Every year, I chronicle the brand disasters and brand scandals that did the most damage in the recent months. Previous years have drawn from multiple industries but in 2018 it’s all about the airlines. Here’s the worst of the worst:… Continue Reading
Ever since I took my first company public in 1996, I have been a firm believer in sharing company information internally, and keeping team members informed. Before this event, I did the opposite. I kept everything on a “need to… Continue Reading
What do Crystal City, Virginia and Long Island City, New York have in common? If the New York Times is right, they’re the two communities that will share the 50,000 Amazon jobs as a result of becoming the shared home of… Continue Reading
If there’s anything true about high tech, it’s that the big fortunes are made when a new technology disrupts an existing industry. The money to be made is greatest when 1) the industry being disrupted is bureaucratic and inefficient, and… Continue Reading
A logo of Sony Corp is seen at an electronics store in Narita International airport in Narita, Japan, November 1, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp lifted its annual operating profit outlook by 30 percent to a record… Continue Reading
Co-produced with Philip Mause and Julian Lin for High Dividend Opportunities. Source note: All tables and images from Global Partners L.P.’s website, unless otherwise stated. Global Partners L.P. (GLP) is a master limited partnership which has re-transformed itself toward a… Continue Reading
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microchip firm Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) is joining Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) to spread the use of Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant in wireless headphones, the companies said on Monday. Prompts on how to use Amazon’s Alexa personal assistant… Continue Reading
Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. The headlines were menacing. They seemed to tell of a dirty little secret, one that many fast food joints had shared. 22… Continue Reading
Tuesday, October 16 is National Boss’s Day, a custom that leaders should ignore, if not outright discourage. Expecting employees to celebrate the wonder that is you with a supermarket cake or Hallmark moment suggests that what you do–develop, guide, and… Continue Reading
“I never want to be beholden to a vote of some board or politics or anyone else.”- Kevin Plank Sometime last month, Under Armour (UA, UAA) posted the latest in a long line of restructuring updates (fifth within a year),… Continue Reading
With the exception of President Trump’s legal team, no one has been watching the Mueller investigation more closely than Garrett Graff. Graff, a historian and journalist, wrote the book on Robert Mueller (literally), has interviewed him probably more than any… Continue Reading
Whether you hate the idea of traveling or you actually look forward to it, it’s hard to deny that travel can sabotage your productivity–at least temporarily. It takes hours of planning and coordination to prepare for some trips, and hours… Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday it currently had no reason to doubt statements from companies that have denied a Bloomberg report that their supply chains were compromised by malicious computer chips inserted by… Continue Reading
Rope-a-dope. The U.S. Justice Department charged seven Russian military intelligence officers with a number of hacking-related crimes on Thursday. The Russian spies allegedly ran a disinformation campaign—including wire fraud, identity theft, and money laundering—that targeted hundreds of athletes and anti-doping officials… Continue Reading
For Tim Berners-Lee the past is prologue, and not a very good one at that. Several months ago I had the chance to sit down to dinner with Tim Berners-Lee at an event we were both speaking at in Sharjah… Continue Reading
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) is set to post a hefty jump in third-quarter profit to record levels after its chip unit put in a sterling performance on demand from data centers and improved production yields. FILE… Continue Reading
he Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has settled its lawsuit against Elon Musk. In the agreement, Musk will step down as chairman of Tesla for three years (although he will remain CEO) and pay a $20 million fine.… Continue Reading
AI is here – and it’s introducing an age of empowerment for executives. In the past decade, advances in machine learning and the growing availability of data has given leaders access to new and more detailed information, alongside a tool… Continue Reading