Weekly Reports Archive

“WHEN CORPORATE MESSAGING LEANS HEAVILY ON BUZZWORDS & JARGON… A cognitive psychologist developed a Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale (CBRS)… ‘synergistic leadership’ / ‘growth-hacking paradigms’ / ‘cradle-to-grave credentialling’ / ‘adaptive coherence’… Results of the study found a troubling paradox: (1) Workers... Continue

“MOST LEADERS BELIEVE THEY ARE MANAGING TIME, BUT IN REALITY, ARE BEING MANAGED BY IT, responding to stimuli rather than choosing how to spend their days. Remedies involve: (1) Reframing time as an asset… (2) Building the calendar around leadership... Continue

SCAMMERS ARE GETTING MORE SAVVY AND INCREASINGLY PERSONAL, posing as banks, investment professionals, credit card agents, utility companies, website representatives, security companies, charities, and any other sources who can get your attention – all to gain your confidence and trust.... Continue

LATEST RESEARCH ON RAMIFICATIONS OF AI, based on an 8-month study of work habits for 200 employees at a U.S. technology company, found that they worked at a faster pace and took on a broader scope of tasks, felt more... Continue

SOME TIMELESS LESSONS FOR DETECTING BULLSHIT – i.e. misinformation or disinformation which doesn’t align with factual reality – especially when relating to “emotional issues, playing on fears, hopes, preconceptions, preferences or ideologies – which make us vulnerable to grift, fraud,... Continue