Description: Apple has been outspoken about user data privacy, but hasn’t required a bigger warning label on the Facebook iOS app. Source: FastCompany.com Date: Mar 29, 2018 Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/40551319/apple-has-been-an-enabler-in-facebooks-data-harvesting-scandal?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Fast%20Company%20Daily&position=4&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=03292018 Questions for discussion: What are the issues facing managers dealing with privacy? Do you think Tim Cook’s criticisms are fair? How should the industry respond to… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Decision Making
Over 1,000 miles on a single charge: A glimpse into the future of bus travel
Description: Around the world, hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people use buses to get around towns and cities. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Mar 29, 2018 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/29/future-travel-california-made-bus-travels-1000-miles-on-single-charge.html Questions for discussion: Why is this technological development so important for the environmental movement? Do you think governments should subsidize purchases through municipal bus… Read more »
WestJet chief Gregg Saretsky retires, effective immediately, replaced by Ed Sims
Description: WestJet Airlines Ltd.’s announcement of a new chief executive, effective Thursday, marks an abrupt end to an eight-year run for outgoing CEO Gregg Saretsky. Source: Globe.ca Date: Mar 08, 2018 Link: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/westjet-ceo-gregg-saretsky-retires-effective-immediately/article38247007/ Questions for discussion: Why do you suppose leadership changes so abruptly so often at WestJet? Do you think this change at the… Read more »
Investigation into auto body repairs reveals inflated charges, incomplete work
Description: It started with a customer complaint after a minor fender bender. It ended with an alarming investigation. Source: CTV.ca – video report Date: March 10, 2018 Link: https://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/investigation-into-auto-body-repairs-reveals-inflated-charges-incomplete-work-1.3836092 Questions for discussion: Why is this fraud so difficult to control? What would you advise the industry to help mitigate the level of abuse? What other… Read more »
How to Train Your Brain for Success
Description: It comes down to one simple thing: your morning routine. Source: Entrepreneur.com Date: Mar 11, 2018 Link: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/310200?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email Questions for discussion: What are the lessons presented to managers in this podcast? What do you think of this advice?
For many factory towns, white collar job loss hurts the most
Description: With the abandoned smokestacks off the bay and ramshackle factories along 12th Street, it’s easy to pin the blame for this industrial city’s plight on the loss of manufacturing jobs to China and Mexico. Source: Star-Telegram.com Date: Mar 7, 2018 Link: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article203862089.html Questions for discussion: What does this report say about the complexity of… Read more »
The Challenges Publishers Face in Monetizing Digital Content
Description: Publishers are increasing efforts to create subscription models that boost the bottom line Source: eMarketer.com Date: Mar 13, 2018 Link: https://www.emarketer.com/content/the-challenges-publishers-face-in-monetizing-digital-content?ecid=NL1001 Questions for discussion: What are the challenges facing the publishing industry? How are managers attempting to deal with the situation?
Whole Foods calls meeting with key vendors as tensions flare
Description: Tensions between Whole Foods Market and some of the most important brands it sells in its stores will come to a head on March 19, when they will congregate for a recently announced summit, sources familiar with the situation tell CNBC. Source: CNBC.com Date: Mar 12, 2018 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/11/whole-foods-calls-meeting-with-key-vendors-as-tensions-flare.html Questions for discussion: What is… Read more »
Gatineau youth support decision to pull controversial drink after teen’s death
Description: Young people in Gatineau say they agree with the decision by the province’s largest dépanneur chain, Couche-Tard, to pull a controversial drink from shelves in the wake of a Quebec teen’s death. Source: CBC.ca Date: Mar 04, 2018 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/gatineau-youth-support-decision-to-pull-controversial-drink-after-teen-s-death-1.4561091 Questions for discussion: What are the social and ethical issues involved here? Should management be held… Read more »
Can You Imagine A Supermarket With No Plastic?
Description: In an Amsterdam supermarket, a new “plastic-free” aisle is a microcosm of the entire store. It’s possible to buy around 700 items–meat, sauces, produce, yogurt, snacks, cereal, drinks, enough for a week’s worth of groceries–but nothing is packaged in conventional plastic. Any package that looks like regular plastic is bio-based and compostable; everything else… Read more »
