Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #655 – Host: Mitch Joel. I love people are not only creative, but understand how to talk about creativity. It’s something that deeply motivates me to make stuff. Srinivas Rao is the host and founder of The Unmistakable Creative podcast, where he has conducted over 600 interviews with thought leaders… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Motivation
Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio: ‘Capitalism basically is not working for the majority of people’
Description: With just over $18 billion to his name, capitalism has been good to Ray Dalio: He started his hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, out of a two-bedroom New York City apartment in 1975 and it now manages $160 billion in assets and is the largest hedge fund in the world, according to Forbes. Source: CNBC.com – video… Read more »
Health care industry spends $30 billion a year on marketing
Description: Critics say patients are often misled by ads that advocate high-priced drugs, unapproved stem cell treatments or genetic tests. Source: NBC.com Date: Jan 08, 2019 Link: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/health-care-industry-spends-30-billion-year-marketing-n956251 Questions for discussion: Summarize the criticisms leveled at the health care industry in this report? Do you agree with the assessments? How should the industry, governments, and… Read more »
Inside Facebook’s ‘cult-like’ workplace, where dissent is discouraged and employees pretend to be happy all the time
Description: At a company-wide town hall in early October, numerous Facebookemployees got in line to speak about their experiences with sexual harassment. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Jan 08, 2019 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/08/facebook-culture-cult-performance-review-process-blamed.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the managerial culture at FB. How are conditions affecting the company and its empoyees? How should management respond to… Read more »
Salesforce’s Marc Benioff unplugged for two weeks, and had a revelation that could change the tech industry
Description: In early July 2018, Marc Benioff packed his iPhone and iPad into a FedEx envelope and mailed it to his summer home in Hawaii. The billionaire CEO of Salesforce then hopped on a plane out of San Francisco for a quiet two-week vacation across the Galapagos Islands, Bora Bora and Easter Island. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date:… Read more »
6 common beliefs about productivity that are total lies
Description: Some conventional wisdom isn’t so wise. Productivity experts weigh in on some commonly held beliefs that are just wrong. Source: FastCompany.com Date: Jan 04, 2019 Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/90280925/6-common-beliefs-about-productivity-that-are-total-lies Questions for discussion: Why do you think these ideas about productivity have become popular? Do you subscribe to any of these beliefs? What are possible managerial problems… Read more »
12 Entrepreneurial Traits That Will Tempt You to Quit Your Job Immediately
Description: Unhappy in your job? It’s possible you’re an entrepreneur. Source: Entrepreneur.com Date: Jan 01, 2019 Link: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/324979?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email Questions for discussion: Do you think this list is a fair guide to someone considering an entrepreneurial career? What else would you suggest?
These are Canada’s top places to work in 2019, according to Glassdoor
Description: Recruiting website Glassdoor has released its annual ranking of Canada’s top employers, and this year software companies are taking home much of the hardware. Source: BNNBloombeg.com Date: Dec 05, 2018 Link: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/these-are-canada-s-top-places-to-work-in-2019-according-to-glassdoor-1.1178136 Questions for discussion: What does the report say about what employees want in their work environment? Why do you suppose more companies… Read more »
This is why women leave jobs in tech
Description: Not only are there still very few women in tech jobs, the ones who are there leave at a much higher rate than their male counterparts. Here is why and what we can do about it. Source: FastCompany.com Date: Dec 06, 2018 Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/90274067/this-is-why-women-leave-jobs-in-tech?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Fast%20Company%20Daily&position=3&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=12062018 Questions for discussion: Why do women leave jobs in tech,… Read more »
Rewarded Video Helps Mobile Advertisers Move on from Impressions
Description: Mobile video advertisers are on the hunt for ways to make their ads more engaging, and not just another commercial consumers have to tolerate. Rewarded video ads—also known as value exchange ads—seem like the answer. But are the benefits worth the cost? Source: eMarketer.com Date: Dec 06, 2018 Link: https://www.emarketer.com/content/rewarded-video-helps-mobile-advertisers-move-on-from-impressions?ecid=NL1001 Questions for discussion: What… Read more »
