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Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #659 – Host: Mitch Joel. We have been debating and discussing the power of technology, culture and humans for a long time. Rahaf Harfoush is a Strategist, Digital Anthropologist, and Best-Selling Author who focuses on the intersections between emerging technology, innovation, and digital culture. She teaches Innovation & Emerging Business Models at Sciences Politique’s Masters of Economics and Finance program in Paris. Her latest book is Hustle & Float – reclaim your creativity and thrive in a world obsessed with work. For too long, creativity and productivity have been considered essential but unconnected. Thousands of books have been written about each of these concepts separately. In fact, nearly every business book out there tackles achievement and performance through one of these two lenses. Hustle and Float is an exploration of the increasing tensions between productivity and creativity within our personal and professional lives. Enjoy the conversation…

Source: SixPixels.com – podcast

Date: Feb 24, 2019

Link: https://www.sixpixels.com/podcast/archives/spos-659-hustle-and-float-with-rahaf-harfoush/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SixPixelsOfSeparation+%28Six+Pixels+of+Separation+-+Mitch+Joel%29

Questions for discussion:

  • Summarize what Rahaf Harfoush says in this discussion.
  • Do you agree with her arguments?
  • What are the implications for management of people in businesses?

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Description: The CEO of SNC-Lavalin says the company plans to “vigorously defend” itself in the court case as the centre of the unfolding political scandal in Ottawa, and says the company’s hard-working employees are being used “as pucks in a political hockey game.”

Source: CBC.ca

Date: Feb 22, 2019

Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/snc-lavalin-losses-fourth-quarter-dividend-slashed-1.5029425

Questions for discussion:

  • What are the managerial issues realted to the problems facing SNC-Lavalin?
  • Do you think this approach from management is a correct one?
  • What would you advise?

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Description:   From the 1970s into the ’90s, women made serious progress in the workplace. Then that progress stalled, especially at the top.

Source: NYTimes.com

Date: Feb 21, 2019

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/21/magazine/women-corporate-america.html

Questions for discussion:

  • What does this report say about the progress made by women in management ranks?
  • What are the barriers and solutions presented?

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Description: Josh Mohrer, former general manager of Uber New York and now co-founder of Moving Capital, joins “Squawk Box” to discuss business in New York following the controversies with Uber and Amazon.

How Amazon’s situation in New York compares to Uber’s from CNBC.

Source: CNBC.com – video report

Date: Feb 04, 2019

Link: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/02/22/how-amazons-situation-in-new-york-compares-to-ubers.html

Questions for discussion:

  • What does the report say about the relationship between local governments and businesses?
  • Why do you think Uber’s business would require a presence and positive relationship with local NYC governments?

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Description: Warren Buffett has warned investors to stay in their circle of competence when it comes to bets. But now, more than 30 years after Buffett started plowing money into Coca-Cola Co., the rules of the consumer-product game have changed.

Source: Bloomberg.com – video report

Date: Feb 22, 2019

Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-22/buffett-s-consumer-bets-bite-as-kraft-coca-cola-face-pressure?srnd=premium

Questions for discussion:

  • Why did the stock value drop?
  • Do you think it can recover?
  • Are consumer trends moving away from these consumer products?

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Description: The industry generates a lot of enthusiasm and little revenue, but that could be changing.

Source: Bloomberg.com

Date: Feb 22, 2019

Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-02-22/everybody-makes-podcasts-can-spotify-make-them-profitable?srnd=premium

Questions for discussion:

  • Summarize the highlights in this report that would be of interest to developers.
  • What are the barriers to profitability for developers?

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Description: Revamping a century-old business magazine is like changing car tires at 100 mph, according to Salah Zalatimo, chief digital officer at Forbes. Like a Nascar pit crew, the team responsible for transforming a company like Forbes has to work quickly and precisely.

Source: eMarketer.com

Date: Feb 21, 2019

Link: https://www.emarketer.com/content/how-forbes-is-digitally-transforming-itself?ecid=NL1001

Questions for discussion:

  • What does the article say about transitioning to a digital environment?
  • What are the primary barriers and solutions?

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Description: Why college is so expensive in America

Why college is so expensive in America from CNBC.

Source: CNBC.com – video report

Date: Feb 01, 2019

Link: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/02/02/why-college-expensive-higher-education-student-loan-debt.html

Questions for discussion:

  • Summarize what the report says about the state of the “college education industry” today.
  • What draws people to college?
  • Should students pay for college directly or should society through taxes?
  • What solutions would you suggest?

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Description: Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs wants a cut of Toronto’s revenue to build out its vision of a futuristic data-driven smart city.

Source: FinancialPost.com

Date: Feb 15, 2019

Link: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/google-sister-company-wants-cut-torontos-property-taxes-developing-smart-city-164129521.html

Questions for discussion:

  • What are the managerial issues related to this thinking for the firms and for governments?
  • Do you think firms should be pushing for this strategy?

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Description:  Diamond glass could make your phone’s screen nearly unbreakable—and its inventor says the FBI enlisted him after Huawei tried to steal his secrets.

Source: Bloomberg.com

Date: Feb 04, 2019

Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-02-04/huawei-sting-offers-rare-glimpse-of-u-s-targeting-chinese-giant?srnd=businessweek-v2

Questions for discussion:

  • What does this report say about industrial espionage and management?
  • What should managers take away from this report?