First Round
How Design Thinking Transformed Airbnb from a Failing Startup to a Billion Dollar Business
5 min · · Airbnb Co-founder Joe Gebbia talks about the true meaning of being scrappy and being willing to do things that don't scale. · Shared by 30, including Dave, Dave de Céspedes, Dominik Grolimund
The Guardian
Facial recognition is now rampant. The implications for our freedom are chilling
5 min · · This new technology is being secretly used on streets and in shopping centres across Britain, making potential suspects of us all · Shared by 111, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Tris Hussey, Gerrit Eicker, Tauno, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Thomas Power, Evan Selinger, Ines Bieler, ahg, Matthias Lampe, Ste Davies, Azeem Azhar, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛
FORTUNE
America’s CEOs Seek a New Purpose for the Corporation
Summary · 15+ min · · Putting the needs of shareholders above all else has been the leading aim of the US corporation for decades. The Business Roundtable, an influential association of the top bosses of America’s most noteworthy firms, is seeking to alter that singular focus. Alan Murray, head of Fortune magazine, pens a succinct yet wide-ranging look at what is prompting these executives to rethink capitalism’s mission, at a time in which employees, customers, suppliers and voters are demanding greater accountability from their leaders. Readers could regard this insightful analysis as a manifesto for corporate change. · Shared by 124, including rudolph regter, Mark Kaigwa, felix salmon, Thomas Power, Tiffani Bova, Jonathan Kogan, davidabrock, getAbstract, Marc Benioff, Gerd Leonhard
The Washington Post
Group of top CEOs says maximizing shareholder profits no longer can be the primary goal of corporations
6 min · · The new statement, released Monday by the Business Roundtable -- whose members are CEOs of America’s largest companies -- suggests balancing the needs of a company’s various constituencies and comes at a time of widening income inequality, rising expectations for corporate behavior and proposals from Democratic lawmakers that aim to restructure American capitalism. · Shared by 41, including luis antónio santos, Chris Gledhill, Deborah Blum, Philanthropy News Digest, Guy Kawasaki, Thomas Power
techmeme.com
Microsoft, Google, Alibaba, Baidu, IBM, ARM, Intel, Red Hat, and others form the Confidential Computing Consortium to promote better data…
6 min · · By Todd Bishop / GeekWire. View the full context on Techmeme. · Shared by 5, including Thomas Power
kortina.nyc
Principles for Radical Tax Reform and a Universal Dividend
12+ min · · Five Principles for Radical Tax Reform and a Universal Dividend · Shared by 11, including Tim O'Reilly, 👨🏻💻☕️