10.3 Week 10 – Lesson 3
When Steve Jobs came back to Apple in the late 1990s, the company wasn’t doing so well, but what really changed was not the products — it was the way…
10.2 Week 10 – Lesson 2
Week 10 – Lesson 2: Discussion Post (Nokia vs Apple) For me, Nokia’s story feels a lot like Blockbuster watching Netflix grow: the danger wasn’t just a competitor — it…
10.1 Week 10 – Lesson 1
After my engagement as a business consultant, a preliminary review revealed that the core of what the company does hasn’t changed much for more than 15 years despite increased competitive…
9.3 Week 9 – Lesson 3
I don’t fully buy the idea that effective leaders are simply “born.” Some people clearly start with advantages (confidence, communication, charisma), but I think leadership is mostly made through experience:…
9.2 Week 9 – Lesson 2 (DISCUSSION)
The question asks who is the more effective leader (Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos), and I think that framing matters: I don’t think there is a “good” or a “bad”…
9.2 Week 9 – Lesson 2
Case study: Blockbuster, not to mention the failure of management to adapt. Blockbuster is a classic case of a company that didn’t go out the door because people suddenly stopped…
9.1 Week 9 – Lesson 1
If I had to pick one founder whose leadership clearly shaped the company, I’d choose Jeff Bezos. To me, his biggest strength was a mix of vision + discipline. From…
8.3 Week 8 – Lesson 3 (8.16)
Discrimination, labour market shortages, and business results. I believe that the recruitment policy described is discriminatory. To pay female shop assistants less than male counterparts for the same role is…
8.3 Week 8 – Lesson 3 (8.15)
And although in my career I haven’t met direct or extreme discrimination, certainly when I was younger and at the start of my career, it did come up as age…
8.2 Week 8 – Lesson 2
According to studies and my own work experience in South America, both women fund managers and women leaders perform as well as, sometimes better than, men doing the same investment.…