Description: It was a Davos for digital hucksters. One day last June, scammers from around the world gathered for a conference at a renovated 19th century train station in Berlin. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Mar 27, 2018 Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-03-27/ad-scammers-need-suckers-and-facebook-helps-find-them Questions for discussion: Summarize the warnings managers and users should take away from this article? Can anything… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Innovation/Creativity
The Day Warby Parker Lost Its Cool
Description: A fake alliance between Warby Parker and Arby’s came off like the ultimate dad joke. It’s not a good look for the fashionable eyewear startup. Source: FastCompany.com Date: Apr 02, 2018 Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/40553054/the-day-warby-parker-lost-its-cool Questions for discussion: What do you think of the “April fools joke”? What are the lessons for management as a result… Read more »
SPOS #612 – Limitless Possibilities With Laura Gassner Otting
Description: Laura helps innovators, idealists, and iconoclasts get unstuck and achieve their best results. It’s not just your standard motivation stuff… far from it. Through her business, Limitless Possibility, Laura collaborates with entrepreneurs and investors to push past the doubt and indecision that consign great ideas to limbo. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective… Read more »
March (Streaming) Madness
Description: A pioneer in live streaming, the NCAA now is seeing its aggressive early efforts pay off with broadcast-size audiences and ad rates. To mark the national college basketball championships, we break down the sports streaming data on our “Behind the Numbers” podcast. Source: eMarketer.com – podcast Date: Apr 02, 2018 Link: https://www.emarketer.com/content/sports-streaming-podcast?ecid=NL1001 Questions for discussion:… Read more »
Facebook Is Making Big Changes to Its Relationship With Data Brokers
Description: Facebook is placing new limits on the data it shares with data brokers—companies like Acxiom and Oracle Data Cloud, which compile dossiers on consumers so as to make it easier for advertisers to target them with appropriate pitches. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Mar 29, 2018 Link: http://fortune.com/2018/03/29/facebook-data-brokers-changes/ Questions for discussion: What are the changes taking… Read more »
Bill Gates and Richard Branson are betting lab-grown meat might be the food of the future
Description: Vegetarians have long touted the ethical and environmental problems with meat production and consumption. Start-ups such as MosaMeat, JUST and Memphis Meats are tissue-engineering meat in a lab to allow people to enjoy being a carnivore without any of the environmental or ethical hang-ups. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Mar 23, 2018 Link:… Read more »
If Tim Cook Hates Facebook’s Privacy Sins, He Could Do More About It
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 »
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 »
In search of higher margins, Canada Goose to make more of its own luxury coats
Description: Company plans to have as many as 20 stores by the end of 2020 from six now Source: CBC.ca Date: Mar 21, 2018 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-goose-production-1.4586041 Questions for discussion: Explain the success of the firm from an operations management point of view. Why has domestic production helped increase margins? What else can management do to… Read more »
Raise a glass! Your next hotel room might offer wine on tap
Description: Forget space travel; this is the future we really need. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Mar 8, 2018 Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-08/your-next-hotel-room-might-have-wine-on-tap Questions for discussion: Who is the target market for this service? Why does this service make sense from an operations management point of view?
