The End of Work
“Well, I think I will spend the first month in Austin. I’ve heard it is really cool there. Then, maybe I’ll go to Taos. Great skiing in Taos.” Is this the voice of someone planning a two-month vacation? No, it captures the words of…
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“Well, I think I will spend the first month in Austin. I’ve heard it is really cool there. Then, maybe I’ll go to Taos. Great skiing in Taos.” Is this the voice of someone planning a two-month vacation? No, it captures the words of…
This week, the CNN Business website features an article titled, “He killed some of Coke’s most beloved brands. And he’s doing it all over again.” Bankers should reflect on Coke’s initiatives and adapt them to their banks…
What is going on with the growth of bureaucracies at banks? Are internal staff bureaucracies now in control of most banks and other financial services players? And has the current focus on ESG…
Let me be clear. I am not suggesting you are, but the new nominee for the head of the OCC said precisely that. As quoted in the New York Post, Saule Omarova views banking quite differently than any banker I know…
Anyone who has seen the classic film Casablanca remembers a scene in which a local government official who has been taking bribes for years from Rick, the café’s owner, needs to placate the German military…
He had always been a strong leader. He had demonstrated achievement after achievement, significant accomplishments from his college years onward. And then, something happened.This leader had built a NYSE company, one that Wall Street respected and…
Although in this current woke period many have placed Winston Churchill on the ash heap of history (despite his amazing leadership during World War II), I have long admired Churchill. Yes, like Washington and Lincoln, he was a man of his time and a flawed leader. But…
In the last week, Miami, where I live, has totally reopened. Supermarkets, stores, elevators no longer require masks, allowing us to return to a semblance of normalcy. Or maybe not.My building has removed mask restrictions and now allows elevator crowding…
Is it coincidental that the words rebrand and SCAM rhyme? I think not.On March 30th of this year Volkswagen announced it was changing its name to Voltswagen to emphasize its focus on electric cars. A few days later the company admitted it was just…
The great Christmas movie, A Christmas Story, features a puzzle entering dad winning “A major award,” the plastic leg lamp pictured here and my inspiration for this newsletter.Those of you who know me will not be surprised to learn that Industry Era magazine…