Category Archives: World Level Crisis

Misinformation played a deadly role in both the COVID and HIV/AIDS pandemics

By Cristian Apetrei August 29, 2022 Since health officials confirmed the first COVID-19 cases, misinformation has spread just as quickly as the virus. Social media may have made the amount, variety, and speed of misinformation seem unprecedented, but COVID-19 isn’t the first pandemic where false and harmful information has set back public health.   Misinformation altered how people trusted … Continue reading Misinformation played a deadly role in both the COVID and HIV/AIDS pandemics

Has Everything Changed? How Pandemic Has Impacted Gen Z Values (Or Not)

Has Everything Changed? How Pandemic Has Impacted Gen Z Values (Or Not) by Kathy Sheehan , Op-Ed Contributor, April 29, 2022  Over the past year, I have received a lot of questions about Gen-Zers and the pandemic.  Brands are continuing to struggle to really know this cohort. How has the pandemic changed (or not?) this … Continue reading Has Everything Changed? How Pandemic Has Impacted Gen Z Values (Or Not)

To the 9 Million+ Covidpreneurs, Please Ask These 3 Questions

Samuel Sanders December 17, 2021 ar130405 / Pixabay The coronavirus pandemic has caused a surge in entrepreneurship. Since December of 2019, there have been over 9.5 million new businesses formed according to the U.S. census. Some of those founders are first-time founders or are brand new to the entrepreneurial world. If that is you, I … Continue reading To the 9 Million+ Covidpreneurs, Please Ask These 3 Questions

Post Pandemic Retirement Income Sources

Deanna Ritchie December 8, 2021 Knowing your steady sources of income, from Social Security to a company-sponsored retirement savings plan like a 401(k), is wise. Post-Pandemic Retirement Income Sources Social Security will be a critical—and significant—source of retirement income for many people. Like real estate, Social Security benefits, unlike most other forms of retirement income, … Continue reading Post Pandemic Retirement Income Sources

Celebrating Businesses That Made Their Way Through a Pandemic

Mark Roberts December 3, 2021 When we stop and think about it, arguably the most impressive element of the pandemic is how businesses of all sizes, especially small businesses, responded. Small business owners put everything into their business and expect their vendors to provide the same level of care and attention to detail when it … Continue reading Celebrating Businesses That Made Their Way Through a Pandemic

The Pandemic’s Impact on E-Commerce: 4 Significant Trends (2020-2021)

Steven Kwok October 11, 2021 Customer shopping habits changed to an extent irrevocably, when the coronavirus crisis arrived. It taught us we could become ill simply by shopping in close proximity to other people. Governments also locked us down and temporarily paused non-essential retail. Traditional customers hesitated for a moment, and then migrated to the … Continue reading The Pandemic’s Impact on E-Commerce: 4 Significant Trends (2020-2021)

How ESG Programs Can Combat the Great Resignation

Susan Hunt September 28, 2021 WeSpire has compelling research that shows that embracing a strong Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) strategy is one critical way to combat the great resignation, by keeping the employees you have. In our State of Employee Engagement research published earlier this year, 93% of employees who said that their company was … Continue reading How ESG Programs Can Combat the Great Resignation