by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jul 4, 2018
When GE announced a major strategic change (spinning off its healthcare unit and selling its stake in Baker Hughes), GE chairman and CEO, John Flannery, had to reassure employees, shareholders, and the financial media that he was doing the right thing by streamlining...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jul 3, 2018
The tools of communication have changed; the human brain has not. Business school grads who understand this fact of human psychology will find it easier to stand out in job interviews. And they need to find ways to stand apart. In a recent Wall Street...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jun 26, 2018
Three of the most influential business leaders of our time—Jamie Dimon, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett—have chosen Dr. Atul Gawande to lead their new healthcare firm. Gawande’s credentials as a surgeon and Harvard Medical School professor give them confidence in his...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jun 23, 2018
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has a bachelor’s degree from Princeton and a law degree from Georgetown, but his first statement after the June FOMC meeting was written in ninth-grade language. It began, “The main takeaway is that the economy is doing very...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jun 16, 2018
The $200 million supercomputer, Summit, can perform mathematical equations at speeds that “boggle the mind,” according to a report in the New York Times. How fast is mind-boggling? Try 200 quadrillion calculations per second. That’s not a typo. But if it were, would...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jun 5, 2018
NBA fans who spent more than one million hours pouring over basketball stats can thank enterprise software company SAP. As the 2018 NBA Finals get underway between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors, fans will once again be checking stats on...
