It’s not a slogan, vision, mission, or message either. Sustainability is what companies do, so operating in a way that ensures that they stay in business isn’t a new idea, it’s what they’ve been doing since forever. To stay in business, companies must always strive to meet the requirements of Read more…
The evils of socialism threaten the economic freedoms that are synonymous with freedom of speech, free exercise of liberty, and America’s other fundamental rights, according to a speech Nikki Haley made to the Hudson Institute late last month (as reported by George Will, and here’s the full transcript of her Read more…
Microsoft and IBM have signed the “Rome Call for AI Ethics,” pledging to the Vatican that their AI will protect the planet and its people. History is filled with secular leaders cutting such deals in exchange for the Church’s sanction for fighting a war newly deemed “holy,” or sometimes simply Read more…
It’s official: Facebook has doubled down on its goal of imposing its radical ideology on the world. CEO Mark Zuckerberg couldn’t have been more clear in his comments at a tech conference last week: “We’re going to stand up for free expression. It’s unfortunate that this is such a controversial Read more…
While we debate about if and how AI will ever gain consciousness, what if everything in the universe is already sentient? The thinking dates back to the ancient Greeks and a term called panpsychism, which means “everything has a mind/soul,” and it was described as some shared, animating force that Read more…
Clay Christensen has died. Debate about his theories should live on. His concept of disruptive innovation is a brilliant encapsulation of the role of unexpected effects on markets and businesses, often driven by technology innovation. Applied within narrow constraints, it effectively describes instances in which businesses that dominate markets don’t Read more…
We don’t need stakeholder capitalism, nor do we need to reject shareholder value. Skip the buzz worthy phrases and easy PR campaigns. Companies shouldn’t tell us they’ll do good (however defined), they should tell us what they’re doing, really and fully, and let us decide if we like it or Read more…
Boeing’s widening woes are a warning to every communicator tasked with creating or sharing company purpose. The headline in today’s New York Times says it all: Cascading Crisis Reveals ‘Sick’ Culture at Boeing. Recently revealed internal documents show employees regularly cutting corners, dissing one another and insulting customers, feeling remorse Read more…
Is it possible that lakes and forests might have rights before robots?Voters in Toledo have granted “irrevocable rights for the Lake Erie Ecosystem to exist, flourish and naturally evolve” which, according to this story, would give it legal standing to file lawsuits to protect itself from polluters (through the mouthpiece Read more…
It’s a fair bet that we’ll see more drone package deliveries in 2020, though it’s far less clear how it’ll affect privacy, liability, and noise. Alphabet’s Wing prompted a recent story in the Los Angeles Times outlining what it dubbed such “thorny questions” when it became the first company in Read more…