Friends of Dave #62: Nor'easter Edition
All I can say is: Auntie Em! Auntie Em!
Working on limited juice here Friends, as the Friday Nor'easter that hit the East Coast has taken out our power and internet with some pretty brutal wind gusts and coastal flooding. Needless to say, there is no preamble this week.
But I was able pick out some good stuff for those of you that are looking for something to do. Hunker down, stay safe, and get your reading on!
XOXO
Dave
Think on This...
Mindfulness And The Importance Of Digital Disengagement — cmo.com
The age-old practices of mindfulness and meditation are becoming valuable tools for leaders and their teams to survive—and thrive—in the modern business era.
Palantir has secretly been using New Orleans to test its predictive policing technology — www.theverge.com
For six years, the New Orleans Police Department has partnered with data-mining firm Palantir Technologies on what amounts to a predictive policing program. See the article I shared last week as well.
For Your Day Job...
How to Create a Culture of Accountability in the Workplace — www.betterup.co
Find out why it’s unnatural for humans and employees to take accountability in the workplace.
24 Industries Other Than Auto Driverless Cars Could Turn Upside Down — www.cbinsights.com Fast food, real estate, hotels, and airlines — many large industries will have to shift their strategies in the wake of driverless cars.
Why Retention Is The Silent Killer — www.reforge.com
Retention - not only does it make companies - but it also quietly breaks them. For this reason, poor user retention has become the silent company killer.
Blockchain’s Impact on the Finance Industry — blog.trade.it
Posted by Friend of Dave Betsy Eisenberg, check out TradeIt's deep dive look into how blockchain is specifically affecting investing.
Your Weekly Dose of Randomness...
Visit a Beard That Killed Its Owner — www.atlasobscura.com
News flash! It is NOT in Brooklyn!
Keep having nightmares? You may be getting too much sleep. — www.newscientist.com
And here I thought it was because I have four kids.....
Teen Girl Posed For 8 Years As Married Man To Write About Baseball And Harass Women — deadspin.com
Might be the strangest thing you read all week. Not Quincy Jones proportions, but strange.
And The Last Word....
STUDY: Millennials are more likely than Gen Xers to be perfectionists — work.qz.com Social media and parental pressure are among the factors, a study suggests.