Last summer we talked about the challenges of focus as the calendar turns seasons in “Summer is Around the Corner, Focus”. This summer, it’s a similar message. But on steroids with the reopening. People are burnt out after a long year and a half at home!
1.) Memes for Popcorn
2.) More Cyber Attacks
3.) Snowflake Slip Up
4.) Not All Software Wins
1.) Crypto Cooled by China
2.) Amazon “New Suits”
3.) Virgin Galactic Takes Flight
4.) FloodGates Remain Open
Reed Hastings, Netflix Co-Founder (ever heard of him?), recently co-wrote a book about Netflix’s culture called No Rules Rules with Erin Meyer. It’s a really interesting read about how they build and maintain a high performance team that, for many, will introduce a starkly different management approach than most other standards in startup land. Its pages include relevant stories of the wins and challenges the company has faced along the way.
1.) Media Week
2.) Bad Billy G (Allegedly)
3.) TikTok CEO Clock Stops
4.) Overwork Can Kill Ya!
There is a tectonic shift underway across the media landscape this week. AT&T announced they would be spinning off WarnerMedia and merging it with Discovery. This new entity would form a pretty massive content platform to compete on the scale of industry titans like Disney and Netflix. But that’s not all! Just a couple days (hours?) later rumors leaked that Amazon was in talks to acquire MGM Studios for ~$9B.
1.) Live From New York It’s Elon
2.) Bitcoin Energy Crisis
3.) Colonial Crypto Ransom
4.) CDC Unmasks New Regs
Spring has sprung, the reopening has begun, and for some of us it’s time to make new moves into the post pandemic future. Yeah, I’m talking about leaving your company and getting a new job. Especially if you’re a part of one of those Spartan operations trying to bring everyone back 5x per week.. You’re gonna lose some people! Just sayin!
1.) Epic Courtroom Battle
2.) Oversight About-Face
3.) Verizon’s Apollo Mission
4.) Opening the Gates
5.) RIP Dave Swensen
When the conquering consumer arrives at the big pearly gatekeepers, what might she say? She might ask why she didn’t have a more direct relationship with her beloved brands. She might ask why she had to watch so many ads. It was the last thing she saw while glued to her phone before she walked into the…ok that’s enough.