Description: Tesla posted a video to its YouTube channel that shows Tesla engineers working on designing ventilators out of mainly Tesla Model 3 parts. It’s pretty amazing to see how many existing Tesla parts can be repurposed into assembling a ventilator. Source: InsideEVS.com Date: Apr 05, 2020 Link: https://insideevs.com/news/408057/tesla-making-ventilators-from-model-3-parts/ Questions for discussion: How does the publicity from this… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Decision Making
U.S. Workers Discovering Affinity for Remote Work
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. — American workers are increasingly doing their jobs from home as a result of the coronavirus crisis, and the latest Gallup Panel data show that they are warming up to the experience. Source: Gallup.com Date: Apr 02, 2020 Link: https://news.gallup.com/poll/306695/workers-discovering-affinity-remote-work.aspx Questions for discussion: What does the research say about the number of… Read more »
SPOS #716 – Jeremy Gutsche On How To Create The Future
Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #716 – Host: Mitch Joel. My buddy Jeremy Gutsche was last on this show about five years ago. He’s back. Jeremy is a bestselling author, innovation expert, and one of the most sought-after keynote speakers on the planet. He’s also the CEO of Trend Hunter (the world’s number one trend website… Read more »
Honeywell’s ex-CEO successfully navigated the Great Recession. Here’s how he’s approaching the coronavirus crisis
Description: Few CEOs navigated the Great Recession as skillfully as David Cote. Now he’s offering hard-won advice for corporate leaders caught in the tumult of the coronavirus crisis. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Mar 27, 2020 Link: https://fortune.com/2020/03/27/honeywell-david-cote-great-recession-coronavirus-crisis/ Questions for discussion: What are the key suggestions for management to take away from this article? Do… Read more »
Canada Infrastructure Bank chief executive Pierre Lavallee steps down
Description: OTTAWA — The federal government is shaking up the people in the top spots at the Canada Infrastructure Bank, including saying goodbye to the chief executive and installing a new board chair. Source: BNNBloomberg.com Date: Apr 03, 2020 Link: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/canada-infrastructure-bank-chief-executive-pierre-lavallee-steps-down-1.1417195 Questions for discussion: What are the implied reasons for replacing the current CEO with… Read more »
The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed.
Description: As the coronavirus spreads, the collapse of the project helps explain America’s acute shortage. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Mar 29, 2020 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/business/coronavirus-us-ventilator-shortage.html Questions for discussion: What does the article say is the primary reason for the failure to produce an inexpensive ventilator? Could this issue have been avoided if multiple governments around the world… Read more »
COVID-19 Will Turbocharge Legal Industry Transformation
Description: The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is attacking the health, financial welfare, social order and political stability of nations across the globe. At a time when millions are fighting to survive illness, financial hardship, political upheaval, and other existential threats, it is difficult to look beyond the moment. The scourge of COVID-19 will pass. When, at what… Read more »
PG&E reaches bankruptcy deal with California governor
Description: Pacific Gas & Electric and California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a deal Friday for the nation’s largest utility to emerge from bankruptcy triggered by massive liabilities from wildfires. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Mar 20, 2020 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/20/pge-reaches-bankruptcy-deal-with-california-governor.html Questions for discussion: What are the implications for Californians going forward? How will management decisions be… Read more »
50% of small business planning layoffs as confidence hits new low
Description: A measure of Canadian small business confidence has cratered to the lowest level on record in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business said Wednesday that its gauge of sentiment is at depths not seen during even past recessions. Source: BNNBloomberg.com – video report Date: Mar 27, 2020 Link:… Read more »
Why Tech Companies Can Regain Consumer Trust as Coronavirus Crisis Continues
Description: As the government continues to wrestle with the COVID-19 epidemic, US consumers and news organizations have rediscovered one of the things that made social media so valuable: Democratizing information about a fast-moving global story brings to light important narratives that official sources may miss, ignore or suppress. Source: e-Marketer.com Date: Mar 17, 2020 Link:… Read more »
