Description: The start of the year is traditionally the time to make resolutions to change your behaviour. Hardly anyone keeps them, of course, but in the spirit of optimism, here are Bartleby’s eight suggestions for what managers ought to resolve to do in 2020. Source: Economist.com Date: Jan 02, 2020 Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2020/01/02/a-managers-manifesto-for-2020?cid1=cust/dailypicks1/n/bl/n/2020012n/owned/n/n/dailypicks1/n/n/NA/371345/n Questions for discussion: Summarize… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Decision Making
Gap between CEO pay and average worker hits record
Description: The gap in pay between CEOs and the average Canadian worker is bigger than ever. A new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has found Canada’s 100 highest paid chief executives made 227 times more than the average worker in 2018, up from the previous year when CEOs made 197 times… Read more »
SPOS #703 – Brett Hurt On Entrepreneurship And Starting Up
Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #703 – Host: Mitch Joel. He’s an old friend and someone who has experienced a tremendous amount of success in the technology and startup world. While many know his name… most do not. Let’s change that. Brett Hurt is the CEO and co-founder of data.world (of which I am an advisor),… Read more »
How Google uses A.I. to help businesses increase profits from online shopping
Description: Artificial intelligence can help businesses make more money from online shopping, Carrie Tharp, Google Cloud’s head of retail, told CNBC on Monday. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Dec 02, 2019 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/02/how-google-uses-ai-to-help-boost-profits-from-online-shopping.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the highlights of the report. Do you think there are limits to the ability of AI to help improve managerial… Read more »
Doctors and techies are clashing at digital health companies, and one start-up exec is seeking a fix
Description: When Carolyn Jasik recruits doctors to work at Omada Health, where she’s the chief medical officer, she has product developers vet the top candidates to make sure they’re the right fit. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Dec 01, 2019 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/01/omada-health-is-seeking-solutions-for-clash-of-doctors-and-techies.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail Questions for discussion: Summarize what the report says about how management is handling… Read more »
Fiat Chrysler, auto union reach tentative deal on contract
Description: Fiat Chrysler is the last company to settle on a new contract with the union Source: CBC.ca Date: Dec 02, 2019 Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/fiat-chrysler-uaw-contract-1.5380562 Questions for discussion: How well did each side do in the end? How would you characterize the future of auto union power to influence corporate decisions?
What the Streaming Wars Mean for the Future of TV
Description: If all goes as planned, by mid-2020 four of the most valuable companies on the S&P 500 will have introduced streaming services in less than a year. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Nov 30, 2019 Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-30/what-the-streaming-wars-mean-for-the-future-of-tv-quicktake?srnd=businessweek-v2 Questions for discussion: What does the article say is happening to the current business model for TV? What does… Read more »
Google’s ‘Thanksgiving Four’ present a challenge to leadership as campus activism rises
Description: Google leadership may consider the leaking of sensitive information by employees as the biggest threat to its culture. But the more pressing issue the company faces is a massive wave of activism that’s now turned some of its loudest critics into heroes. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Nov 27, 2019 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/27/googles-thanksgiving-four-present-a-challenge-to-leadership.html Questions for… Read more »
Employers Have a New Idea for Inclusive Recruitment: Hiring for Diversity of Thought
Description: Intent on creating a cohesive culture, companies have focused for the past few years on recruiting candidates based less on specific job skills (those can be taught) than on traits like shared values, similar backgrounds, and even personal chemistry with the hiring manager. An unintended consequence: Too much emphasis on cultural fit can lead… Read more »
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon: ‘We could go away at any minute’
Description: Walmart is constantly evolving to avoid dying off, as plenty of other retailers have, according to the company’s chief executive officer. “Walmart is not arrogant,” CEO Doug McMillon said at CNBC’s Evolve Summit in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. “We could go away at any minute. I think most of us act that way… Read more »
