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    Five Secrets for Finding and Keeping Top-Notch Talent

    April 24, 2017
    Actionable strategies to help you find—and keep—the best employees without spending a fortune Build a community A sense of purpose The "secret sauce"
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    Wise Investment? Or Impulse Spending?

    April 24, 2017
    Can any amount of “infrastructure” development have the rewarding, unifying effects that past investments have delivered? Invoking the past Opportunity costs A fractured civilization...
    Itrsquos common still to hear analysis of ldquothe emerging global economyrdquo but it is not emerging global economics have shaped the health of our civilization and the wealth of individuals everywhere for nearly two decades now
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    Free Trade vs. Fair Trade, Again

    March 14, 2017
    Can an uncivil society agree on “free market” principles — or “fair market” goals? Linking civility to wealth Preferring free trade to ideological order Guided by feelings, not...
    There is a growing sense that that hightech systems are developing and initiating trends autonomously regardless of human guidance
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    Recognizing the Chaos Around Us

    March 6, 2017
    Trends may be social phenomena or technical inevitabilities, but they are distinct from individual will. They only affect that much of us that we surrender. Passive self-expression...
    quotOngoing learning training and professional development will be necessary for manufactures to stay uptodate with the latest techniques and processes US manufacturing is changing and US manufacturers must understand the changes in order to be prepared for the opportunitiesquot
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    Trends Shaping the Return of Manufacturing to the U.S.

    March 6, 2017
    The standards for U.S. manufacturers to maintain their global competitiveness continue to evolve — and training is one of these Shifting priorities China’s adjustments What causes...
    To get the results you want you must understand the reality of your situation Five lessthanobvious commonsense steps will help you do that and avoid wasting time and resources
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    Are You Sure You’re for Training the Right Things?

    Nov. 4, 2016
    Take steps to understand your circumstances, and prepare people to deliver the results you want. Develop curriculum Define the knowledge Build learning maps
    Most Americans live with undisguised disdain or resentment of ldquothe other halfrdquo they believe opposes them Most Americans it follows feel justified in punishing those they pretend would deny them some privilege
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    Nothing Will Change

    Nov. 3, 2016
    We did this to ourselves, and we deserve what we’ve got — and what’s still coming A smog of dread Isolated and resentful Lost civilization
    A society increasingly shaped by consumerism has no vision for civilized life only individual claims to success Itrsquos an empty feeling
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    It’s Not Really About You

    Oct. 18, 2016
    There is emptiness in the way we portray success — and the emptiness is evident in the way we feel about that success, and about ourselves Blissful self-absorption A society shaped...
    Businesses stand to lose more than 100 billion per year to cyberattacks and fraud globally mdash and surveys show itrsquos a top concern for your clients customers and contractors
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    9 Steps That Will Lockdown Cyber Security

    Oct. 18, 2016
    You must apply the same creativity and organizational energy you apply to meeting customers’ expectations for quality and service Engage and educate Secure your networks, cloud...