Description: Where will we be in 2030? I don’t usually play the futurist game — I’m more of a “presentist,” looking at the data we have right now on fast-moving megatrends that shape the world today. But a client asked me to paint a picture of what the big trends tell us about 2030. And I’d say… Read more »
Posts By: Brahm Canzer
Home Depot shared customer data with Meta for years without consent: Privacy commissioner
Description: OTTAWA — Home Depot illegally shared customers’ personal data with Facebook’s parent company Meta without their knowledge or consent for years, the federal privacy commissioner revealed Thursday. Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Jan 26, 2023 Link: https://nationalpost.com/news/home-depot-privacy-meta?_gl=1*1if2bi9*_ga*MTczNDYyNTY2My4xNjc0OTE0MjAz*_ga_72QH41ZTMR*MTY3NDkxNDIwNC4xLjEuMTY3NDkxNTgzMy42MC4wLjA.&_ga=2.217641622.1455520416.1674915833-1734625663.1674914203 Questions for discussion: Is Home Depot’s data collection and sharing policy unethical, in your opinion? Is there a simple… Read more »
Law Professor Urges FTC To Regulate Ad-Tech
Description: Many online ad practices are “unfair, deceptive, and privacy-invasive,” Brooklyn Law School professor Jonathan Askin says in a petition filed this month with the Federal Trade Commission. Source: MediaPost.com Date: Jan 19, 2023 Link: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/381747/law-professor-urges-ftc-to-regulate-ad-tech.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline&utm_campaign=129023&hashid=xIhhTnG4Qdmubrqstxmgaw Questions for discussion: What is the goal of the petition? Do you think it is justified and regulations should be adopted?… Read more »
Why Florida Makes $20M A Year From Gatorade
Description: The Gatorade shower is a post-game ritual seen from the Sandlot to the Super Bowl. Celebrations aside, Gatorade is the most popular sports drink in the world, bringing in billions of dollars every year to its parent company, PepsiCo. But Pepsi doesn’t get to keep every dollar. Over the last few years, Pepsi has… Read more »
Amazon Ends Its Smile Charity Program Due To Low Impact
Description: Amazon is killing off its decade-old AmazonSmile, which enabled customers to support their favorite nonprofits with tiny donations. Launched in 2013, Amazon Smile currently allows people to donate 0.5% of some purchases to their favorite causes. Source: Mediapost.com Date: Jan 20, 2023 Link: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/381719/amazon-axes-amazon-smile-citing-low-impact.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=readmore&utm_campaign=129003&hashid=7T9TCmQZSDGbnu-424RuBQ Questions for discussion: Do you think the decision is correct?… Read more »
Palantir CEO tells tech workers who don’t like the company’s military deals, ‘Don’t work here’
Description: Palantir co-founder and CEO Alex Karp knows many tech workers in Silicon Valley have misgivings about his data mining firm’s dealings with intelligence agencies and the military. He has a message for them. “You may not agree with that and, bless you, don’t work here,” Karp said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland,… Read more »
SPOS #862 – Dolly Chugh On Resilience And True Social Change
Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – The ThinkersOne Podcast – Episode #862. I’ve known (digitally) Dolly Chugh for some time, and I couldn’t be happier that she agreed to this have this conversation with me. Dolly is a social psychologist and management professor at the New York University Stern School of Business where she teaches MBA courses in leadership… Read more »
Thoma Bravo agrees to $1.8B deal for Canada’s Magnet Forensics
Description: Thoma Bravo agreed to acquire Canada’s Magnet Forensics Inc. for about $1.8 billion (US$1.3 billion), adding another cybersecurity asset to the private equity firm’s portfolio. Magnet Forensics, which makes digital investigation software, will merge with Grayshift LLC, a company that Thoma Bravo acquired last year, according to a statement Friday, confirming a Bloomberg News report…. Read more »
3 Lessons From Elon Musk’s Sabotage Of Tesla
Description: Know your customers’ needs, track your rivals, and choose a clear strategy. Source: INC.com Date: Jan 19, 2023 Link: https://www.inc.com/peter-cohan/3-lessons-from-elon-musks-sabotage-of-tesla.html Questions for discussion: What are the key criticisms and strategic advice that is presented to the company? Do you agree with this line of thinking? What would you advise?
Annual Silicon Valley Bank Report Paints Sober Picture For Wine
Description: A trend called Neo-Prohibitionism combined with less wine consumption by younger generations has left baby boomers as the wine industry’s sole BFFs. Those are three main takeaways from a sobering analysis of U.S. wine consumption by the wine division of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Source: Mediapost.com Date: Jan 19, 2023 Link: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/381730/annual-silicon-valley-bank-report-paints-sober-pic.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline&utm_campaign=129003&hashid=7T9TCmQZSDGbnu-424RuBQ Questions for… Read more »
