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September 29, 2023

Business Insider: X owner Elon Musk largely runs the social media giant from his iPhone, employees say

Business Insider: X owner Elon Musk largely runs the social media giant from his iPhone, employees say. “Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, runs the social media giant from his iPhone and expects staff to send emails in a format that’s easy for him to read on his phone, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Several former and current X employees told the FT that Musk steers the ship from his iPhone and if staff want to get his attention, their emails needed to be sent in a specific format. This includes no attachments, documents, or spreadsheets within the email. Instead, Musk wants all information to be within the body of the email, per the FT.”

January 26, 2023

The Verge: Elon Musk thinks Twitter is real life

The Verge: Elon Musk thinks Twitter is real life. “Apparently the steady growth of his own Twitter presence is all the evidence he needs that his tweets are right and good and his online antics are beyond reproach. No mention of the white supremacists he’s let back on the platform (and then kicked off again after they have reverted to type and said Nazi things) or the worrying rise in hate speech and harassment. No mention of his own declining reputation or the growing calls to ditch his post at Twitter and refocus on the company that actually matters, Tesla. Just look at that scoreboard.”

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January 22, 2023

CNN: Who is Shou Zi Chew? Mounting scrutiny on TikTok could put new spotlight on its CEO

CNN: Who is Shou Zi Chew? Mounting scrutiny on TikTok could put new spotlight on its CEO. “In Silicon Valley, it’s common for tech CEOs to be household names and the faces of the company’s they lead. Mark Zuckerberg is synonymous with Facebook and Jack Dorsey was the bearded face of Twitter, before Elon Musk acquired it. But Chew, who took over as TikTok CEO in April 2021, has largely stayed out of the spotlight at a time when the app he leads can’t seem to avoid it.”

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January 20, 2023

New York Magazine: Elon Musk and the Sad Mod Theory of Social-Media CEOs

New York Magazine: Elon Musk and the Sad Mod Theory of Social-Media CEOs. “The tales of internal chaos combined with Musk’s own hypervisible and constantly trollish behavior on Twitter itself have helped to create a sense that the service itself is changing rapidly. A look back at Musk’s first few months in charge, however, suggests a leader struggling with a strange and confusing sort of impotence and taking it out on the people over which he has actual control.”

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December 19, 2022

Vox: Elon Musk’s future as Twitter CEO is suddenly in question

Vox: Elon Musk’s future as Twitter CEO is suddenly in question. “Amid all the chaos, it’s unclear how long Musk will even stay on as CEO of the social media company. After he ran a poll on Twitter on December 18 asking people if he should step down, a clear majority voted in favor of him leaving. While Musk hasn’t yet made any follow-up statements, he has used poll results in the past to justify major company decisions.”

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November 1, 2022

Harvard Business School: When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions

Harvard Business School: When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions. “Even when companies actively try to prevent it, bias can sway algorithms and skew decision-making. Ayelet Israeli and Eva Ascarza offer a new approach to make artificial intelligence more accurate.”

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July 4, 2022

Johns Hopkins University: New documents show McKinsey’s role in fueling opioid epidemic

Johns Hopkins University: New documents show McKinsey’s role in fueling opioid epidemic. “The Opioid Industry Documents Archive, a project of Johns Hopkins University and the University of California, San Francisco, today released more than 114,000 documents related to McKinsey & Company’s work as a management consulting firm for the opioid industry over a 15-year period. The documents show how McKinsey advised opioid makers Purdue Pharma, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, and Mallinckrodt to help them increase sales, despite the growing public outcry over the opioid epidemic.”

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January 26, 2022

Los Angeles Times: Workplaces are filling up with employees who have COVID

Los Angeles Times: Workplaces are filling up with employees who have COVID. “Maria Bernal, an employee at a Jack in the Box in Folsom, Calif., couldn’t read the orders popping up on her screen. Her vision was blurry, her hands shook from chills and her head felt heavy. A pharmacist told her she probably had COVID-19. When she told her boss, the manager told Bernal to keep working. ‘Don’t worry, everyone has it, you can still work. Just wear a mask and don’t tell anyone,’ the manager said, according to a Jan. 14 complaint Bernal filed with Sacramento County’s public health department.”

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January 10, 2022

Harvard Business Review: How to Get People to Speak Up in Virtual Meetings

Harvard Business Review: How to Get People to Speak Up in Virtual Meetings. ” How do you ask for ideas or feedback during a virtual meeting in a way that returns valuable answers (and not just from the usual extroverts)? Based on my experience leading meetings, working with meeting leaders, and exploring ways to improve virtual meeting effectiveness, below are eight tactics to get responses from even the most mute-happy meeting members.”

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September 28, 2021

Harvard Business School: Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’

Harvard Business School: Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’. “It can be challenging to navigate the boundaries between our workplace and personal lives, causing us to weigh whether to bring a plus-one to the office party or keep a family photo on our desk. But social media adds a whole new level of complexity, and today many employees are hesitant to ‘friend’ colleagues and managers online, fearing that the connection could come with career risks, according to a recent study in the Academy of Management Journal.”

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August 26, 2021

The Register: 3 ways ‘algorithmic management’ makes work more stressful and less satisfying

The Register: 3 ways ‘algorithmic management’ makes work more stressful and less satisfying. “If you think your manager treats you unfairly, the thought might have crossed your mind that replacing said boss with an unbiased machine that rewards performance based on objective data is a path to workplace happiness. But as appealing as that may sound, you’d be wrong. Our review of 45 studies on machines as managers shows we hate being slaves to algorithms (perhaps even more than we hate being slaves to annoying people).”

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April 18, 2020

Phys .org: Lead with empathy during the COVID-19 crisis

Phys .org: Lead with empathy during the COVID-19 crisis. “During the COVID-19 crisis, leaders are performing their typical roles under the additional stress of workforce instability and escalated safety and health risks, while also managing their own mounting work-life challenges and staying informed about rapidly changing policies. And, with an increased prevalence of mental health issues experienced by workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, supervisors and managers have been called upon to recognize when their employees may need additional psychological help as well.”

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The Verge: Elon Musk thinks Twitter is real life

Harvard Business School: When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions

Johns Hopkins University: New documents show McKinsey’s role in fueling opioid epidemic

Los Angeles Times: Workplaces are filling up with employees who have COVID

Harvard Business Review: How to Get People to Speak Up in Virtual Meetings

The Register: 3 ways ‘algorithmic management’ makes work more stressful and less satisfying

Phys .org: Lead with empathy during the COVID-19 crisis

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