Tag Archives: Effect

Leaders, your mass layoffs may have an unintended side effect that hurts the company’s bottom line

  By Michael Grothaus April 28, 2023 Over the past several months, the tech industry has been hit by mass layoffs at nearly every major company, including Meta, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, to name a few. And just in the last week alone, Dropbox and Lyft joined the fray with significant staff reductions.   But … Continue reading Leaders, your mass layoffs may have an unintended side effect that hurts the company’s bottom line

Claus and effect

Despite the supply chain crisis, the after-effects of COVID and the threat to coal as an energy source, Santa was determined to make Christmas happen. William Terdoslavich on December 22, 2022 Christmas used to be easy. The kid mail poured in. Santa made the call who was naughty or nice. Elves made the toys, loaded … Continue reading Claus and effect

A neuroscientist on the shifts in our media use and the effect on our brains

By Carl D. Marci   May 18, 2022 Scanning the news online, a headline catches my attention: “Man, Distracted by Electronic Device, Identified after Falling to Death at Sunset Cliffs.” The authorities identified the victim as a 33-year-old Indiana man who was visiting friends in San Diego. Witnesses said he was not watching he was … Continue reading A neuroscientist on the shifts in our media use and the effect on our brains

The Observer Effect and Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle

Dave Bushy December 6, 2021 My apologies to the physicists who might be reading this. I’m no expert on quantum mechanics. But I am a lifelong learner. So when I saw an article recently on “Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle,” I read further and learned about what is called the “Observer Effect,” which, in physics, is described … Continue reading The Observer Effect and Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle