Weekly Download 14.6
Posted: May 12, 2014 Filed under: Business, Change, Demographics | Tags: Berkshire Hathaway, change, diversity, leadership, McKinsey & Company, Millenials, National Geographic, Pew Research, The Economist, Warren Buffet Leave a comment
Here’s a recap of news and notes from around the Web that caught my attention over the past week or so.
Berkshire Hathaway. Warrant Buffet is 83. His partner Charlie Munger is 90. Berkshire Hathaway has a market value of over $300B. They have a succession plan, but very much still run this holding company. With their recent annual meeting (attended by over 30,000 people in Omaha), there has been some interesting recent reading.
It also reminds me that many of us will continue to work later in life—regardless of our financial situation.
Change leader, change thyself. How we examine our own “profile” and understand our modes of operating to help effect larger change.
Millennials in Adulthood. What a fascinating generation. Detached, yet networked. Distrustful, yet optimistic. Disaffiliated and digital. And more racially diverse than any previous generation.
The Changing Face of America. A visual depiction of how the U.S. population is broadening from its original European roots.
Weekly Download 14.1
Posted: April 14, 2014 Filed under: Weekly Download | Tags: Agile, Box, Cisco, Forrester, holacracy, The Economist Leave a comment
Here’s a recap of news and notes from around the Web that caught my attention over the past week or so.
Box Files for IPO. This should be interesting to watch. While still losing money after $400M in investments, they are seeking to raise $250M. Almost 34k organizations and over 1.75M individuals are PAYING for the platform. When including free users, totals rise to 225k organizations and 25M individuals.
$1B CISCO Intercloud Investment. Cisco is going to be the “engine inside” many cloud offerings, from Telecom companies to software vendors and traditional distribution partners. This goes well beyond IaaS to encompass collaboration, unified communication, mobility, big data, etc. Of note: Openstack and Hadoop are significant elements of the offerings.
Forrester on Corporate Learning from Cloud Infrastructure Providers
Holacracy. A different way of organizing leverage social technology.
What’s gone wrong with democracy. The Economist looks at the decline of the most successful political idea of the 20th century.
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