Thank you Liz Claman for the interesting conversation on markets and policies. #economy #stocks #fed #federalreserve #investing #investors #foxnews #foxbusiness #markets Liz Claman …see more

... and, now, another record low manufacturing reading -- this one from New York state, a particularly hard hit area in the US. The Empire measure of manufacturing activity in the state hit a record low of 78. This Bloomberg chart puts this drop in historical context. #economy #manufacturing #markets #bloomberg …see more

The events of January 6th have made world leaders more aware of that Trump is less aberration in the US and more a structural consequence. #Trump #uspolitics #gzero #donaldtrump GZERO Media | #QuickTake : https://lnkd.in/dz82Va5 …see more

Refugees are being hit hard by the worsening economic situation due to the pandemic. With borders shutting down, options for employment and education have dried up. #refugees #humanrights #asylumseekers Watch the #GZEROWorld episode from GZERO Media : https://lnkd.in/dBrDgip …see more

I love my Sunday morning bike ride on my nerdy seafoam green bicycle with a bright pink basket, no gears, and cantilever breaks. Booming bike sales have to be one of the best things to come out of the pandemic.

At a time when many American businesses are waiting for the signal to reopen their doors, Mark Cuban has some compelling advice for employers: Give your people equity in your company. "Even if it's a small private company that may never grow big, if you're a dry cleaner, share," Cuban said in a recent interview with LinkedIn editor-in-chief Dan Roth. "Your employees will work harder. They'll recognize that they're an owner. They'll have a completely different perspective. And that benefits everybody." As an employer, you'll need to depend on your employees more than ever, the billionaire Shark Tank investor and owner of the Dallas Mavericks said on a 30-minute LinkedIn podcast on what business owners can do to fight against the negative effects of the recent pandemic. Of course, once those employees are invested, it's also important to leverage their relationships, as well as their smarts and knowledge of the business. Cuban explained two ways to do just that. (Read more in today's column.) #sharktank #markcuban #leadership #management #smallbusiness #coronavirus #COVID19 #EmotionalIntelligence #MakeEmotionsWorkForYouNotAgainstYou …see more

Take another look at Jobs's application, and you'll see a glimpse of Jobs's unique vision. For example, how many English lit majors in 1973 had interest and ability in the areas of electronics, design, and computer engineering? Of course, it's easy to see such a thing in hindsight. But this reminds us of a major lesson worth pondering: To see a person's true value, you have to look beyond the obvious. #leadership #management #LookCloser …see more

I've received a lot of questions about the progress of my book lately, so here's an update for those who are interested: Writing a book has been one of the most challenging--and rewarding--tasks I've ever undertaken. I originally thought I'd be ready to publish last year, but the project has taken much more time than anticipated. However, I just finished chapter 7 of 10 (entitled, "The Truth About Empathy: the Good, the Bad, and the Misunderstood"), and am very excited to be entering the home stretch! I hope to be finished by May, after which I'll turn over to my editor--with launch targeted for the fall. Above all, I keep reminding myself: Good work can't be rushed. I truly can't wait to share the finished project with you guys! If you're looking for more info, here's the website for the book: https://www.eqapplied.com / And my newsletter, if you'd like to keep up with the launch: https://lnkd.in/gAYH2eB …see more

Just in case you missed my webinar 2 weeks ago or had to jump off early, I’m holding another FREE TRAINING on how to make working virtually work for you. Chances are you’re still working from home! When: Tuesday, June 23rd 1:00 PM ET. You can register below. This training is for you if you: • Want to conquer the overwhelm of working AND living in this ever-changing, complex Coronavirus world • Want to navigate and manage the distraction mine field of your home - kids, dogs, husbands, wives, partners, roommates, the refrigerator, the TV… oh my! • Want productivity strategies and tools to make working virtually work for you Hope to see you there! https://hubs.ly/H0rKm880 …see more

EVALUATE YOUR CURRENT ACTIVITIES Implement a stop, start, continue list to reduce the volume of unfinished work.

How can automation help you be more organized at work? So far, software and machines have thrived mainly at replacing a particular kind of work: the average-wage, middle-skill, routine-heavy work, especially in manufacturing and office administration. And while AI researchers and advocates foresee much bigger things coming, the more immediate benefits most of us have access to today can help us be more organized at work by handling the tedious tasks that gobble up so much of our time and mental energy. …see more

The weird 2021 feeling is the feeling we've gone from living in the real world, augmented by "virtual stuff", to living in a digital realm, with the "real world" as an occasional breakout room, or as a background. Even before the pandemic, in many countries for many demographic, more awake hours were spent online than off. We grew up going ONTO the internet, we used modems to go "online" & would then swiftly return to "reality". We had lines. Space, time & our perceptions of reality now seem to bend. The feeling of connection seems more about intimacy than presence. Distance seems utterly irrelevant (Unless close enough to touch). One can live a life augmented by the presence of others constantly, despite being alone. Time & even Time zones seem less relevant than ever. Intimacy seems grounded more in ability to be vulnerable, than the time you've spent together. It becomes aystemetric in the age of "following" & "followers" I've long laughed at instagram types as they constantly scouted the planet seeing museums/art/mountains/gigs purely as backgrounds for images to take. But for many of us now, the real world seems like the context and backdrop to a mainly virtual world,but as embellishment to where life really seems to happen. Online …see more

Taking back an endorsement of Trump now, isn't taking the moral high ground, it's not wanting to go down with a sinking ship. This election cycle shines a light on the character of politicians like never before.

A thought. For years the News has only reported on events that were absolutely extraordinary. Events of massive significance because they were incredibly unusual; plane crashes not car crashes, terrorist attacks, not ongoing civil wars, earthquakes not cancer deaths. We knew that the news wasn't the real world, it was deviations from the real world. We didn't use it to judge the feeling of the world. Somehow the last few years the news seems more every day, weather events, health events, politicians screwing up, theatres closing, sports, celebrity culture, etc. I wonder if we now subconsciously think the news is a window onto the world, it's not the remarkable things, it's the pulse on the world. Is it this which is creating such a pervasive sense of hopelessness and fear and that somehow things are worse than ever. …see more

The four most expensive things you can buy in the US, healthcare, housing, education and cars are pretty much all the very least efficient and least modern industries around. We can explain that, or we can hope they change. But for the moment it astounds me.  Finding a new space to rent is going to blow my mind with inefficiency. …see more

I've got to get myself one of these... https://lnkd.in/dsUvnzF #flashdrive #apple #google #android #datamanagement Shopenzer, Inc. …see more

Big Thanks to Nikole Hannah-Jones for Tweeting about the shockingly racist cartoon from Australian cartoonist Mark Knight of the Herald and Weekly Times Newspapers. I'm not hosting an open forum about Serena Williams' behavior at the U.S. Open here. Frankly, I don't care what people think about it. And plenty of people who are a lot smarter than me have already analyzed every angle of the event. I do know that as a woman, and an African American, I can relate to what went down. And when someone like Mark Knight hands you the perfect Exhibit A about the lived experience for people of African descent, you don't need to drag out the soap box. In his cartoon, Serena is depicted as a gross caricature straight out of an 1890's minstrel show. Naomi Osaka gets an "upgrade" of a blonde ponytail and white skin, to negate her double whammy of Asian and African heritage. Kind of speaks for itself, doesn't it? #unconsciousbiasmyfoot #sexism #racism #implicitbias #fedup …see more

The Blumenthal Performing Arts Center's Tony Awards Viewing Party was a smash success--for an extra special reason. I don't think I'll ever get used to seeing someone I watched grow up in my small Southern Illinois hometown being feted on TV screens and Broadway stages. Christopher Jackson is reaping the rewards of two decades of commitment, perseverance, loyalty and a generous, nurturing spirit...as a friend, husband, father, and colleague. I just smile when I think of the first time I saw him on stage in "The Lion King" in 1997, and seeing him last year onstage during a performance of "Hamilton: An American Musical" AND as a 2016 Tony Awards nominee---and again tonight as a presenter at the 2017 Tony Awards. CJ reminds me that dreams can come true...if you believe they can, and if you're willing to work for them. …see more

In 2016, #China foreign acquisitions were over $200B. So far in 2019, there has been more selling of foreign assets ($40B) than new #FDI ($35B). More #credit squeeze than #TradeWar

The U.S. economy is caught in a strange sort of limbo right now, no longer in shutdown, but not fully reopened either. And with COVID-19 cases surging in much of the country, it looks like we'll be in this state for a while, months if not years. In The New York Times today, Jim Tankersley and I looked at how economic policy can respond to this new phase. It won't be easy: The policies that made sense in the first stage of the pandemic might not work now, but our normal recession-fighting tools aren't well-suited to a pandemic, either. Policymakers will have to get creative. Here's one thing almost every economist agrees on, though: The virus is the boss. There's no way to get the economy back to normal without controlling the pandemic. That means the government needs to invest in testing and tracing. And it can't push businesses to open up before it is safe to do so. For more steps that policymakers should be taking now, see our story in today's Times. #COVID #Economy #Unemployment #EconomicPolicy …see more