Surviving a layoff brings its own challenges
2023 layoffs are setting a record in the tech industry, according to Tech Crunch. Tech layoffs conducted to date this year currently exceed the total number of tech layoffs in 2022. The running total for layoffs at this writing is nearly 225-thousand people since January. As all of these people are now scrambling to find work, today’s headline explores the […]
Now you can get a blood test for Alzheimer’s
I woke up to an email from Quest Diagnostics last week – announcing they’ve released the first consumer blood test to detect the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Scrolling through the email, I was informed that I could put the test in my ‘shopping cart’ and buy it for $399. My father was diagnosed with […]
Where do you draw the line?
Establishing boundaries anywhere in life requires an effort to develop that which is important to you, express it clearly and then enforce those parameters. This actually happened in Washington this past week when President Biden announced he’d received new commitments by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies leading AI technology development to meet a […]
Twitter paved the way for Threads to go live
Who would have thought to imitate Twitter, a platform of some 450 million active users? Apparently, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg did. It would take a financial wiz and savvy tech mogul to attempt this feat – and who better than Zuckerberg, who last month accepted a challenge to a cage match with Twitter’s Elon Musk? Twitter’s […]
Every now and then there are consequences for lying
Last week, Brazil’s top election court took swift action when it barred former President Jair Bolsonaro from running for office for 8 years. Why? Because he was found guilty of making false statements to ambassadors and diplomats, claiming he lost this past presidential election as a result of defects in the electronic ballots he knew […]
Warning: danger ahead!
When the news was finally released that all five men aboard the OceanGate Titan submersible lost their lives – there was an outpouring of grief and sadness for the families. Then came the questions. Followed quickly by the finger pointing. A normal series of events. In the midst of the fallout a phrase that caught […]
The power of a triple-double
The Denver Nuggets clinched their first-ever NBA Championship, beating the Miami Heat in 5 games. While the entire team made the difference on Tuesday – the dominating duo of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray rallied when it mattered most in the fourth quarter to bring this title home for Denver. If you spent any time […]
Breaking through an impasse
If you’re like me, there are times when negotiating an agreement in your personal or professional life can take an enormous effort. So it’s been with great interest that I followed what was happening in our nation’s capital over the debt ceiling – and discovered that in the midst of all the posturing, some amazing […]
How do you show up?
This season of life makes so much sense…now. Another newsletter? Really? That’s what I kept saying to myself as I tossed this idea around for awhile – and after months (ok, years) of going back and forth, I’m ready to launch The Coach’s Corner. Making a pivot in life is filled with uncertainty, discomfort, lack of […]