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 »
Posts Categorized: Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
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 »
Want to Improve Your Work Culture? Try Philotimo
Description: Promote a sense of obligation to make things better in your company and your world. Source: INC.com Date: Jan 09, 2023 Link: https://www.inc.com/bob-nelson/want-to-improve-your-work-culture-try-philotimo.html Questions for discussion: What does the article suggest to improve the work culture? What do you think about these suggestions? What would you add to the discussion?
2022 Executive of the Year: Marc Pritchard
Description: There were more than a handful of worthy candidates considered by MediaPost editors for this year’s Executive of the Year honors. Source: MediaPost.com Date: Jan 08, 2023 Link: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/380606/2022-executive-of-the-year-marc-pritchard.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=comment&utm_campaign=128856 Questions for discussion: What are some marketing insights posed by Marc Pritchard? Do you agree that there is “no average consumer”? Can marketers always follow… Read more »
How health insurance may have made health care more expensive
Description: Widespread medical debt is a uniquely American problem. Roughly 40% of U.S. adults have at least $250 in medical debt, according to a survey conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Jan 08, 2023 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/08/how-health-insurance-may-have-made-health-care-more-expensive.html Questions for discussion: What is the explanation presented in this report for higher health care… Read more »
TikTok Expands Safety Features For Teens
Description: To increase safety for teens on its app, TikTok has announced an expansion of its audience controls feature, offering creators the choice to restrict their videos to adult viewers. The adult-only controls feature has been specific to TikTok Live since October, but now it will cover short-form videos as well. Source: MediaPost.com Date: Jan 06,… Read more »
