Pfizer CEO: 2023 will be a ‘pivotal year’ as COVID-19 drug sales wane

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Description: Americans are moving on from COVID-19. Most public places, transit, and municipalities have gotten rid of mask mandates. Vaccine booster rates have plateaued, even with the introduction of a new “bivalent” shot targeting multiple variants, including Omicron. Source: Yahoo.Finance.com – video report Date: Oct 18, 2022 Link: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/pfizer-ceo-2023-pivotal-year-as-covid-19-drug-sales-wane-195020896.html Questions for discussion: How is the… Read more »

Microsoft launches Designer, its answer to highly valued startup Canva

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Description: Microsoft is launching a simple graphic design app called Designer that will be available for free and as part of Office productivity software subscriptions, the company said Wednesday. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Oct 12, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/12/microsoft-launches-designer-its-answer-to-highly-valued-startup-canva.html Questions for discussion: What are the reasons for this development at Microsoft? Do you think it… Read more »

A New Study Finds a Third of Meetings Are Useless. Elon Musk Has the Solution

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Description: Companies are paying $25,000 a year per professional employee to have them sit in pointless meetings. Source: INC.com Date: Oct 07, 2022 Link: https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/new-study-meetings-useless-elon-musk-has-solution.html?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IncThisMorning-10-07-2022&leadId=261346&mkt_tok=NjEwLUxFRS04NzIAAAGHYKVMQb7nY_y4tPkeMAjzwn0ppZY0zzrcj3VAc1Cfw5VTq3QctW6LPzUJiAoBYRaoDJE8ssM3vLUxaKMPiqTRcWiuqYRJLk-Gjk_NtA Questions for discussion: What is the cost of meetings, according to the research? What are the recommendations for reducing these costs? Do you agree with this analysis and assessment of… Read more »

Hockey Canada in overtime: The troubled organization’s next moves will determine its future

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Description: During the past six months, Canadians have been shocked to learn of sexual assault allegations at Hockey Canada events and how the organization treated the allegations as essentially a cost of doing business. ?Source: TheConversation.com Date: Oct 12, 2022 Link: https://theconversation.com/hockey-canada-in-overtime-the-troubled-organizations-next-moves-will-determine-its-future-192304 Questions for discussion: What were the managerial errors committed by the organization? Do you think it… Read more »

Mismanagement and ‘Monster Trains’ Have Wrecked American Rail

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Description: After World War II, railroad companies ceded freight, including mail and perishables, to semi trucks and instead favored goods like newsprint, chemicals and steel coils, which could sit in rail yards for days. Many freight companies made this change enthusiastically; trucking’s rise gave them a strong reason to stop servicing goods that were financial and… Read more »

The economics of Costco rotisserie chicken

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Description: Costco’s popular chickens have stayed fixed at $4.99 for more than a decade — even in the face of raging inflation. But it’s come at a cost. Source: TheHustle.com Date: Oct 08, 2022 Link: https://thehustle.co/the-economics-of-costco-rotisserie-chicken/ Questions for discussion: Why has Costco kept chicken prices fixed? How has this strategy fit with overall branding strategy?… Read more »

Micron to spend up to $100 billion to build a computer chip factory in New York

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Description: Micron will spend up to $100 billion over at least the next two decades building a new computer chip factory in upstate New York, the state said on Tuesday. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Oct 04, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/04/micron-to-spend-up-to-100-billion-to-build-new-york-chip-plant.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail Questions for discussion: Why is this announcement so significant? What are the implications of this development… Read more »

Row, Row, Row: How Mass Retailers And Consumers Are Dealing With Inflation

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Description: Email is the most popular engagement channel among mass-market retailers. But it is not the fastest-growing during this inflationary period, judging by the Verint Guide To Customer Engagement in the Retail Industry, a two-part study released Friday. Source: MediaPost.com Date: Sep 30, 2022 Link: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/378295/row-row-row-how-mass-retailers-and-consumers-ar.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=readmore&utm_campaign=127787&hashid=S0v0SEvtS-SjDpBGmLW7Fg Questions for discussion: What do the statistics say about… Read more »

Why Silicon Valley is so excited about awkward drawings done by artificial intelligence

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Description: Computer programs can now create never-before-seen images in seconds. Source: CNBC.com Date: Oct 08, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/08/generative-ai-silicon-valleys-next-trillion-dollar-companies.html Questions for discussion: How does this technology work? What are the implications of this development for businesses?

SPOS #845 – Tom Webster On The Future Of Podcasting

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Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #845. If you ever need to know anything about the state of Podcasting (or where it’s going), just ask Tom Webster. Tom has a new role as Partner at Sounds Profitable, dedicated to setting the course for the future of the audio business. He is a 25-year veteran… Read more »