That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
— William Wordsworth, born in 177
The Secret Plot To Unleash Corporate PowerMatt Stoller, BIG
The End of the European Age Ecosophia
“We have studied trust for more than 20 years and believe that it is the ultimate currency in the relationship that all institutions — companies and brands, governments, NGOs and media — build with their stakeholders. Trust defines an organization’s license to operate, lead and succeed. Trust is the foundation that allows an organization to take responsible risk, and, if it makes mistakes, to rebound from them. For a business, especially, lasting trust is the strongest insurance against competitive disruption, the antidote to consumer indifference, and the best path to continued growth. Without trust, credibility is lost and reputation can be threatened. Edelman’s trust research, the Edelman Trust Barometer, turns the deep data we collect into real-world insights; our trust consulting platform, Edelman Trust Management, interprets those insights to help our clients plan, make decisions and take action; and our research institute and learning laboratory, Edelman Trust Institute, publishes data-driven insights that inform leadership, strategy, policy and sustained action across institutions.”
“This site, Markups.org [users may filter searches by Keyword, Dealer Name, Auto Type, States, Markup Low (0 for no markup) , and Markup High (0 for no markup)] was created to compile markup data on various products sold by dealers and retailers. This site can be used to source or find good dealers and retailers that are not marking up over msrp pricing. We started out by creating google docs pages mid 2021 to gather data on various Toyota 4runner and new generation Tundra dealers. This grew into collecting markup data manually on Ford Raptors, Ram TRX trucks, HD pickups, etc. TFLtrucks picked us up in a Tundra special in December 2021 to exhibit our large collection of user submitted Tundra markups. These various google doc sheets have been combined and organized on this new interface site. we also employ web crawlers to gather/scrape various open public non-copyrighted user submission lists to compile and add here:
Obama: I Underestimated the Threat of Disinformation
“Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg in conversation with Barack Obama about the social web, Ukraine, and the future of democracy. When they last sat down for an interview, in November 2020, Barack Obama told Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg that disinformation is “the single biggest threat to our democracy.” The threat was not a new one, he said, but it was accelerating. It has continued to accelerate since. A month and a half after that conversation, a violent mob stormed the Capitol, driven by the false belief that the election had been stolen from Donald Trump and could be taken back by force.
GoodHire: “3,500 American managers share their thoughts and feelings about remote work, return-to-office mandates, their preferred working model (fully remote, hybrid, or in-office), how COVID-19 has impacted the hiring and retention process, pay cuts for those who refuse to return to the office, and much more. Years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies were experimenting with remote work scenarios as work-life balance became a thing during the ‘70s and ‘80s. Working from home was a tech-driven phenomenon that seemed a natural move for hip, forward-looking companies, but as early as 2013, some companies had already declared the practice a failure. Nevertheless, the notion of working from home survived and fostered platforms like Zoom and Slack that would make seamless and secure business communication available to any size company. The pandemic abruptly moved remote working from an experimental perk to an absolute necessity, however, and many employees came to enjoy the home office scenario full of added flexibility and a commute of just a few steps from bed to office. Now, as the pandemic wanes, many companies are calling their workers back to the office. But these businesses are finding that they still have to make remote working concessions. Managers are realizing they cannot just flip the switch and demand that all employees return to the office for all of their shifts. With that in mind, we wanted to identify current management trends and discover the working models that managers prefer, potentially leading to “The Great Return.” So, we surveyed 3,500 American managers to find out their remote vs. in-office preferences as we move into the summer of 2022. We wanted to know what company working models—fully remote, hybrid, or fully in-office—are currently in place, managers’ plans for the future, and concerns and feelings about the remote vs. in-office working environments…”
