Whats giving tuesday

It will take a few months. This is the hardest step for me. After a setback I am always tempted to step back into the work and try to problem solve. However, if the goals are clear and we have the right people in the right seats, then they will figure it out. I’m still working on this one for our new channels. (Check back with me in a few months!) I do have faith that we have the right structure in place to capture market share come January, when healthy eating becomes top of mind and the cold weather makes delivery especially attractive. … [Read more...] about My company has gone through 3 growth cycles in 18 months. Here’s how I navigated them

Sephora intends to employ other, more explicit ways of helping Black and brown customers feel welcome in its stores, including rolling out a new greeting system that will be applied to each shopper consistently. The company also says there will be fewer third-party security guards in stores, replaced by “in-house specialists.” Dobbins isn’t sure this will have the intended effect. “What this means is that they’re going to have their own security people, and train them not to racially profile,” he says. “I’m not sure that’s going to work, given that you can’t train away bias.” … [Read more...] about Sephora has a sweeping new plan for combating racism. But will it work?

Look, it’s really important that there be a full-time architecture critic in Chicago. It’s important to maintain the dialog. It’s important for the watchdog function that the architectural critic serves. Leaving the Tribune has been a difficult decision for that reason. On the other hand, there’s never a good time to go. If this didn’t happen now, it’s going to happen later. At some point, the newspaper has to decide if it wants to continue having an architecture critic. … [Read more...] about Architecture criticism matters more than ever, according to a critic bullied by Trump

“We need to understand these differences because we can wring our hands, and we can blame and shame, but in a way it doesn’t matter,” said coauthor Nick Papageorge, an economist at Johns Hopkins University, in a news release. “Policymakers just need to recognize who is going to socially distance, for how long, why and under what circumstances to give us accurate predictions of how the disease will spread and help us establish policies that will be useful.” … [Read more...] about It’s not your imagination: Wealthy people really do practice more social distancing

The math is a little different for Apple and Amazon, but the calculus is similar. Apple’s primary business is in hardware and subscriptions, but it also makes money from payments through its app store. The more companies they can take money from, the better. So while booting the Trump-friendly social network Parler had no impact on Apple’s bottom line, the last thing Apple wants is to set a precedent where it’s playing moderator for any app that might host harmful content. The more open the internet, the more open the app store, the more money Apple makes. The same holds true for Amazon Web Services, which also dumped Parler: Jeff Bezos wants to make money, not court controversy. … [Read more...] about Too little, too late: The cynical calculus of banning Donald Trump