Description: Shares of Facebook parent Meta were hammered Thursday, falling 26% after the company revealed that privacy changes Apple made to its iOS platform last year have begun to sink their teeth into the social networking giant’s bottom line. Source: Yahoo.Finance.com – video report Date: Feb 03, 2022 Link: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-apple-app-tracking-transparency-works-162225922-220141435.html Questions for discussion: Why did… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Decision Making
Streaming video no longer impresses investors, so media companies need a next act
Description: For the past two years, media and entertainment companies have been dead-set on showing Wall Street that they have a strong streaming video strategy to counter traditional pay-TV declines. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Jan 29, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/29/streaming-video-no-longer-impresses-investors-whats-next.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the main challenges facing the industry competitors? What do you… Read more »
The U.S. Labor Movement Is Popular, Prominent and Also Shrinking
Description: Unionization efforts involving some of the most recognizable names in business have dominated headlines across the United States in recent months. Starbucks workers in Buffalo and Amazon employees in Bessemer, Ala., and on Staten Island have recently moved to unionize, as have workers at an REI store in Manhattanlast week. Successful strikes at John Deere and Kellogg have drawn new attention to the state… Read more »
Hybrid work is here to stay. Activating your hologram may be the next way to enter a meeting
Description: Millions of U.S. workers are quitting their jobs in what some are calling the “Great Resignation.” Others, such as Kate Lister, president of Global Workplace Analytics, see it as the “Great Reevaluation,” as workers seek increased flexibility. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Jan 26, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/26/great-resignation-supports-more-hybrid-work-may-lead-to-holograms.html Questions for discussion: What are the… Read more »
TD Bank plans to hire more than 2,000 tech workers this year amid war for talent
Description: Toronto-Dominion Bank plans to hire more than 2,000 technology workers this year, more than six times the number added last year, pitting the lender against fintech firms in the war for talent. Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Jan 26, 2022 Link: https://financialpost.com/fp-finance/banking/td-plans-to-hire-2000-tech-workers-amid-the-battle-for-talent Questions for discussion: What sort of employment opportunities are emerging at TD? Do you… Read more »
SPOS #811 – Ruth Gotian On Peak Business Performance
Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #811 – Host: Mitch Joel. Dr. Ruth Gotian is the Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology and former Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine. She has been hailed by the journal Nature and Columbia University as an expert in mentoring… Read more »
Activist investor Blackwells calls on Peloton to fire CEO, explore sale
Description: An activist is pushing Peloton to fire its chief executive officer immediately and consider a sale as its share price has plummeted. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Jan 23, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/24/activist-investor-to-call-on-peloton-to-fire-ceo-explore-sale-report.html?recirc=taboolainternal Questions for discussion: Was this a failure of management? Leadership? What would you advise the firm do now?
Icahn gets two directors appointed to auto machinery firm Dana. Here’s what may be ahead for investors
Description: Carl Icahn is the grandfather of shareholder activism and a true pioneer of the strategy. While he is not slowing down at all, he recently reached an agreement with his son, Brett Icahn, to rejoin the firm as the eventual successor. Brett plans to employ his father’s favored approach of pushing companies to make changes… Read more »
Eventbrite Founder Julia Hartz Has a Different Way To Think About Company Culture
Description: As a living organism, your culture can’t be stuck in time–and it doesn’t always have to be happy. Source: INC.com – podcast Date: Jan 18, 2022 Link: https://www.inc.com/christine-lagorio-chafkin/company-culture-julia-hartz-eventbrite-what-i-know-podcast.html Questions for discussion: What does Julia Hartz have to say about corporate culture? What advice is she presenting to management? What do you think of these… Read more »
Harrowing time to run a small business
Description: Arlene Dickinson, CEO of Venturepark, talks with Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about the struggles of running a small business during the pandemic. Source: FinancialPost.ca/ Youtube.com – video report Date: Jan 17, 2022 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRH-qJ1zFGg Questions for discussion: Summarize the key points presented in this discussion and the recommendations made to small business owners. What… Read more »
