Harvard Business Review Podcast: Lessons in Innovation from Bowie, Beyoncé, and More
By Harvard Business Review Business can learn a lot from the way musicians operate. Panos Panay, incoming co-president of the Recording Academy, which presents the Grammys, and R. Michael Hendrix, partner at the innovation consultancy IDEO, argue that the music world offers myriad lessons for anyone looking to improve their performance at work. They explain […]
Gallup: Americans’ Life Ratings Reach Record High
By Dan Witters and Sangeeta Agrawal, Gallup Story Highlights Current life satisfaction fully recovers, now exceeds 2019 levels Significant daily worry and stress drop to pre-COVID estimates Daily enjoyment is improved, boredom reduced WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of Americans who evaluate their lives well enough to be considered “thriving” on Gallup’s Live Evaluation Index […]
Authority Magazine: CPP’s Seth Gellis Spotlights Solutions to Making Housing More Affordable
An Interview With Jason Hartman, Authority Magazine Do not be afraid to challenge the status quo. Organizationally things need to change as you grow, as you learn and as you evolve. For example, we’ve asked, “does a deal start with the acquisitions team or the underwriting team?” In many large cities in the US, there […]
“I Don’t Think About Stopping”: 96-Year-Old Devoted to Helping Children
By Jamie Yuccas, CBS News Olga Murray found her purpose in life right before she retired. The now 96-year-old was at the end of her legal career when she took a vacation to a place she’d never been — she traveled to Nepal on a whim. “The minute I landed I fell in love with […]
Harvard Business Review: How Midsize Companies Can Use Data to Compete with Digital Giants
By Jonathan Byrnes and John Wass, Harvard Business Review The pandemic has changed the business environment dramatically, both for B2C and B2B companies. Consumer behavior has shifted from in-store to online, and to a significant extent, it will not shift back. The flood of home deliveries has bankrupted scores of firms who traditionally relied on […]
The Post-Pandemic Playbook for Small Businesses
By Meredith Schmidt, Entrepreneur After over year of pandemic living, recent statistics suggest we’re inching closer to a new normal. Vaccine doses are on the rise, travel is picking up and states are starting to reopen. Heck, even the Olympics are back. Optimism is the current trend in the business world too. Hiring and consumer […]
Flying Car Completes First-Ever Flight Between Airports –Then Transforms Back into a Sports Car in 3 Minutes
By Andy Corbley, Good News Network Let the bells ring out in every direction from Toledo to Tokyo. Flying cars—the vision of transportation from science-fiction writers—may finally be landing in the modern world. In a test flight, a Slovakian pilot drove what appeared to be an exotic sports car up a runway in the city […]
Here’s Where to Find Fourth of July Fireworks Shows in Southern California
By Marla Jo Fisher, OC Register Independence Day is transitioning back to normal this year. We won’t all have to sit home and miss fireworks, because lots of venues are reopening and offering events. Note that some changes are afoot due to remaining COVID-19 safeguards. Events are July 4 unless otherwise noted. Los Angeles County […]
Disneyland Fireworks Return in Time for Fourth of July
By Brady MacDonald, OC Register Disneyland is bringing back fireworks this summer in time for the Fourth of July holiday celebration after the nighttime shows were put into hibernation while the Anaheim theme park was shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic and beginning a phased reopening. “Mickey’s Mix Magic” will be presented nightly at Disneyland beginning […]
CBS National: Triplets Celebrate Simultaneous Pregnancies, to Deliver at MemorialCare Hospital
By CBS News The Tran triplets were born just four minutes apart, and now the Orange County sisters are celebrating another milestone. Gina, Nina and Victoria will deliver a trio of babies over the next four months — two boys and a girl, CBS Los Angeles reports. “I’m actually the oldest by four minutes and […]