Description: Footwear retailer Allbirds on Thursday unveiled a broad overhaul of its strategy and an executive shake-up after failing to post year-over-year quarterly sales growth for the first time in its history. Source: CNBC.com – video reports Date: Mar 09, 2023 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/09/allbirds-bird-q4-earnings-2022.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail Questions for discussion: Explain the drop is share value? How much was this due… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
The Russia-Ukraine war remapped the world’s energy supplies, putting the U.S. at the top for years to come
Description: Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine a year ago has shifted global energy supply chains and put the U.S. clearly at the top of the world’s energy exporting nations. Source: CNBC.com Date: Mar 03, 2023 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/03/ceraweek-how-russias-war-made-the-us-a-dominant-supplier-of-energy-.html Questions for discussion: What does the article say about how the global energy supply chain has changed? What… Read more »
Biden’s Semiconductor Plan Flexes the Power of the Federal Government
Description: In return for vast subsidies, the Biden administration is asking the chip industry to make promises about its workers and finances. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Feb 27, 2023 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/us/politics/chips-act-biden-commerce-department.html Questions for discussion: How is government influencing the semiconductor industry? What are the social and political goals tied to the financial assistance to firms that… Read more »
Company planning to make COVID vaccine in Canada warns it could go out of business
Description: MONTREAL — An American company that signed a deal with the federal government to produce COVID-19 vaccines in Montreal has warned investors it could go out of business within the year. Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Mar 02, 2023 Link: https://financialpost.com/news/company-covid-19-vaccine-in-canada-could-go-out-of-business Questions for discussion: What does the report say about the reasons for the unstable situation… Read more »
The Future of Human Agency
Description: Experts are split about how much control people will retain over essential decision-making as digital systems and AI spread. They agree that powerful corporate and government authorities will expand the role of AI in people’s daily lives in useful ways. But many worry these systems will diminish individuals’ ability to control their choices Source:… Read more »
Covid’s ‘legacy of weirdness’: Layoffs spread, but some employers can’t hire fast enough
Description: Job cuts are rising at some of the biggest U.S. companies, but others are still scrambling to hire workers, the result of wild swings in consumer priorities since the Covid pandemic began three years ago. Source: CNBC.com – video reports Date: Feb 21, 2023 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/20/weird-job-market-layoffs-hiring.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail Questions for discussion: Summarize the employment trends and hiring taking place… Read more »
Is eBay’s brief renaissance over?
Description: But eBay is still surprisingly powerful. It has more than 300x as many listings as it did in the late ‘90s and ranks second in US online gross merchandise sales, behind Amazon and ahead of Walmart and Target. Source: thehustle.co Date: Feb 24, 2023 Link: https://thehustle.co/02242023-eBay/?utm_campaign=Friday%20Email&utm_content=02242023-eBay&utm_medium=email&utm_source=daily&utm_term=4ABCD Questions for discussion: What are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and… Read more »
Coke joins AI hype train in search for next-gen creative capabilities
Description: AI’s ascendance as a leading area of investment continues with the Bain and OpenAI deal. Coke is one of the most recognized packaged goods marketers globally, meaning that its early adoption of OpenAI solutions could further accelerate the trend while producing practical use cases of the budding technology as it relates to marketing. Source:… Read more »
To Boost Outdoorsy Cred, Dick’s Buys Walmart’s Moosejaw
Description: Dick’s Sporting Goods is buying Moosejaw, the ecommerce outdoor apparel company that’s been owned by Walmart since 2017. Source: MediaPost.com Date: Feb 23, 2023 Link: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/382814/to-boost-outdoorsy-cred-dicks-buys-walmarts-moo.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=readnow&utm_campaign=129390&hashid=7T9TCmQZSDGbnu-424RuBQ Questions for discussion: Why is Dick’s Sporting Goods buying Moosejaw? What are the synergies that make this a good fit? How would you advise integrating the two businesses?
The Future Is AI-ncredible – Why Every Organization Needs To Embrace AI Technology
Description: Here’s my hot take on ChatGPT and other AI-assisted writing and editing tools: I know they work, mostly because no one has been able to notice when I am (or when I am not) using them (like right now?). And, if that isn’t the power of helping to create better work (with what feels… Read more »
