SWC’s Fast Five
August 20, 2021
We’re losing our social cues mojo with the return of cargo pants and emoji parsing but you know what we can depend on? That housing is impossible and here’s the latest reason. And our veterans, who took care of America and now America will be stepping up to take care of them for a few trillion dollars over the next 30 or so years. It’s crazy times but, have a Girl Scout cookie, a new one is coming out and it will be the comfort we all need.
SWC’s Fast Five
August 13, 2021
An unwanted first, wildfire smoke reaches the North Pole while heat waves accelerate window air conditioning unit use which accelerates green house gas emission which accelerates… you know. And, we also get this unwanted round two (three, four?) pandemic effect, so hold up on that whole return-to-office thing and make the most of your mask creativity while you save money on the hottest everything-old-is-new-again trend – by now, pay later.
SWC’s Fast Five
August 6, 2021
Maybe you will stop doing it now that the NSA says but you don’t need a spy agency to validate that not wearing a seatbelt is dumb and deadly. Less may be made in China, women need to be more like men and apply for jobs they’re completely and utterly qualified for and, look, you never know when you’re gonna need Crocs for your hands.
SWC’s Fast Five
July 30, 2021
They’re over the ping pong tables and beer breaks, respect is the perk du jour for today’s younger workers who are up to here with collaboration and, if they’re in tech, are getting cherry picked by the big firms - lured from local start-ups with big money and a WFH option. Walmart fights the money battle by blowing up benefits with its offer to pay all of employees’ college tuition which is just in time; maybe those grads will be able to afford the housing prices that still go up, up, up.
SWC’s Fast Five
July 23, 2021
The baby shower concept morphs into business showers as startups cash in on this gift giving fixture while pool owners rake it in by putting their backyard splash on the rental Swimply. Got goat’s milk? You just might as the dairy industry moooves on, chief purpose officers move in – to the C suite. And as all of us kick back and watch as the Olympics kick in, let’s take a look at the best Olympic logos of all time to get that party started.
SWC’s Fast Five
July 16, 2021
Are there plans to end planned obsolescence? There are some afoot to end the five-day work week as cities transition from incentives to attract employers to those to mine micro talent, that talent increases its love for emojis at work and we all watch Europe as restrictions emerge to deal with COVID variants and we wonder, is that what’s next for America.
SWC’s Fast Five
July 9, 2021
Free samples will come in handy as you may still be trying to pay off your master’s degree student loans. Saying thank you after an interview leaves a lasting impression and could help you land your next job – even if it’s of the boomerang kind. And no matter what kind of job you have, post-pandemic, the smarties are sleeping in if they can.
SWC’s Fast Five
July 2, 2021
What exactly have our brains gone through in the last year? One thing is for sure, we’re still bad at apologizing, companies are giving us wider berth, AI in medicine could stomp on the “do no harm” ethic and you will be about to learn all about that and more on Neeva, an ad-free, for-pay search engine.
SWC’s Fast Five
June 25, 2021
National Geographic just named a fifth ocean, the Fed’s look at digitizing the dollar is a lot deeper than mobile payments, Lego is testing using recycled plastic for the 20 billion bricks it makes each year, and donuts inspire a rethink for post-pandemic office buildings that workers are not rushing back to anyway!