Observations on trends in society and business
On the evening of March 26, 2024 at 12:45 AM, a Singaporean cargo ship named the Dali left its dock and began heading down the Patapsco River in Baltimore. The weather that evening was [...]
“Leaders need to understand that some of their ability to lead a team comes from the tendency of people to respect the chain of command. But to really reach the next level of organizational [...]
As stated in Part 1 of this article, experiencing excessive turnover costs employers a substantial amount of money every year including recruiting, temporary workers, and lost productivity. Turnover can also negatively impact non-financial components [...]
One of the biggest headaches that leaders of organizations face is high employee turnover. Turnover is expensive in multiple ways, from hard costs such as recruitment, and hiring temporary contract workers to costs that [...]
“For leaders there is an organizational responsibility to attempt to recognize our biases, or at least recognize the thinking traps that lead to biased conclusions. This is especially critical when it involves decisions about [...]
On January 27, 1967, three astronauts entered the Apollo 1 command module on Launch Pad 34 at Cape Canaveral to go through a series of tests in preparation for their upcoming space flight. Without [...]
… Not all facts are equally weighted in their importance for a decision, and this is where experience helps. An experienced leader can quickly eliminate factors and data points that will not help in [...]
Companies like Google and Facebook are expecting to continue to thrive in a world devoid of laws that will deter their efforts or even ways to detect them. In the book The Ages of [...]
“Go ahead and try me on, there’s nothing left to fear, I’ll find right where you belong, by looking between your ears.” The Sorting Hat – Harry Potter: Magic Awakened If only we humans [...]