Navigating artificial intelligence in higher education
Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionBy Gerhard Apfelthaler I would like to begin this article by emphasizing that it was written entirely by a human, but improved by ChatGPT! In a world where artificial intelligence (AI) is capable of generating greeting cards, thank you letters, job applications, rejection letters, project briefs, blog posts, and even scholarly articles, it has become Read More →
Technical debt and airplanes are a rough combination
Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionBy Paul Witman By Scott Mackelprang In late 2022, winter storms and technical problems caused Southwest Airlines to cancel thousands of flights, disrupting travel for 2 million passengers and complicating life for their flight crews and other staff. In early April 2023, Southwest released an action plan to guide public perception of the updates and Read More →
Rebuilding Broken Trust: Mission Possible
Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionBy Vlad Vaiman In my latest article entitled “Trust as a Foundation of Organizational Success” in the Pacific Coast Business Times — published April 10 — I have argued that it is trust that serves as a groundwork for any success that companies can enjoy both in the short and long term. I have indicated Read More →
Trust as a foundation of organizational success
Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionBy Vlad Vaiman I have spent the past 20 years of my life researching the issues of talent management and consulting organizations on what they should do to attract, engage, develop, and retain their most valuable employees. Among some of the outcomes of my work is the framework for talent retention revealing what keeps people with Read More →
Prioritizing solutions to poverty will bring in revenue to our regional economy
Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionBy Laura Capps Costs of living on the Central Coast are skyrocketing, and poverty maintains a tight grip on the lives of too many of our residents. The 2020 Census calculated a 15.2% poverty rate for Santa Barbara County, one of the highest rates in the state that has the highest rate in the country. Read More →
SVB’s collapse and the feds response will continue to have ripple effects
Central Coast, Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionLegendary investor Warren Buffett is famous for saying “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” Today, the “tide going out” is the rapid rise in interest rates that the Federal Reserve has implemented to combat inflation. When combined with leverage, the result is… nudity. The collapse of Silicon Valley Read More →
Exempting military retiree pay could boost California’s high-tech workforce
Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionCalifornia – one of the richest states in the nation – is the only state in America that fully taxes military retirement income, giving its 146,000 military retirees no tax breaks whatsoever on their service retirement. Why is California fully taxing its military retirees, defenders of our nation and hard-working citizens who often earned low Read More →
