Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
—Anatole France, born in 1844
Kevin Roberts recently recorded an interview for Rick Tocquigny’s podcast – Success Made to Last.
Rick has recorded interviews with authors, business leaders, entrepreneurs, entertainers, sporting legends etc – all aimed to help you live the best version of yourself.
Have a listen here: http://successmadetolast.com/podcast.
ClubsNSW sues its former employee who blew the whistle on pokies money laundering
Companies should shift from ‘just in time’ to ‘just in case’ FT. “Ideally, companies should aim for what Old Man Nassim Nicholas Taleb has called an ‘antifragile‘ approach, going ‘beyond resilience and robustness’ so that they can adapt to, and even thrive on, disorder.” Hmm. “Thriving on disorder” sounds like “disaster capitalism” a la Shock Doctrine to me (though I’m sure that’s not at all Taleb’s recommendation
MICHAEL JAMES KELLY. An Old Mans Gripe
It is a paradox: in the midst of suffering and dying, there is an unfamiliar human warmth. I have encountered it at several levels. Continue reading
Via Axios – “Bond Capital, a Silicon Valley VC firm whose portfolio companies include Slack and Uber, told its investors [April 17, 2020] via email that the coronavirus’ high-speed spread and impact has similarities to the devastating San Francisco earthquake of 1906…Bond’s best-known partner, Mary Meeker, is a former bank analyst renowned for her annual Internet Trends Report, which many investors and entrepreneurs use as a touchstone for where tech is now and where it’s going. Today’s 28-page report to Bond’s limited partners, obtained by Axios, shares some structural similarities. Some takeaways:
- “Covid-19 has upended our modern lives in ways we’re just starting to understand.”
- Prior epic viruses have permanently changed the world, but coronavirus may prove less impactful because of our information-sharing and scientific technologies.
- Scientists and other domain experts are getting “more seats at the table.”
- Digital transformation is accelerating, due to so many people working from home. New work-life balances are also being struck.
- This may become the “call to arms” to better marry technology with healthcare, in terms of everything from telehealth to rapid point-of-care diagnostics, to applying automation and AI to health care services.
- “We are optimists and believe there is hope on the other side of despair…. We need government, business and entrepreneurial intervention at scale (deployed logically and effectively) to get to the other side.
- The full report, which is signed by the entire Bond Capital team – is in this Axios posting…”