The ongoing Middle East conflict is accelerating the global telework movement as governments move to conserve petroleum and protect employees in risk zones. Continue reading US politics keeps employees tied to gas pumps, as war points global workforce toward telework
The Swedish submarine HSMS Gotland (foreground above) sank the USS Ronald Reagan in exercises off San Diego in 2005. The $4.5 billion aircraft carrier (background) is the most expensive weapons system in the world, according to Guinness World Records. Photo: U.S. Navy Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Michael Moriatis By Erik Skindrud, InfoWise.org (This article was originally posted on Jan. 16, 2023) A military documentary — domain of middle-aged, male nerds … Continue reading How a Female Officer Left U.S. Navy ‘Demoralized’ in Wake of Wargame Win
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By Erik Skindrud, InfoWise.org Above: Members of the human family include, from left, homo rudolfensis , homo erectus, neuroscientist Dave Geary, and homo neanderthalensus. Of the species, the Neanderthal enjoyed the largest average brain size. Credits: Visual / Corbis, University of Missouri. The human brain is shrinking. The amount lost is significant too — the volume of a tennis ball taken from a large cantaloupe. The … Continue reading Human Brains Are Shrinking — Thoughts on Why Are Evolving
Calculations suggest close to three travelers might die in vehicle wrecks annually in connection with California’s doubling of in-office days for state employees. Continue reading Employees may be dying to get to work under California governor’s return-to-office push
Tons of greenhouse gas and more than 200 million gallons of gasoline are among the trappings of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s RTO directive. Continue reading Famous punk track may encapsulate California governor’s return-to-office command
Tons of greenhouse gas and more than 200 million gallons of gasoline are among the trappings of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s RTO directive. Continue reading California state Return to Office: by the numbers in a children’s picture book
Gov. Newsom’s political vulnerabilities lie behind missteps like his authoritarian RTO drive. Continue reading Understanding California’s state worker RTO drive
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s unpopular RTO order may have met its match — in a legislative strategy born in Texas. Continue reading Texas win inspires a California telework strategy poised to bypass return-to-office order
Telework history: how California launched a global movement in the 1970s and ’80s Continue reading Fried falafel and the governor: what office workers can — and can’t — do for downtown businesses
Telework history: how California launched a global movement in the 1970s and ’80s Continue reading California governor’s RTO order ‘no done deal,’ union official states — in exclusive interview
