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#312 – WHY DO WE LOSE STRENGTH AS WE AGE? – ALLEN TAYLOR

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Last week I talked about the cognitive decline that so often comes with aging. I mentioned new research into a mechanism that not only halts, but even reverses that decline, restoring the mental powers of old mice to what they had been when they were much younger. This is great for mice, and the mechanism might just possibly work in humans too. You can bet the researchers will be proposing research with human subjects soon. It would be nice to be able to extend the mental health of your pet mouse, but it would be even nicer to be able to extend the mental health of your grandmother. Continue reading →

#311 – BRUCE TURNER – FUTURE OF WORK – INTERNAL AUDIT – HOWARD WIENER INTERVIEWER

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Bruce is an active company director and audit committee chair. He is a well-respected transformational leader with deep and broad professional governance, risk, compliance and audit experience. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours of 2015 in recognition of his significant service to public administration through governance and risk management practices, and to the profession of internal auditing.

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#310 – DATA AND INFORMATION RISK – JIM TONEY

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What if the data and information used to make important decisions are incomplete, inaccurate, misunderstood or just plain wrong?  Not identifying all relevant data and information attributes could affect not only individuals dealing with personal risk, but also businesses coping with risks to the quality of strategic planning and sustainability.

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#308 – CAREER LONG LESSONS FROM A ONCE IN A LIFETIME DISRUPTION – DANIEL BURRUS

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For some, the post-coronavirus “new normal” is a frightening concept that rattles their status quo, while others are taking this moment to seize new opportunities afforded to us by a global disruption, as COVID-19 has proven to be. The fact of the matter is that aforementioned opportunity is available to all of us, whether our “new normal” is unbearably difficult or extremely simple. Continue reading →

#307 – MUST WE LOSE OUR MARBLES AS WE AGE? – ALLEN TAYLOR

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Since time immemorial, people who have been fortunate enough to live a long life, have suffered toward the end of that span. They gradually lose the memories that they could quickly and easily call up when they were younger. Names, facts, and places become progressively harder to access and bring into conscious awareness. It has been widely accepted that this is just the natural order of things. People are born, grow to maturity, reach the height of their powers in adulthood, and then decline into old age and death. Nothing new here. It has always been this way. But just because it has always been this way does not mean that it must necessarily be this way. Continue reading →