Will the EU-China treaty drive a wedge between the US and EU? Or does it reveal China's fears of the incoming Biden administration? Gideon Rachman argues the former in Financial Times . Eurasia Group 's Michael Hirson and I argue the latter in GZERO Media 's #TheRedPen : https://lnkd.in/d48tGAS Read Rachman's op-ed here: https://lnkd.in/dvT66aS …see more

As pandemic recovery has picked up in many countries, greenhouse gas emissions have ramped up to pre-pandemic levels in many places. #GraphicTruth GZERO Media …see more

41% of Americans are not confident votes will be accurately cast and counted. #GraphicTruth GZERO Media

I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called #Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and I request you to spend a minute or two deeply meditating on it. I urge you to watch your feelings, thoughts, reactions to the piece, and write what comes to you, what thoughts it triggers, in the dialog area. Let us see what stimulation this interaction yields. For today – Monsoon on the Marshes, Miniature #artgallery #artist #artwork #contemporaryart #creativityskills #ideas #creativity #fineart #visualart #illustration …see more

The year was 2012, and everything seemed to be going wrong for Best Buy. The CEO had just resigned after admitting to an improper relationship with a female employee. Employee engagement seemed to be at an all-time low. And like many other retailers, Best Buy stores were bleeding money--as customers came to test products they wanted, only to buy them online from Amazon at a cheaper price. Best Buy was dying a slow death. But fast forward to today, and the company is thriving: The company just released its latest results, which beat analysts' expectations. Comparable store sales continue to rise, and the stock price is surging. Meanwhile, workers seem happier than ever, with 78% of employees who recommend working at Best Buy to a friend, and 92% employee approval of CEO Hubert Joly. So, how did Best Buy do it? A look back at the company's actions over the past few years reveals a brilliant combination of corporate strategy and emotional intelligence. (Read more in today's column.) #EmotionalIntelligence #leadership #management #culture #BestAdvice #PersonalDevelopment #BusinessIntelligence #careers #BestBuy #EQApplied #MakeEmotionsWorkForYouNotAgainstYou …see more

Is it time to declutter your desk? How about your calendar? Are all your commitments aligned with your goal?  Want more? Watch the entire video here-- #video #howto #desking #calendars >  https://lnkd.in/einF-CK #timemanagement #prioritizeworkload …see more

This is the most critical step in becoming an organized person. We all don’t think and process information the same, so it’s key to have the self-knowledge of how you best think through information. There is no “one-size-all” when it comes to organization. Want to find out more about your productivity style? Take my free Productivity Assessment. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE --> https://lnkd.in/eRdQTqx …see more

Do you find yourself constantly asking "Where did my time go?" Do you know how long a task takes? Time yourself and see how and where your time is going. Use this knowledge to change how you allocate your time and to finetune where this valuable resource goes. …see more

"Design thinking encourages marketers to be empathetic in their approach in communicating with customers." 💡 What is design thinking? How can you use it to up your storytelling or next marketing campaign? University of California, Berkel ey an d Stanford Universi ty lecturer, and e x-ID EO designer , Purin Phanichpha nt, joined me on Forbes to answer all these questions. Three strategies marketers can employ in their work: 💙 Human First: Think of your customers beyond just numbers. Combine qualitative design research with quantitative market research, and your intuition for marketing decisions will be much better informed. 🔍 Flare-Before-Focus: Knowing when to flare and focus will certainly get your creative juices flowing while getting the project done within time and resource constraints. 🤖 Make-To-Think: One of the ways to lower these marketing risks is by constantly testing our hypotheses, by making our concepts tangible and testable with users from the early stages until the very end. Full interview (and podcast episode coming soon on Zero to Infinity): http://bit.ly/2HxX2Bp Thanks for sharing your insights, Purin! Thanks for the intr os, L a ura Jo shua. #BeInfinity #DesignThinking …see more

Why do purpose driven companies outperform their competition? And how do you integrate purpose into growth and marketing strategy? Had the chance to attend Jonathan Mildenhall ’s talk on the “Power of Purpose” last night at Stanford. Here’s what purpose ought to do for your brand: 📈 Drives performance; IOW: has direct impact on your bottom line and conversion 🌿 Ensures the right kind of growth; IOW: grow slow and steadily, and yes also ethically 💙 Is personal; IOW: authentic marketing and storytelling through real people, real stories 📰 Is legacy marketing; IOW: marketing that transcends the time we live while being the leading force to drive positive change in pop culture and the world Agree? Thanks for hosting and the invite Cardinal Ventures and Joshua Mendoza . …see more

It would be super fun to work on a project designing the perfect "working from home" setup. - A rethought physical dedicated home office design, most home offices look from the 1980's. What about lighting, wall mounted screens, 360 webcams, short throw projectors, etc - Rethought collaborative software, it's all old physical behaviors poorly translated into digital ones. How can this combine with the hardware above? - Rethought processes, working methods, systems, management theory. Meetings have thoughtlessly become Zooms, not recreated in new forms. *based on the idea not everything will and should be done remotely but more can be. …see more

"Companies face a shorter life span than ever before". It's interesting there is only ONE version ever made of this chart, by ONE company, ONCE. It's never been updated and the projections it were made have not been tested. And even then the conclusion wasn't clear from it ( 2020 was set to look a lot like 1990) Yet it's never once stopped the narrative of "disrupt or be disrupted" . People are funny. …see more

This optimistic piece about digital ads and what we can do will be shared 1/100th the amount as last months moan.   https://lnkd.in/eeh9ZEk

I'd wager a bet that no online retailer ( or ecommerce unit of a physical retailer) can ever be profitable, unless it was set up from scratch to be an online retailer.

It's not that the iphone 7 is dissappointing ( it is ) , it's that Apple are failing to make anything else. HomeKit, CarPlay, Apple TV all great foundations being totally ignored.

Everyone in #digitalmarketing knows how to apply an Instagram filter and send out a Tweet, or take a glance at a social media #analytics page to see how things are doing. But true #socialmedia success requires skills that go above and beyond the basics. …see more

#AloneAndUnsafe #16DaysofActivism #16Days #EndGBV #HearMeToo #OrangeTheWorld #migration #childwelfare International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC

Gotta learn more about The Better Block, a really cool Dallas-based organization founded by radical urban planning visionaries like Jason Roberts. He's really inspiring the crowd here in #Charlotte by urging us to build and re-build out of LOVE, NOT FEAR to make sure that neighborhoods reflect and embrace everyone. http://betterblock.org/ …see more

At the end of the day, the #tradewar is about politics. I talked the politics of the trade deficit, how the farming sector’s been impacted, where the U.S. goes from here, and what a potential Phase 1 deal with China would look like on #WhartonBizDaily . #globaleconomy …see more

New Venmo General Manager Darrell Esch is a classic illustration of the old saying ‘be careful what you wish for, as you just might get it.’ A longtime executive at Venmo parent PayPal , Esch told me that he often said that the only job he wanted other than his old one as head of credit products was to run Venmo. He got his wish – and has big plans for next iteration of the Venmo community. Here’s a sneak peek. …see more