A set of graphs that is shaping and will shape not only the business world, but every system around us including education and healthcare. When overwhelmed by lots of things changing at fleeting speed leaving us mired in uncertainty, sit tight and focus on the things underneath that do not change (e.g., the value of human relationships) or slowly but steadily moving forward (e.g., aging population).
Uber Eats will run its ad at Super Bowl for the first time, whereas Budweiser decided to forgo a Super Bowl ad and instead spend the money to raise the COVID-19 vaccine awareness. I wonder what kinds of calculations went into these decisions and how these companies would quantify the consequence of the decisions.
WSJ's interview with the Kohl's CEO, Michelle Gass. All of her answers were about people, not the profit--communicating tough news via the video, not by email, maintaining health benefits for all furloughed employees, keeping a healthy work-life balance, and embracing the different ways that millennials and Gen Zs want to work. Numbers are straightforward, but people behind the numbers are far from straightforward. There are things that simply resist being quantified because the numbers are too limited to describe their worth.