life, with skills to “shift seamlessly... Continue

2/3 OF FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES NEVER MAKE IT TO THE SECOND GENERATION (and 85% are gone by the 3rd) – mostly because they are seldom structured or managed effectively. Controlling owners find it uncomfortable to balance multiple roles; family members have... Continue

  CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS NOTE NEW LAWS EFFECTIVE NOW: ‘INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR’ classification (1099) law now stipulates a ‘legal presumption’ that ALL workers, unless professionally Licensed, are Employees, irrespective of written agreements. To escape the presumption, workers must now satisfy all three legislated... Continue

     THOUGHTS FOR  YEAR-END CONTEMPLATION ‘TIME MANAGEMENT’ IS AN ILLUSION. It passes irrespective of our desire, intention or behavior. So framing efforts to improve productivity or efficiency in the context of the ‘clock’ is misdirected. Reality is that the problem in... Continue

LAX IS THE 4TH BUSIEST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD, annually serving over 87 million passengers with half departing on planes every 50 seconds, after having been “cross-profiled with algorithms and matched against ‘watch-lists’ some twenty different ways,” then screened (along... Continue