Last week Gary Vaynerchuk, author of Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook and The Thank You Economy posted an insightful article to LinkedIn about a dramatic shift that our society is experiencing right now that can be observed readily in pop culture and consumer marketing. In Youthification. It’s a Word Now, Vaynerchuk refers to the shift as “youthification” and …
Since the 1960s Milton Friedman taught economics at the University of Chicago’s College of Economics and was even awarded a nobel prize for his theories. I highlighted in November that he was not the only one with a idea and that sometimes the wrong ideas win. Unfortunately Friedman’s theories did win and the MBAs influenced …
Often we are shown the differences between how rich and poor people think, act, and react to certain life events and situations. “Wealthy people think… while poor people think…” etc. In an NPR interview last week Sendhil Mullainathan begins to look at some of the ways we think alike. [Mullainathan], A Harvard economist finds there are psychological …
November 16th marked the seventh anniversary of the death of economist Milton Friedman, whose influence on the world’s economy through his teachings at the Chicago School of Economics was profound – he was awarded the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Friedman is most commonly recognized for his commentary on the primary purpose of …
Amazon’s more than 1,000 full-time jobs with comprehensive benefits at new fulfillment centers in Hillsborough County and Lakeland, Florida are welcomed additions to central Florida’s economy right now as the economy continues to recover. However while we can celebrate a win let’s remember that unless we keep evolving and bringing innovation to the I-4 corridor this …
When discussing the higher purpose focus of Conscious Capitalism and balancing the needs of all stakeholders questions often come up about measurement of non-measurable “purpose” decisions and how they translate to the bottom line. Parts of my response are as follows. One is to point out the numerous examples of conscious companies that already have …
Forbes Magazine in August covered Publix and how their Conscious Culture and employee ownership is helping them win the grocer war in Florida. Publix’s president, Todd Jones, who started out as a bagger 33 years ago stated, “We believe that there are three ways to differentiate: service, quality and price… You’ve got to be good at two …
“Corporations embody the human spirit of life (profitability), liberty (free enterprise), and the pursuit of happiness (improving our human experience).” – Vinny Tafuro It has been two months since I published the Kindle version of Corporate Empathy and the discussion it (and the subsequent print edition) prompts is proving very timely. Continually I am finding new …
As Facebook has gone public this year there has been debate surrounding Mark Zuckerberg’s leadership abilities and what his role should be going forward. There has even been commentary on whether he should remain CEO as illustrated below. However, Zuckerberg’s decision to hire Sheryl Sandberg away from Google in 2008 as Facebook’s COO was likely …
I firmly believe that “Sheryl Sandberg will likely be one of the most influential people of the technology and digital age” and was pleased to learn last week that she would be releasing a book titled Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead this coming March. While working on my own book Corporate Empathy over the past …