Mexico Delivers Final 15th Rate Cut to 6.50%
Global Central Bank Update: -Mexico cut rates for the 15th time in the cycle with a 25 bps move down to 6.50%. The board stated this will be the final cut in the easing cycle. https://t.co/l5IYmkeySJ https://t.co/669sf1Lo6O
Enterprises Demand Roadmap; Labs Push Exponential AI Scaling
Enterprises are going to actually want a coherent roadmap for the development of tools like Codex and Cowork, so they can plan and train and scale their use. This conflicts with the Labs’ vision where these tools rapidly scale exponentially in...
Key Trends and Trades Amid Financial Repression Unveiled
The top trends and trades in the wild world of financial repression. Special thanks to @tomkeene and Bloomberg Surveillance - we’ll be on soon. https://t.co/MX5hi33aji
Competing Priorities Stall Growth, Not Talent
Some scaling problems begin when a business loses the ability to focus clearly. (Tech Company) $8M ARR… every team was pushing different priorities at the same time. Product wanted speed. Sales wanted customisation. Marketing wanted expansion. Everything sounded important, so...
Even AI Giants Still Need Human Writers, Pay Premium
Anthropic (Claude AI) is hiring two writing roles with a starting salary of $255,000: • Copy & Content Lead • Copy Lead And everyone's been asking the same question: "Why does the top AI company in the world need to pay multiple 6-figure salaries...
Data Roundups Drive the Most SaaS Backlinks
Our research found that 'data roundups' are the most highly linked to content format in SaaS. Want more links and authority? Do more research and publish the data. https://t.co/7Rn0bI1WK6
Rethink Mid‑Career Development for Vanishing Jobs
The mid-career pivot: Are you developing people for a career that no longer exists? @TrainingZone https://t.co/szfMpvyjuF #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
AI Overload Meets Flat Martech: Prioritize Data Quality
The martech landscape is essentially flat for the first time in a decade. AI is simultaneously multiplying tools, workflows, and "agents" inside the stack faster than most teams can govern them. Both are true. That's the puzzle. On May 20...
NFL Flexes Power During TV Upfronts Week
Welcome to TV Upfronts week - or, “Watch the NFL Flex Its Muscle” week: https://t.co/RGDNwEoH6o
Roku Streams Inaugural Enhanced Games to 90M Households
Boom 🚀 $ROKU becomes the North American streaming home for the inaugural @enhanced_games - part of Enhanced Group $ENHA - airing live on May 24 at 9pm EST / 6pm PST. This gives both the Enhanced Games sporting event and the “Live...
Name Bias, Build Resilience, Find Mentors to Thrive
In order to thrive as Women in MedTech & STEM you must overcome challenges by: - Naming existing biases in the industry. - Developing resilience and confidence in your skills. - Seeking mentorship and build supportive networks.
China Sees a Violent, Declining U.S. Hegemony
35-year CIA veteran: “The Chinese have a very dark portrait of the United States as a global hegemon that’s declining in power and becoming more violent as it tries to cling to its primacy.” https://t.co/k0BBoVA8G8
FAQ Snippets Removed From Google SERPs for Government, Health Sites
And I can confirm, FAQ snippets are officially gone from the SERPs (for the gov and health sites that still had them). See the CDC example below. The first was captured by Semrush recently, the second is that search today.
Stay Curious: Early Success Can Blind Growth
Early failure is diagnostic. Early success is seductive. The capabilities that get you through the founding phase are frequently the same ones that constrain your growth in the next. Stay genuinely curious about why you're winning — not just that you...
AI Resumes Same, Bias Treats Women Differently
AI generated identical résumés for a man and a woman. The woman was judged more harshly for using AI, despite the content being the same. The future of AI will not only reveal the power of technology. It will also expose human...
Internship Stipend Withheld Over Unclear Performance Claims
MBA student worked 10am to 7pm but didn't get stipend. Shruti Jaipur based MBA student who posted on X about her work. She joined an internship after her MBA, worked for 3 months in a company. The company suddenly kept her stipend of...
ERP Vendors Overlook True Change Management Essentials
Most ERP vendors barely touch organizational change management, focusing only on basic training and comms. True OCM requires internal alignment, stakeholder & executive buy-in, impact assessment, and detailed frontline communication. #ChangeManagement #ERP #BusinessTips https://t.co/JD42Mz9YVh
Upfronts Echo 1941 Media Landscape Shift
Flipped Script: At This Week’s Upfronts, It’s 1941 All Over Again ⤵️ https://t.co/MRnzCgEnZO via @sportico @crupicrupicrupi
Mundane Businesses Can Become Multi‑billion Roll‑up Successes
Did you know that Chicago accountant Larry Gies bought his first company by maxing out 10 credit cards and borrowing $50,000 from a high school friend? He eventually built Madison Industries into a platform generating more than $5B in revenue by...
Rename ‘Soft Skills’ as Structural Skills to Boost Budgets
Stop calling them 'soft skills.' Decision-making, role clarity, conflict mediation, and structural design are the hardest skills in any organization. They're 'soft' only because we've underinvested in teaching them. Rename them: structural skills. Watch the budget appear.
Batch Meetings, Guard Focus, Accelerate Progress
I hate meetings. Not the people. Not the conversations. Just the meetings themselves. Even when it's useful, I always feel like I could be building something instead. So I made some rules for myself. All meetings go into one day when I can. No random calls. No...
Acquisition Breaks the Revenue Ceiling and Expands Growth
the single unit ceiling is real: – revenue plateaus at a point – growth requires more personal effort – margins face consistent pressure – exit options remain limited acquisition is one way to address the ceiling structurally
Schools Must Formalize All Athlete Benefit Agreements
Schools now have to document athlete benefits much more formally than before. Do all benefits to prospective or current athletes have to be in a written agreement? The full explanation is in my book NIL 101: The House Settlement Now 40% off https://t.co/yBVisUkFCL https://t.co/Gu1Ca8pwwG
Family Firms' “Surname Ceiling” Blocks Top Executive Talent
If you’re an ambitious executive, would you join a family business or family office knowing there’s a "surname ceiling" above you from day one? At the weekend, the FT explored the reality that many family-controlled firms still struggle to attract top...
Undermarketed Sport Poised for Streaming Breakthrough
Another undermarketed property ripe for streaming expansion. move over Pickleball, Padel, Volleyball, Fencing, Corn Hole and all the other "next great" sports lol. #sportsbiz #gaming https://t.co/biICxDerY5
Build Early Rapport with Sector‑Savvy Lenders
the lender relationship: – understand criteria early – clarify sector appetite – establish rapport before needing – present with preparation lenders who know your sector are valuable partners
U.S. Oil Export Boom Turns Dollar Oily
The Dollar used to have a negative correlation with oil prices, but that was when the US was a net importer. About 5 years ago, the US transformed into a net exporter and so now higher oil prices lift the...
Your 20s Build Foundations, Not Just Growth
If I could sit my younger self down, these would be the 6 things I’d tell a little shark on the rise. Your 20s isn’t about growth. It’s about foundation. Learn from my mistakes use this as building blocks.
US Ramps up Exports as China Curtails Imports
"the United States has responded by cranking up exports, while China has slashed imports" https://t.co/09kxu4zCqF https://t.co/jQMwClxNcB
Payroll Gains Mask Underlying Job Losses and Wage Decline
It’s tiring having to listen to talk on bubble vision about how great the U.S. economy is, as has been the case this morning. Good grief. Everyone is fixated on the +115k nonfarm payroll gain in April, with nary a comment anywhere...
Professional Learning Should Directly Boost Student Outcomes
“Teachers aren’t scared of change. They are scared of wasting time on things that make no significant impact in their classrooms.” In an upcoming blog post, I reflected on this quote and shared a few thoughts. When developing professional learning, does it...
Inflation Data This Week Crucial, Says
A clip from this morning's conversation on CNBC with Andrew Ross Sorkin, Becky Quick, and Joe Kernen. Thank you for having me on Squawk Box. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/05/11/the-inflation-numbers-are-going-to-be-absolutely-critical-this-week-says-mohamed-el-erian.html #economy #markets
CPI Drops Tomorrow, PPI Follows—If You Trust the Numbers
The consumer price index (CPI)* report will be released tomorrow, and the producer price index (PPI) report will be released on Wednesday. *for those that trust the data
Diversify via Acquisition to Spread Business Risks
the consequence of staying at one business: – one income stream – one bad year from real trouble – one buyer at exit – modest multiple – their terms acquisition distributes every one of those risks
Constellation Software Embraces Large Partial Equity Investments
Constellation Software on taking partial equity stakes instead of outright acquistions: "So I think if we had the opportunity to invest a large amount of capital in a great business, over the long term, we are absolutely willing to do...
Elasticity Holds Crude, Corn Prices; Copper Vulnerable to Market Swings
Crude, Corn, Copper vs. Primary Forces of Elasticity, Dependency Elasticity is a top force that has kept the primary energy and agriculture commodities -- crude oil and corn -- under price pressure for decades, and 2026 is a good test. Ample...
April Home Sales Set to Rise, 3‑yr Notes Steady
Economic Calendar for Mon. May 11 10:00am - Existing home sales for April: Expected $4.05M; Prior $3.98M 1:00pm - 3 year Note Auction: Prior 3.897%
Google Tests Gemini Omni: AI Video Remix and Editing
🚨 Google is reportedly testing a wild new video model: Gemini Omni. Here is what you can do: > Remix existing videos > Edit footage directly inside the chat > Tap into ready-made templates Basically looks like nano-banana for video 👀 https://t.co/IZ7V8YmDVA
Score Backlog Items to Turn Chaos Into Clear Priorities
A backlog is not a list of good ideas. It's a list of things you haven't said no to yet. The distinction matters because most backlogs grow faster than they're worked through, and nobody has a principled way to decide what...
Productivity Depends on Principles, Not Ever‑Changing Tools
Technology changes. Principles don’t. You can have the fastest apps, smarter AI tools, and endless productivity hacks… but at some point, the real work still needs to be done. What struck me most from this story was the reminder that productivity has...
Hit 100K Monthly Visits with No Backlinks, Ads
Most SEO agencies will never tell you this: You can take a website to 100K visits/month in under a year. Without backlinks, a massive team nor ads. Just some YOLO SEO. Do these 7 moves and you'll be playing in easy mode, I swear. 1....
US‑Germany Ties Strain as Trump Mulls Troop Pullout
Relations between the US & Germany are quickly deteriorating. Chancellor Merz criticized the US for lacking a coherent negotiation strategy. President Trump responded by floating the idea of reducing US troop deployments in Germany. Full Newsletter: https://t.co/GsJKw5kfCF https://t.co/IVEtk17ZhT
Virtue Bragging Erodes Leaders' Likability Among Subordinates
FWIW - Ironically, the more those at the very top extol their virtues the less likable they are likely to become to those at the bottom. Why? Because implicit in their virtues is a sense of extreme certainty and control those below...
Voters Overwhelmingly Back CGT and Negative Gearing Reforms
Did you explain to the respondents first that capital is mobile? That Australia already has a productivity problem and that increasing capital gains tax likely makes it worse?
Base Maintenance Malaysia Boosts Local Hiring for Global MRO Surge
Base Maintenance Malaysia Sdn Bhd is ramping up hiring of local talent as Malaysia's deep pool of technical experts and expanding aerospace ecosystem position the country to capture a large share of global maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) demand. https://www.nst.com.my/business/corporate/2026/05/1436787/bmm-builds-talent-pipeline-support-malaysias-push-global-mro
Distribution First: The New Path to Business Success
hot take: the next wave of successful businesses won't be won by better products. they'll be built by founders who figured out distribution before they built anything worth distributing.
US‑China Talks Target Chinese Purchases of Key U.S. Exports
"Discussions will focus largely on trade issues, namely the Chinese purchases of American agricultural goods, energy products and aerospace technologies such as Boeing airplanes, a senior U.S. official said. The leaders will also discuss establishing a U.S.-China board of trade...
China's Auto Exports Surge While Domestic Demand Falters
China's auto sector is a near-perfect metaphor for China's economy -- domestic demand is down, quite significantly. But exports are on a rocket ship up -- vehicle exports should come close to reaching 12m this year, car...
Central Banks Face Repeated Inflation Amid Supply Shocks
NEW ODD LOTS Monetary Policy in the Age of Supply Side Shocks @tracyalloway and I talk to the great Megan Greene —- always @economistmeg to us — about how central banks are dealing with one inflationary episode after another https://t.co/y1tj2H3kJm
Rethink Procurement KPIs: Do They Still Define Success?
“If you could build your Procurement function from scratch today, would your current KPIs still define ‘success’ appropriately?” ➤ https://t.co/K3VAVdMUos #procurement #purchasing #supplychain https://t.co/j9jYk9Ied2