Description: McDonald’s is being sued by two African American executives who allege they suffered “systematic but covert” racial discrimination at the fast-food giant. Vicki Guster-Hines and Domineca Neal, senior directors working for McDonald’s in Dallas, allege that discrimination at the company worsened under the former chief executive Steve Easterbrook, who took over the company in… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Ethics & Social Responsibility
Warren Buffett calls this ‘indispensable’ life advice: ‘You can always tell someone to go to hell tomorrow’
Description: Aside from being recognized as one of the most successful investors of all time, Warren Buffett is also revered for his invaluable wisdom. But how did the Oracle of Omaha gain the knowledge that led him to such extraordinary achievements? Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Jan 09, 2020 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/09/billionaire-warren-buffett-shares-indispensable-life-advice-he-learned-more-than-40-years-ago.html Questions for discussion: What is Buffett’s primary message,… Read more »
Nice Try, Ghosn, But You Can’t Try Yourself
Description: (Bloomberg Opinion) — Instead of a show trial in Tokyo we got the Ghosn show in Beirut. Neither offered the chance of a satisfactory outcome. Source: Yahoo.Finance.com – video report Date: Jan 08, 2020 Link: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nice-try-ghosn-cant-try-163534746.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the key items concerning how Ghosn was treated thus far and in Japan in… Read more »
Meet Bell’s new CEO — a likeable, blue-collar, hockey-loving sports nut at heart
Description: It is a pinch-me, look-at-me-now situation for Mirko Bibic, who woke up his first day on the job with an admitted case of the butterflies Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Jan 10, 2020 Link: https://business.financialpost.com/telecom/meet-bells-new-ceo-a-likeable-blue-collar-hockey-loving-sports-nut-at-heart Questions for discussion: What are the things mentioned in the article about Mirko Bibic that suggest he was a good choice?… Read more »
A manager’s manifesto for 2020
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 »
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 »
The battery decade: How energy storage could revolutionize industries in the next 10 years
Description: What a difference a decade can make. In 2010, batteries powered our phones and computers. By the end of the decade, they are starting to power our cars and houses too. Source:CNBC.com – video report Date: Dec 30, 2019 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/30/battery-developments-in-the-last-decade-created-a-seismic-shift-that-will-play-out-in-the-next-10-years.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail Questions for discussion: How is battery technology disrupting industries and changing many of… 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 »
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 »
Hippie Inc: how the counterculture went corporate
Description: Half a century on from the summer of love, marijuana is big business and mindfulness a workplace routine. 1843 asks how the movement found itself at the heart of capitalism Source: TheEconomist.com Date: Nov 29, 2019 Link: https://www.economist.com/news/2019/11/29/hippie-inc-how-the-counterculture-went-corporate?cid1=cust/dailypicks1/n/bl/n/20191129n/owned/n/n/dailypicks1/n/n/NA/351809/n Questions for discussion: Summarize what the report says about how business has changed? What do think… Read more »
