HR Must Ditch Three Outdated Phrases for AI Era
Simon Sinek: 3 phrases HR needs to abandon in the age of #AI @HR_Exec https://t.co/yzxmQmyexH #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Empathy First: Align Stakeholder Needs Before Using Authority
“Using the big stick w/ stakeholders must always be a last resort. It’s far better to grasp their outlook, drives & motivations, so you can shape ur agenda to address their fears & needs, and thus make ur work more meaningful...
US Companies Paid Over $22 B in Irish Taxes
Per the WSJ US firms other than Microsoft and Apple paid at least $12 billion in corporate income tax to Ireland last year (Apply and Microsoft haven't reported yet, but both paid ~ $5b to Ireland in 2024 ... so...
Recruiters Promise Quick Follow‑up, Deliver Months Later
Recruiter: I'll get back to you at the end of the week Candidates 2 months later: https://t.co/2WAzwO8MaI
China Gains First Benefit as Iran War Cuts Oil Imports
CHINA ALREADY GOT ITS FIRST WIN FROM THE WAR IN IRAN In today's newsletter, I wrote about how the long term trend of countries reducing their oil imports by substituting them with Chinese tech is already accelerating since the start of...
10‑Minute Daily Clean‑Up Boosts Office Productivity
Tidy 10. At our office, once a day at 3 pm. Employees need to spend 10 minutes cleaning their workspace. If their space is clean, pick something else. We get so much done. I LOVE IT. Stole it from Rakuten company manual. Some...
Bessent's No‑Term Debt Plan: Mixed Results So Far
So how has the plan by @SecScottBessent to not term out the debt and keep rolling bills worked out?
Even ‘Safe’ Assets Now Carry Beta
In this regime, even “safe” carries beta: welcome to the era of the risk-full rate https://t.co/8SEao6GWwp
Central Banks Must Follow Mandates Amid Oil Shock
Lotta spilled milk around what central banks should do in the face of this oil shock. But the fact is what they are mandated to do is what matters.
Structured SEO Process Beats Spray‑and‑Pray Publishing
For SEO to work, forget about spray and pray. Change your process, and keep it consistent. Before: prompt → publish After: - Topical map defines what gets written - SEO brief defines the angle, keyword, intent, structure - AI fills the brief, human adds the insight -...
Visible Traits Drive Ongoing Organizational Performance Success
“Effective organizations have some specific traits that are always easily visible, if you look closely enough—traits that nurture their capability to deliver on-going performance success.” — https://t.co/NGK6CN9pNW #leadership #management #workplaceeffectiveness https://t.co/WOgmzKLmKX
Boxer Won't Reach Gulf Until Mid‑April, Oil Delay
Assuming the USS Boxer is heading to the Middle East, and considering that she only left San Diego two days ago, she won't be near the Persian Gulf until mid-April. If the reinforcements are intended to reopen the Strait of...
Wall Street Opposes Paramount‑Warner Deal Amid Lawsuit
Wall Street hates the Paramount-Warner deal. There's a shareholder derivative lawsuit here against the Ellisons, or maybe the deal doesn't even go through. https://t.co/ek5wSMzOXW https://t.co/fqN6mZnTz9
Startups Take Four Times Longer and Costlier Than Expected
Building your own company is likely going to take 4x as long and cost 4x as much as you think it will.
Saving Rate Plummets, Signaling Impending Economic Break
Careful when core<headline. It’s a household SOS warning something is going to break as the saving rate (an AVERAGE hugely weighted towards flushest & wealthiest) fell from 5.2% in Q1 ‘25 to 4.0% in Q4, a 1-in-5 postwar event per...
Prefer QT and Term‑Premium Expansion Over Fed Rate Hikes
Fwiw I still prefer restarting QT and solving the uneven distribution of reserves and killing inflation through term premium expansion vs hiking fed funds https://t.co/tp7owr8gxQ
Sweden Must Curb Capital Flight and Revamp Education
Sweden built global giants, yet top startups still move to the US for late-stage capital. Founders make the “Delaware move” because Europe lacks strong exit options. At home, schools still reward memorization while AI rewards problem solving. Klarna fell 60% after its IPO...
Google Tests AI‑generated News Headlines in Search
Oh boy, but we know Google can change title links in the SERPs already. Remember back in 2021 when they addressed that? Also, Google confirmed this is a test but didn't confirm it was using AI to do this. Stay...
Finishing a Workday App Proves You Deserve Interview
If you complete a Workday application, you’ve already proven resilience, focus, and emotional endurance. That alone should earn you an interview.
Savvy Games CEO Brian Ward Still Pursuing Game Acquisitions
My latest exclusive interview with Brian Ward, CEO of Savvy Games Group, about investing in games and acquiring game companies. He still expects to be active in doing deals. https://t.co/5hWlkaV9QO
Keeping Our Digital Bank Inside FDIC Insured Institution Pays Off
Not all fintechs are created equal. So grateful that we started our digital bank, @bankonroger, within our FDIC insured bank @citizensedmond rather than give into the temptation to spin it out.
Falling Prices and Yields Hint at Possible Middle East Conflict
Lower prices, lower yields, lower oil. Either that, or a new war in the Middle East. https://t.co/mnkr6zwlk9
22 Essential Traits Every Great Leader Needs
22 Qualities That Make a Great Leader - https://t.co/sVou3rg5wr - https://t.co/VUA6vOtz0B by Adam and Jordan Bornstein
Automate AI Agents to Deliver Reports While You Sleep
You can now schedule a swarm of AI agents to run while you sleep. Daily competitor reports. Weekly trend digests. Real-time market alerts. All on autopilot. This is what an actual AI workforce looks like.
China Boosts Rare‑earth Exports as US Ties Stall
Oh, oh. China. Rare earth exports increase. Fall to US. And the supply chains? The US-China trade deal? And the delayed Trump-Xi meeting?
Suppressing Price Adjustments Fuels Future Volatility
I'm a big advocate for stabilization policies generally, but.... The more you try to play games to stave off fundamental price adjustments altogether, the nastier they can get as time goes by. Could end up adding more volatility than what you've...
Trim Inventory, Adopt JIT to Boost Sale Value
“If you plan to sell in the next few years... identify excess inventory and use it up. Go to a just-in-time system if possible. Remember, we want to maximize profits while minimizing the required capital. This makes your business look...
Yields, Bitcoin Up; Risk Assets Down—Macro Puzzle
What does it all mean? Why are yields and Bitcoin higher while risk assets are down and the dollar is bid? I take you back to the correlation matrix (below). Is it all just technical or is there a larger...
Gmail's Subscription Tool Flawed, Hurts Marketers, Needs Work
Gmail’s “Manage Subscriptions” functionality aims at decluttering inboxes, but it is hampered by flaws that limit its usefulness for consumers, while arbitrarily punishing some marketers. Here’s how to adapt >> https://t.co/AioTudgTl0 #emailmarketing #digitalmarketing https://t.co/0U2KarzaWt
AI Is Killing Half of Marketing, Leaving Only Judgment
Half of marketing is already dead. We just haven’t admitted it yet. •content •social •SEO •design All getting compressed by AI. What’s left is smaller: 👉 decisions 👉 judgment 👉 accountability Marketing isn’t evolving. It’s splitting. https://t.co/KD7mKsKRDY
Rate Hikes Now Start From a Higher Baseline
If we are now about to enter a Central Bank rate rising period, it's worth considering we are in a very different place to the last rate rising period. Back a few years ago interest rates were artificially low and...
AGs and DirecTV Lawsuits Persist After Nexstar‑Tegna Merger Closed
The offices of the state AGs and DirecTV said their lawsuits seeking to block the Nexstar-Tegna merger will continue to move forward, notwithstanding Nexstar’s announcement that the deal has closed. https://t.co/2Y4mvyhfS4 via @variety
Passthrough Effects Grow over Time, yet Hard to See
Waller’s not wrong about passthrough effects. They vary over time and are likely to be stronger the longer this shock goes on That said, the wise course is to look through them. It just turns out to be really hard in...
Master the Agent Executive Role Without Overwhelm
Episode 34: Amy and I explore the job of "Agent Executive" and how to avoid overwhelm in a world of infinite possibility. https://t.co/yD6fpmITU0
If Email Revenue <20%, You’re Missing 11 Essential Flows
Pull your email dashboard right now. What % of total revenue is coming from flows? If it's under 20% you built your launch setup and stopped. There are 11 total flows everyone needs to run 🧵
Inflation Spikes Fast; Real Stability only when Jobs Slip
inflation shows up on your screen much quicker than financial stability tremors and layoffs. hawk talk out of the gate is easy; hawk walk when UnE is up a percentage point and rising, not so much
Fed’s Waller Urges Caution, Holds Rates Amid Iran Conflict
"Caution is warranted," Waller tells @steveliesman on Friday after voting with the majority at the Fed this week to hold rates steady as the Iran war upends the economic outlook. "It doesn’t mean that I’m going to stay put for the...
Fed Must Cut Rates as Oil‑Driven Recession Looms
Now powell and Fed will be forced to do an emergency rate cut and be late as high oil prices start slowing down economy into recession.
Trim Your Resume: Highlight Recent Roles, Not Entire Career
If your resume is creeping past 2 pages because you’ve been working 15–20+ years, this is usually why. It’s really easy for a resume to turn into… everything you’ve ever done. Every role, every bullet, going back 20+ years. Makes sense since there’s...
FOMC Hawkishness Index Surges After Powell’s Press Conference
It'll be interesting to see how this looks over the next week, as we get more post-FOMC Fedspeak. But my proprietary measure of FOMC hawkishness climbed even further after Powell's press conference. https://t.co/lNilk5T2yz
Super Connector Steve Ramona Helps Reach Top 1%
Jim Cathcart: Rise to the Top 1 Percent https://t.co/6tRgiAR8sm via @YouTube Steve Ramona is a super connector, it was a joy to be on his podcast.
Nexstar's Flawed Ratings Predict Mass Journalist Layoffs
Two ratings on Nexstar are junk, so this deal will require mass layoffs of local journalists.
Bond Yields Surge Globally, Curve Bears Flattening
Global bond yields continue to climb: the UK 10-year has touched 5%, while the German Bund has crossed 3% and the US stands at 4.36%. Compounding the warning signs for the global economy, this comes amid an ongoing bear flattening...
Single‑mandate Central Banks Are Trapped, Forced to Hike
This week we unpack just how trapped central banks are, especially single mandate central banks who are forced to hike into this shock. Shit is not great yo
Echo Buyers' Words to Build Trust and Close Deals
Become a master wordsmith. Words trigger mental pictures. Mental pictures trigger emotions. Emotions trigger actions. Actions close deals. Stop paraphrasing your buyer. Stop putting your own twist on things. Use THEIR exact words back to them. That's how trust is built.
Biotech Giant Earendil Labs Secures $787M Funding
Giant biotech round that hit right after I sent Pro Rata: Earendil Labs raises $787M https://t.co/NWt2bBA9Lr
Markets Delay US‑Iran Ceasefire as Recession Fears Grow
The prediction markets are pushing out expectations of a US-Iran #ceasefire further and further... It's not unrelated that expectations of a #recession are creeping up at the same time... https://t.co/oFshabOLCJ
US Debt Swells $2.8T Since July, Near $40T
The US National Debt has now increased by $2.8 trillion since the Debt Ceiling was raised last July. The Federal Government continues to borrow from our future to spend money like drunken sailors today. Next stop: $40 trillion... https://t.co/rtXuDORPwa
Zero Break-Even Employment Rate Fails, Waller Warns
You don’t SAY. This zero bound fails miserably too On @CNBC Waller said research suggesting that the break-even rate for employment is ~zero is another challenge for assessing labor-market strength “My brain understands the math, but I can’t get through my gut...
Even Perfect Schedules Can't Stop Endless Scrolling
Realest shit I ever heard: "People pray for more time. Then God gives them a clear calendar, a task list, a quiet morning, no meetings... but they still scroll for 3 hours." Everything's lined up and you still waste time. Let that sink...