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  McKinsey & Company Impales Our Youth on the Pike of Their Profits, by J. Deckman This is a difficult article for me to write without expressing a strong personal bias; either in words or energies. I am struggling for two reasons. The first is because I have first-hand experience with the death, devastation and the hell caused when ones close to you find themselves in the jaws of the most brutal addictions one can imagine: Opiates. The second is that as someone who is devoted to bringing a higher level of consciousness to both leadership and business, I find predatory capitalism and those who engage in it to be beyond reprehensible. So, I will do my best to write clearly. And we will see where this goes… When I first read of McKinsey and Company’s role in furthering the opioid epidemic that is killing tens of thousands of young people every year and devastating the lives of hundreds of thousands of their family members, I was stunned numb for a moment and then I became increas...

The Cosmos and Consciousness, by Ashok Bhatia (2022) Naval aviator and NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell believed that there is a spectrum of consciousness available to all human beings. At one end of the spectrum is what one may refer to as material consciousness. At another end one may experience what could be referred to as ‘field’ consciousness, where a person becomes one with the universe, perceiving the universe. When he was out in space and looked at our beautiful planet, Mitchell said that he felt having attained a state of field consciousness. Different Hues of Consciousness Identifying different hues of consciousness is akin to the case of seven blind men trying to describe an elephant. People have different perspectives. Many of us use our brains to explain what we understand it to be. Many others use our hearts to do so. But the concept of consciousness is rather profound. It is beyond the sensory limitations of the human mind, which has an uncanny ability to divide and analyze...

The Changing Landscape of Leadership, by J. Deckman The Shift in Leadership Styles Away from MALE to FEMALE “Energies” There is a shift occurring in the area of modern-day leadership models. This shift is being driven by the fact that the modern worker no longer operates best while working under the constraints of the typical Org Chart business model. Since virtually all of our companies are designed to use the Org Chart as the primary driver of how the company operates this situation naturally causes a problem. The 21st-century workforce, and that includes people of all ages, is comprised of workers who function best when they can network and collaborate with colleagues to accomplish their tasks and responsibilities. But our organizations are not designed to accommodate people working outside of the parameters of the Org Chart. Org Charts are comprised of very linear and “organized” silos, departments and policies and procedures designed to insure predictability and repetition. They u...

  How AI Changed Chess Forever, by D. Conterno (2020)   Garry Kasparov is perceived by many chess players to be the greatest chess player in history. After becoming world champion in 1985, he dominated the game, for almost 20 years, with a dynamic style of play and a very strong personality. People who do not know much about chess are, however, aware that Kasparov is best known for losing to a machine in a chess match. In 1997, Kasparov was beaten by an IBM supercomputer called Deep Blue. To be fair to him, this was the second match as he convincingly won the first one a year before, in 1996. However, his defeat introduced the beginning of a new era of machine mastery over man. Since then, personal computers have grown more powerful to the point that even mobile phones are now capable of running chess engines as powerful as Deep Blue alongside other apps. More significantly, thanks to progress in artificial intelligence, machines are learning and exploring the game for the...

  AI and Pharma Industry: A New Love Story, By D. Conterno (2019)   The medical industry has become a Research and Development (R & R&D) sector where Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made its entry compelling. They are many signs that we are moving more and more toward speciality AI applications. The quality of any AI application is directly related to the quality and consistency of the input data. One of the most important areas of progress in AI will be the quality and consistency of available data. Therefore, the Internet of Things (IoT), and its ability to capture orderly and standardised data, will be the next revolution. To this day, the primary medical areas affected by AI have generally been: Robotic Surgery: For example, laser eye surgery and hair transplants are typical simple yet straightforward procedures for effective treatments. Image Analysis: AI automated systems assist experts in examining X-rays, retina scans and other images. Genetic Analysis...

  The Consecration of AI and Human Stupidity, by D. Conterno (2019)       In the history of humankind, each century was marked by positive and negative events that affected humans and the planet in ways that were not easily foreseeable beforehand. In the 20th century, the two world wars and the fast emergence of IT technologies are examples of significant changes that affected our lives. Now that we have started the 21st century, apart from the apparent rise of worldwide ultra-nationalism and global warming concerns, we have the consecration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the more obscure one of human stupidity. What marks this century, more than any others, is that any erroneous or just inadequate changes we implement could ruin our civilisation.   The following analysis of the evolution of both AI and human stupidity is based on established scientific studies and should be seriously considered. As business workers and leaders, we have an eth...

  Towards a Future Steep in Consciousness by Ashok Bhatia In the preceding post, we brought in focus the fact that the first step in the process of evolution is the act of creation of information, followed by the emergence of energy and matter. Their interaction creates the Cosmic Mind and the Cosmic Consciousness, which also comprises such other subsets as a human consciousness, or an animal’s consciousness, and the like. Having explored different facets of Consciousness, we realise how woefully short our present methods of running businesses are when compared to the ideal situation we at the Conscious Enterprises Network (CEN) are aiming for. Admittedly, there are silver linings to this dark cloud. These are in the form of several individuals and groups of people who are aware of this deficiency and wish to do something about it. Right from environmental activists to business groups which follow Plan B and aim for a triple-bottom surplus from operations, there are many ...