US may see 'substantial third wave' More than 1,000 current and former CDC officials have signed an open letter saying "the absence of national leadership on Covid-19 is unprecedented and dangerous" and urging the CDC to take the lead during the crisis.
Why to-do lists kill productivity those with to-do lists bypass important or complicated tasks, instead focusing on those that are easier to complete. ....... people use their calendars to block out chunks of time for specific tasks, arguing that we perform better under time constraints.
Throw out your shitty to-do list — here’s what to do instead deciding to keep a “done list,” ensuring that I write down every single task I completed and then crossing it or ticking it off.
The key to being a better listener To start, we can pay active, silent attention to what others are saying. Next, we can repeat what we’ve heard in our own words, making sure we understand what's been said (even if we don't agree). And finally, we can ask open-ended questions that demonstrate that we are processing what we've heard.
The economy may never be the same Primarily, the crisis will accelerate trends that were already growing: more saving, low interest rates, less globalization, e-commerce, remote work, along with online education and health care. There will also be more great power conflict, trade disputes and growing wealth disparities.
Who will be the winners in a post-pandemic economy? COVID-19 will force a rebirth of many industries as we all sit at home in lockdown, re-assessing and re-imagining modes of consumption, supply, interaction and productivity. As president of a global technology firm, what intrigues me is where there will be paradigm shifts, as opposed to just existing trends either accelerating or decelerating. ........... Those businesses that have designed their solutions to use the full potential of cloud computing, will not buckle under the pressure. ............. Meanwhile, supply chains are having to reconfigure themselves in real time. ......... But in the longer term, change will have to be more fundamental. Resilience, combined with agility, must be the new focus of business leaders as we all emerge from this crisis. ........... To create long-term resilience we will likely see further robotic automation and artificial intelligence (AI) within our supply chains. These technologies reduce manual intervention and hand-offs, cutting transmission risks, and reducing the reliance on humans to work face-to-face. They can also enable production to scale and shrink in response to sudden demand. ............. Many countries’ fiscal stimuli amount to the largest scale experiment in Universal Basic Income (UBI) to date. UBI is considered by many to be a prerequisite for a successful AI-driven economy – by enabling businesses to potentially replace humans without impacting their welfare. ......... We will always want to travel, to eat out, to be entertained, and to have experiences in person. Just don’t expect any of these activities to be unchanged. Or to be delivered by the same brands, and by the same means to which we’ve become accustomed............ We will emerge from this period stronger, wiser and more connected as a global society. Resilience will be at the forefront of every strategy, yet it is agility that will ensure competitiveness, and an ability to respond to the unexpected. To achieve this, businesses will have to re-evaluate where they must be strong and where they must be flexible.
Top CEOs vow 'real change' on racism The CEOs of more than 200 of the biggest U.S. companies are making major commitments to "advance racial equity and justice," acknowledging the effects of systemic racism following the deaths of George Floyd and other Black Americans. ........... six fronts: employment, finance, education, health, housing and criminal justice. ........... events of 2020 have illustrated how far we still have to go to ensure that every person can fully realize opportunity and justice in America. ........ Informed by listening and learning sessions with more than 100 experts across the ideological spectrum, Business Roundtable details commitments and recommendations to address the economic opportunity gap including disparities in access to good jobs, financial tools and quality education and health care.
Walmart CEO: Business Roundtable members have new plans to fight historic racial injustice The 208 members of the Business Roundtable have new proposals about what more we can do to move the weight of racism that presses on people of color. ........... Behind the weight of the man was the weight of society — the weight of institutions and structures in which systemic inequity and injustice are engrained. .......... As anybody who’s had to move something of significant weight knows, sheer force won’t do the job. The great achievements of ancient societies were built using levers and fulcrums. That’s how great weights were moved and used to build and create. ....... In the area of employment, we’re calling on companies to report annually on their progress to increase diversity in senior management and on their boards. We’re also launching an initiative to make sure that companies are open to hiring anyone who has the right skills, even if they don’t have a college degree.
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