Every year, Santa and I get together at his place, break out the nog, boogey down to some righteous classic rock and talk about corporate America’s naughtiest CEOs. Sure they make a lot of dough but the fat man can’t resist filling their Christmas stockings with big black lumps of[…] Read On
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Lies, Damned Lies, Polls and Politics
If polls about Donald Trump were even close to accurate, Hillary Clinton would be living in a big White House and the Donald would still be doing real estate development, beauty pageants and The Apprentice. And if fake news were indistinguishable from real news, Trump would have been impeached and[…] Read On
The ‘Transparency’ Myth
“We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” – Speaker Nancy Pelosi Every company culture has its own unique jargon. Facebook’s mantra is “Move fast and break things.” Zuck and company sure have stayed true to that, especially the second part. Amazon’s[…] Read On
Why Nobody Should Judge What Kavanaugh Did in College
“There’s a time and a place for everything, and it’s called college.” – Chef, South Park I’m not going to wade back into the Justice Brett Kavanaugh kerfuffle and I’ll tell you why. No matter how many reports come out about what a Supreme Court justice or anyone else did[…] Read On
Contrary to Popular Belief, CEOs are Inherently Ethical. The Question Is, Why?
There’s a big misconception about white-color crime. Far too many people seem to think that top executives have no moral compass. That corporate America’s CEOs would sell their mothers into slavery to make a buck. You hear that sort of thing all the time from the likes of Elizabeth Warren[…] Read On
The Downfall of Carlos Ghosn: How Brilliant Leaders Can Be So Clueless
Reading a Bloomberg expose on the dramatic downfall of one of the most powerful men in the automotive industry, Renault-Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, I was struck by a thought: How could such a brilliant leader be so clueless? This is how. ICYMI, twenty years ago Ghosn engineered an unlikely alliance[…] Read On
Tesla: NY Times’ Elon Musk CEO Pay Story ‘Incorrect and Misleading’
Wonder why the media gets a bad rap these days? They work very hard to earn it. Case in point, the New York Times presents a completely misleading view of CEO pay in an annual survey piece by Peter Eavis, “It’s Never Been Easier to Be a CEO.” In particular[…] Read On