Critical thinking

Experts predict that global businesses will spend a whopping $172 billion on cybersecurity this year  (up from $150 billion in 2021). Despite such steep investments in cybersecurity systems, cyber-attacks continue to break new records. This is because most attacks have more to do with faults in human behavior rather than...

Those of us fortunate enough to have had a mentor early on in our career know the vital role this individual played in helping to influence and shape who we became. Mentors encourage us to tap into our strengths, gain the self-confidence to go after our dreams, provide direction and...

Everyone who knows me, knows I reject ‘The Great Resignation’ – it’s a million-dollar catch-phrase, but it’s quite dangerously misleading. This is not a great resignation – which suggests that people have made a sudden decision to do something dramatic that we didn’t see coming.  Most of the labour market...

Reid Hoffman has certainly a thing or two to say about tech entrepreneurship and successful investment: Co-Founder of LinkedIn, partner at Greylock Partners, founding member of PayPal, and angel investor in Facebook, Zynga, Flickr, and Last.FM.  He is also a member of the LinkedIn, Zynga, Shopkick, Kiva.org, and Mozilla boards,...

HillCo Partners closely monitors and compiles information concerning the current economic climate/trends of the state. These factors, including Texas’ bond rating, are aspect that create an overall picture of the state’s general economic health. The following information has been compiled in order to create a more complete snapshot of the...

Many parents wonder why their children do not perform well at school while offering them everything: artistic and sports activities, additional teaching support, learning foreign languages, playing, and rest with the closure of schools. It is a frequent belief that our successes in one or more activities "build" our self-confidence....

Self-development is something that people today think a lot about. The reasons why this subject has gathered so much attention are many. For sure, more and more people become interested in understanding what this is all about and giving it a try. While for many years, people have tried to...

Today people are quite concerned about their children's education, and they want to examine every alternative to offer to their kids the best they can. Besides, the role of education is more appreciated than ever. Combining this aspect with the fact that our future is held in our children's hands,...

Communication between people has become hard. As time goes by, we become more and more distant, and relationships are not as easy as they used to be. Sometimes we avoid people, and sometimes we find ourselves in the unpleasant position of seeing others ignoring our call and efforts to communicate....

One of the 10 toxic personalities is the gossiper, and this does not come as a big surprise. According to a popular saying, ''Gossip has been loved by many people, but gossipers are not loved at all.'' Today we talk about the reasons that make those who gossip so unpopular,...