Description: Footwear retailer Allbirds on Thursday unveiled a broad overhaul of its strategy and an executive shake-up after failing to post year-over-year quarterly sales growth for the first time in its history. Source: CNBC.com – video reports Date: Mar 09, 2023 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/09/allbirds-bird-q4-earnings-2022.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail Questions for discussion: Explain the drop is share value? How much was this due… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Strategy
UAW leadership faces historic upheaval ahead of union negotiations with Detroit automakers
Description: DETROIT – As the United Auto Workers prepares for what are expected to be highly contentious negotiations with the Detroit automakers later this year, the union’s leadership is undergoing its largest upheaval in decades. Source: CNBC.com Date: Feb 28, 2023 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/28/uaw-presidential-runoff.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail Questions for discussion: Summarize the situation and how it mighty affect negotiations…. Read more »
Nissan Supports HBCUs Year-Round
Description: As Black Heritage Month draws to a close, Nissan North America is continuing with its year-round efforts to support Historically Black Colleges and Universities, as well as other initiatives with a focus on Black consumers. Source: MediaPost.com Date: Feb 27, 2023 Link: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/382930/nissan-supports-hbcus-year-round.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=readmore&utm_campaign=129421&hashid=7T9TCmQZSDGbnu-424RuBQ Questions for discussion: Summarize and evaluate the approach taken by Nissan…. Read more »
The ‘Henderson test’ could weaken Big Tech’s favorite law and change free speech on the internet
Description: A legal test that Google’s lawyer told the Supreme Court was roughly “96% correct” could drastically undermine the liability shield that the company and other tech platforms have relied on for decades, according to several experts who advocate for upholding the law to the highest degree. Source: CNBC.com Date: Feb 25, 2023 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/25/internet-free-speech-henderson-test-could-weaken-section-230.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail Questions for… Read more »
The Future of Human Agency
Description: Experts are split about how much control people will retain over essential decision-making as digital systems and AI spread. They agree that powerful corporate and government authorities will expand the role of AI in people’s daily lives in useful ways. But many worry these systems will diminish individuals’ ability to control their choices Source:… Read more »
Covid’s ‘legacy of weirdness’: Layoffs spread, but some employers can’t hire fast enough
Description: Job cuts are rising at some of the biggest U.S. companies, but others are still scrambling to hire workers, the result of wild swings in consumer priorities since the Covid pandemic began three years ago. Source: CNBC.com – video reports Date: Feb 21, 2023 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/20/weird-job-market-layoffs-hiring.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail Questions for discussion: Summarize the employment trends and hiring taking place… Read more »
California Children’s Safety Law Will ‘Hobble’ Internet, Tech Industry Says
Description: A California law that aims to protect minors online represents “the most extensive attempt by any state to censor speech since the birth of the internet,” the tech industry organization NetChoice says in new court papers. Source: MediaPost.com Date: Feb 17, 2023 Link: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/382674/california-childrens-safety-law-will-hobble-int.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline&utm_campaign=129334&hashid=VqrNVU8KRva-05RcXzdoNQ Questions for discussion: Summarize the arguments for and against the… Read more »
The Future Is AI-ncredible – Why Every Organization Needs To Embrace AI Technology
Description: Here’s my hot take on ChatGPT and other AI-assisted writing and editing tools: I know they work, mostly because no one has been able to notice when I am (or when I am not) using them (like right now?). And, if that isn’t the power of helping to create better work (with what feels… Read more »
Inside Peloton’s rapid rise and bitter fall — and its attempt at a comeback
Description: The fitness company is now a year into an aggressive turnaround plan under CEO Barry McCarthy that has altered the company’s identity. Source: CNBC.com Date: Feb 19, 2023 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/19/peloton-rise-fall-attempted-comeback.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the turnaround effort at the firm and the directions management is now pointing towards. Do you think the revised orientation… Read more »
Suncor’s truce with activist investor faces test as CEO search drags on
Description: 7 months into search for new CEO signs some shareholders are losing patience Source: FinancialPost.ca Date: Feb 14, 2023 Link: https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/suncor-activist-investor-truce-faces-test Questions for discussion: How is the search for a new CEO going, according to the report? How is the activist investor affecting the process? What does the activist investor expect to change, as… Read more »
