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The latest dispatch on the inequality front comes from a hedge fund. The article was part of a set in the McKinsey app, so even the “elites” are recognizing the need to do something about the inequality. Now I don’t typically regard the hedge funds or the Wall Street financial types as having a lot…
I read an article earlier in the week about Walmart and its plan to raise the wages of its employees. I can’t find the article but I am left with an impression that Sam Walton, the deceased founder, would roll over in his grave if he knew about the planned increases. There are two parts…
I’ve been fortunate enough that I can add some play into my work and still be accomplishing things. For instance, the early part of the week was discouraging as we got pressure to go manual in our reporting process. It was said that somebody in the field actually said, “Well, it worked the last week…
I think we are approaching the end of the budgeting project. This week we had a meeting with the lender/investor who may have been the prime instigator for this budget process. I didn’t know it, but the first time we went through the budget last November, they didn’t like the fact that we didn’t review…
And they are not lizards. Okay, I got a little surprise earlier in the week. I was giving the supervisors training on the automated report and one supervisor said one of her folks asked about doing the report manually. That person felt she loses the knowledge if the computer was doing it all for her….
There has been a couple of articles about certifications, as if it is a panacea for the skills gap. But just because someone is certified, does not mean that person will be able to solve problems or be able to creatively come up with solutions. I once worked at a refinery where a peer, who…
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