Description: The core challenge for the global economy is to decouple economic growth from resource constraints. Source: Fortune.com Date: Jan 20, 2015 Link: http://fortune.com/2015/01/20/the-huge-challenges-and-opportunities-of-the-circular-economy/ Questions for discussion: What is the “circular economy”? Why is it critical from a managerial point of view? What will drive managers to adopt or not adopt this thinking?
Posts By: Brahm Canzer
Target CEO’s Golden Handshake Pretty Much Matches The One For All 17,600 Canadian Employees
Description: An interesting talking point has seized the interwebs today: The amount of money Target has set aside to pay its Canadian staff is slightly less than the money it paid out to one former employee: Its CEO. Source: HuffingtonPost.com Date: Jan 21, 2015 Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/01/21/target-ceo-severance-canadian-workers_n_6517272.html Questions for Discussions: What are the implications for companies… Read more »
7 tips on climbing the corporate ladder
Description: Seven women executives from Fortune’s Most Powerful Women community give their best career advice. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Jan 14, 2015 Link: http://for.tn/1ykuU73 Questions for Discussions: What are the key pieces of advice given? Are any of these items specific to women or to men in leadership positions?
Will Apple crush GoPro?
Description: Andrew Nusca and Robert Hackett discuss the plunge in Go Pro’s stock after Apple announces it’s patent for remote control cameras. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Jan 15, 2015 Link: http://for.tn/1uaatWw Questions for Discussions: How can management turn Go-Pro into a media company? What changes would need to be made to the organization… Read more »
Wall Street Doesn’t Want You Unless You’re a Robot
Description: Want to work on Wall Street? Suit up, turn your spell check on, and leave your risk-taking, self-starter attitude home. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Jan 13, 2015 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2015-01-13/wall-street-doesnt-want-you-unless-youre-a-robot#r=hpt-fs Questions for discussion: What does the article say about hiring at Wall Street firms? Are you surprised?
How to go from start-up to global phenomenon
Description: At a recent panel in San Francisco hosted by DocuSign, Fortune’s Adam Lashinsky spent a few minutes chatting with Tom Gonser about taking DocuSign from idea to global phenomenon. Source: Fortune.com Date: Jan 16, 2015 Link: http://fortune.com/2015/01/16/start-up-to-global-phenomenon/ Questions for discussion: What does Tom Gonser have to say to other start-ups management teams about how… Read more »
5 life lessons you can learn from Taylor Swift
Description: Rebrand yourself like this savvy businesswoman Source: MarketWatch.com Date: Jasn 17, 2015 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/five-lessons-you-can-learn-from-taylor-swift-2015-01-16 Questions for discussion: Summarize the suggestions made in this article. What do you think about this commentary?
Why SurveyMonkey won’t have an IPO any time soon
Description: In an interview at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show, CEO Dave Goldberg tells Fortune’s Alan Murray about SurveyMonkey’s strategy to avoid going public. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Jan 08, 2015 Link: http://for.tn/1s6zdDg Questions for Discussions: Why is the company uninterested in going public at this time? How would an IPO change the… Read more »
It’s a mod, mod world: The future of design
Description: Award-winning designer, Karim Rashid, joins BNN to discuss the growing importance of design in business. Find out why brands like 3M, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Audi and Sony have turned to Rashid’s design sense to reinvent their brand identities. Source: BNN.ca– video report Date: Dec 23, 2014 Link: http://www.bnn.ca/Video/player.aspx?vid=518948 Questions for Discussions: What are the… Read more »
McDonald’s New Turnaround Plan Is So 1990s
Description: In a period of lasting difficulty for McDonald’s, with U.S. same-store sales dropping over consecutive quarters, executives turn to regionalized menus, made-to-order burgers, and speed to bring the world’s largest burger chain out of a multi-quarter slump. Sound familiar? Source: Businessweek.com Date: Jan 07, 2015 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2015-01-07/mcdonalds-new-turnaround-plan-is-so-1990s#r=hpt-lst Questions for discussion: What is the company’s operational strategy for change? Do you… Read more »
