This site under reconstruction.
Let the games begin! It’s time to do the ACA Reporting. Last year, when we were at the stage of developing the paper report, reviewing the data was so onerous that the HR VP said that we were going to do it differently the next year (meaning 2017). So I kind of took it to…
This post is connected to the following post: Capitalism Disrupted.[ap_divider color=”#CCCCCC” style=”double” thickness=”3px” width=”100%” mar_top=”20px” mar_bot=”20px”] [Don’t know how long my Microsoft Internet connection will last. Yesterday I could not do a post because I could not upload a picture. That’s part of the fun with this blog – posting pictures. I also couldn’t update…
A thought popped into my mind as I wondered how the economy will develop under the onslaught of digitization and automation. I thought about the massive unemployment and the ensuing poverty that could come out of that. What does that mean for the future progress of mankind? When I think about inequality on such immense…
This post is connected to the following post: Capitalism Disrupted.[ap_divider color=”#CCCCCC” style=”double” thickness=”3px” width=”100%” mar_top=”20px” mar_bot=”20px”] “Hey, our guy David, he’s back from his sales trip. We’re going to meet at Starbuck””Okay, I’ll be heading over. I hope he got something good.””Yeah, we need something ever since GE decided to leave our town. After promising…
Wikipedia defines capitalism as: ” Capitalism is an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.[1][2][3] Characteristics central to capitalism include private property, capital accumulation, wage labor, voluntary exchange, a price system, and competitive markets.[4][5] In a capitalist market economy, decision-making and investment is determined by the…
There is a lot of interest in being creative or innovative. Companies are looking for ways to gain an edge. Standardization and the manufacturing method no longer works (most manufacturing are done overseas anyway). It’s no longer about getting a marketing edge – there is too much noise. Cost cutting ends up being a race to…