Description: NRG Energy CEO, David Crane, explains how questioning the direction of the company helped the energy giant rebound. Source: Fortune.com Date: May 27, 2015 Link: http://for.tn/1KxMFI3 Questions for Discussions: What does David Crane say about leadership style? What was the most significant comment he made in this report, in your opinion?
Monthly Archives: June 2015
FIFA officials charged with corruption
Description: Swiss police arrested six FIFA officials on corruption charges from the United States. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 27, 2015 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2015/05/27/fifa-officials-corruption-charges.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Why do you think corruption became a wide-spread problem in FIFA? How much is leadership at the center of this story? How would you clean-up the organization… Read more »
Apple promotes Jony Ive to Chief Design Officer
Description: Designer Sir Jony Ive has been promoted from his role as Apple’s Senior Vice President of Design. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: May 26, 2015 Link: http://for.tn/1FMVM4C Questions for Discussions: How important is the continuity of design ideas and leadership for Apple? Do you think creative design is mostly the result of one… Read more »
Raising the Next Generation of Chief Executives
Description: Perhaps the most compelling family business narrative has long been about passing on an enterprise to the next generation. But with small business start-ups proliferating, and frequently growing in step with the children of company founders, it is not just the enterprise but the spirit of enterprise — the desire to create a new… Read more »
The Price Is Right, or Uber Will Raise It
Description: One can’t help but admire Uber’s willingness to follow the basic logic of economics any place it happens to lead. Even to price gouging. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: May 19, 2015 Link: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-05-19/the-price-is-right-or-uber-will-raise-it Questions for discussion: What does this report say about pricing strategies and management’s strategic thinking? Do you agree with a strategy of… Read more »
