The launch of Michigan’s Corewell Health last week and its tag line, “Together, we are now” marked a new low in American advertising and marketing. The earth rumblings you possibly felt was David Ogilvy rolling in his grave.
Why I’m Selling the Brooklyn Bridge for Crypto
For all the lofty talk about blockchains and massive computer systems so powerful they can’t be hacked, it was disclosed in an Australian court this week that Crypto.com is vulnerable to costly errors of Bulgarians with names like Dimitar or Yordanka whose Excel skills are possibly more lacking than mine.
If you’re attracted to cryptocurrencies, I’ve got an alternative asset you might want to consider.
The Bonnie and Clydes of Cryptocurrency
Until this weekend, I thought that I was too dumb to understand cryptocurrency. But after reading about the $580 million hackers pilfered from Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, I’m no longer convinced that I’m the moron.
If you aren’t familiar with the Binance heist, you should be.
Bloomberg Exposes Self-Driving Tech “Scam”
Bloomberg today published an expose on self-driving vehicles that confirmed my worst fears and doubts about executives who champion the technology and Wall Street money managers duped by the hype.
GM On My Mind – October 6, 2022
My thoughts on GM’s illegal payment demands of U.S. military personnel, the $102.6 million a California jury has awarded the company to pay for allegedly selling faulty engines, and why newly hired “chief people officer” Arden Hoffman strikes me as someone who can inspire beleaguered employees to return to the office.
Mary Barra Singing Kumbaya Won’t Save GM
When Elon Musk says jump, Tesla and SpaceX employees ask, “How high?”
When GM CEO Mary Barra says jump, she promptly apologizes to GM employees for making such an onerous request.
Here’s why it takes a giant leap of faith to believe Barra’s claim that by mid-century she will sell more electric vehicles than Tesla.
McKinsey & The Triumph of Corporate Sleaze
The New York Times’ latest McKinsey expose serves as a reminder that lack of business ethics and morals once sparked outrage in America, but sadly that’s no longer the case. Therein is McKinsey’s true genius.
Beware of Back, Stent, & Sinus Surgeries
The Providence hospital system’s recent $22.7 million settlement with the DOJ for performing unnecessary back surgeries reaffirmed the wisdom of Dr. John Sarno, who decades ago warned that most back surgeries were unnecessary. If Sarno were alive today, the medical establishment, the legacy media, and social media censors would rally together and dismiss him as a quack spreading “misinformation.”
Regretfully, back and spine surgeries aren’t the only medical procedures patients must be wary of.
The Genius of McKinsey Consultants?
A recent New York Times expose on the Providence “nonprofit” hospital system served as yet another reminder that McKinsey consultants might not be the business geniuses they are cracked up to be, particularly in healthcare and media.
Revenge of the Nerds & The Terror of Lapsus$
Reading up on who was behind Uber’s and other major corporate IT breaches I’ve come to appreciate the prescience of the 1984 film classic ‘Revenge of the Nerds.’