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Twitter-Meta Clash Pits the Unsavory vs. the Uncool
It remains unclear if Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg...
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AI Darling Criticized for Product Delays, Founder Tom Siebel’s Micromanaging
The AI hype cycle has birthed innumerable boosters. An...
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Why Pausing AI Will Be Tough. ‘You Can’t Fight the Wind’
The AI frenzy sparked by ChatGPT faced strong pushback...
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Silicon Valley’s Hubris Nearly Ruined the U.S. Economy
America has always seen itself as a shining city...
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After Days of Panic, Bank Executives Can Breathe Again
The unexpected seizure of two banks in three days...
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Leaders Must Act as Systems Thinkers in the Digital Industrial Transformation
Much has been written about the frame-breaking changes taking place in industrial markets driven by the combination of hardware...
Read MoreThe Complexity of Marketplaces — Tony Xu, CEO DoorDash
Last week we were fortunate to have Tony Xu, GSB ’13 and CEO of DoorDash,as our classroom guest. While...
Read MoreBig Industrial Meets Digital — Rob Charter, Group President Caterpillar
In our session last week we were fortunate to have Rob Charter, Group President of Caterpillar, share his perspectives...
Read MoreThe Perfect Ending: Changes in the Film and TV Industries — Thomas Tull, CEO Legendary Pictures
As we entered our final class session for the quarter we tackled one last industry dealing with astronomical changes...
Read MoreThe Biggest Transformation of the Auto Industry in the Last Century — Mark Fields, CEO Ford
We had hoped that when we arrived to this section of the course we would get to see differences...
Read MoreWhat If Healthcare Could Start With Technology? — Bernard Tyson, CEO Kaiser Permanente
This week the class transitioned from the “disruptors” to the “disruptees,” and gave us the opportunity to speak with...
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