Description: McDonald’s is planning job cuts and a reorganization as the company refocuses its priorities to accelerate restaurant expansion, CEO Chris Kempczinski told employees Friday. Source: CNBC.com Date: Jan 06, 2023 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/06/mcdonalds-plans-reorganization-job-cuts.html Questions for discussion: How is McDonald’s reorganizing and what are the reasons given? What do you think about this orientation? What suggestions would… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
Shopify tells employees to eliminate recurring meetings
Description: Yahoo Finance Live anchors discuss Shopify’s new internal meeting policy. Source: Yahoo.Finance.ca – video report Date: Jan 05, 2023 Link: https://finance.yahoo.com/video/shopify-tells-employees-eliminate-recurring-215943131.html Questions for discussion: What does the report say about the changes and the reasons given? How do you think this will affect the firm? Do you think this publicity will influence other firms… Read more »
SPOS #859 – Joshua Gans On The Economics Of Artificial Intelligence
Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – The ThinkersOne Podcast – Episode #859. How does artificial intelligence affect the structure and dynamics of the global economy? What are the potential benefits and risks associated with artificial intelligence on the future of humanity? Joshua Gans is the co-author of the recently published book, Power and Prediction – The Disruptive… Read more »
A New Area of A.I. Booms, Even Amid the Tech Gloom
Description: An investment frenzy over “generative artificial intelligence” has gripped Silicon Valley, as tools that generate text, images and sounds in response to short prompts seize the imagination. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Jan 07, 2023 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/technology/generative-ai-chatgpt-investments.html? Questions for discussion: Why is there so much excitement about this latest development in AI technology? What are some… Read more »
Why Many Entrepreneurs Fear Success — and How They Can Overcome It
Description: Do you have a fear of what it really means to get to the next level and exit the cozy blanket that is your current reality? Source: Entrepreneur.com Date: Dec 06, 2022 Link: https://www.entrepreneur.com/living/how-to-stop-fearing-success/438979 Questions for discussion: What do you think about this analysis? Do you think it may explain why so many entrepreneurs… Read more »
Tim Cook says Apple will use chips built in the U.S. at Arizona factory
Description: CEO Tim Cook confirmed that Apple will buy U.S.-made microchips at an event in Arizona on Tuesday, where President Joe Biden also spoke. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Dec 06, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/06/tim-cook-says-apple-will-use-chips-built-in-the-us-at-arizona-factory.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail Questions for discussion: Why is Apple doing this? What are the implications for future global supply channels? What does this… Read more »
SPOS #852 – Tom Peters On What Truly Matters At Work
Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – The ThinkersOne Podcast – Episode #852. There are few true business thinkers that have impacted my life – at every twist and turn – in the way that Tom Petershas. He is the patron saint of management strategy and business thinking. Full stop. When I think of Tom Peters,… Read more »
Want to Foster Innovation? Don’t Start a New Committee — Do This Instead.
Description: Sparking innovation is easier than you might think — and you won’t have to schedule another meeting to make it happen. Source: Entrepreneur.com Date: Nov 30, 2022 Link: https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/want-to-foster-innovation-dont-start-a-new-committee/438574 Questions for discussion: What advice is presented for fostering innovation? What do you believe is the primary obstacle in most organizations? What advice would you… Read more »
In defensive interview, Sam Bankman-Fried claims he’s broke and committed no fraud
Description: Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, in possibly the understatement of 2022, said Wednesday, “I’ve had a bad month.” The former billionaire added that he “didn’t do a good job” at upholding his responsibilities to regulators, customers and investors in a hotly anticipated conversation with CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin at the DealBook Summit. Source: CNBC.com… Read more »
Have the Anticapitalists Reached Harvard Business School?
Description: Social justice joins discounted cash flows on the syllabus as essential knowledge for aspiring corporate leaders. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Nov 28, 2022 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/business/business-school-social-justice.html?smid=em-share Questions for discussion: What are the main arguments presented in this article? Where do you stand on these questions? What do you believe are the obligations of the corporation to… Read more »
