Everyone in tech loves Yuval Noah Harari. This is cause for concern.
Dear Advertising Industry: Please Do Better. You’re Killing the Open Web.
Um…I already bought a robe, Amazon.
Posted on November 5, 2018 John BattelleTags Advertising, Amazon, Ecommerce, Leadership, RetailLeave a comment on Dear Advertising Industry: Please Do Better. You’re Killing the Open Web.
Can Andrew Yang Get To 15 Percent?
To fix our society, we have to reimagine the role of government in our lives.
Let’s be honest with ourselves, shall we? We’re in the midst of the most significant shift in our society since at least the Gilded Age – a tectonic reshaping of economic systems, social mores, and political institutions. Some even argue our current transition to a post-digital world, one in which technology has lapped our own intelligence and automation may displace the majority of our workforce within our lifetimes, is the most dramatic change to ever occur in recorded history. And that’s before we tackle a few other existential threats, including global warming – which is inarguably devastating our environment and driving massive immigration, drought, and famine – or income inequality, which has already fomented historic levels of political turmoil.
Any way you look at it, we’ve got a lot of difficult intellectual, social, and policy work to do, and we’ve got to do it quickly. Lucky for us, two major political events loom before us: The midterm elections this November, and a presidential election two years after that. Will we use these milestones to effect real change?
Given our current political atmosphere, it’s hard to imagine that we will. I fervently hope that the midterms will provide an overdue check on the insane clown show that the White House has delivered to us so far, but I’ve little faith that the build up to the 2020 Presidential election will be much more than an ongoing circus of divisive theatrics. Will there be room for serious debate about reshaping our fundamental relationship to government? If we are truly in an unprecedented period of social change, shouldn’t we be talking about how we’re going to manage it?
Posted on October 1, 2018 October 2, 2018 John BattelleTags 2020 election, Leadership, Policy, Politics, presidency, Ubi, Universal Basic Income2 Comments on Can Andrew Yang Get To 15 Percent?
Did you know that on average, every single one of us wastes 31 hours per month in unproductive meetings? I’m going to show you how to prevent that.
Very early on at Stride Consulting, I searched for a process to help me scale. This was my 4th company and I had my heart set on scaling in a way that I had never scaled before.
I’ve never raised any funding. All four companies I’ve run have been bootstrapped. So leveraging a pile of cash to scale has never been an option for me. I was searching for a process to enable scale.
A new report reveals the company’s plans to enter the Chinese search market. We’ve seen this movie before. But Android has changed the game, forcing profits over corporate values.
Google’s Beijing offices in 2010, the year the company exited the Chinese market.
What makes a high-performing team? It’s not intelligence. It’s not seniority.
Individuals are able to sacrifice something they want for the good of the team.
Each person feels safe to speak what’s on their mind.
Hidden underneath all of this is the foundation that makes it all possible: trust.
If a team lacks trust, everything else is impossible.
Think about your team. Think about each person on your team. Do you trust them?
When Should an Employer Ask an Employee to Quit?
Companies spend a lot of time talking about retention strategies for good reason. High turnover is extremely expensive. The total cost to the organization for each employee who leaves can quickly reach between 100 and 300 percent of an employee’s salary.
On the flip side, we talk often about how and when to fire an employee. Likewise on the employee side, we talk about when it’s time for an employee to quit.
Yet, we don’t talk about the fourth option: When should an employer ask an employee to quit?
Posted on July 5, 2018 August 27, 2018 debbie-maddenTags Business, Leadership, Management, Startup, TechLeave a comment on When Should an Employer Ask an Employee to Quit?
Breast Cancer Nearly Took My Life. Instead, it Made Me a Better CEO.
On September 5, 2015 I discovered a tumor in my left armpit. Two days later, I was diagnosed with Stage II HER2 Positive Breast Cancer. I was 41.
I was also the founder and CEO of a tech startup that was less than two years old.
Posted on June 20, 2018 August 27, 2018 debbie-maddenTags Cancer, Health, Leadership, Management, StartupLeave a comment on Breast Cancer Nearly Took My Life. Instead, it Made Me a Better CEO.