Jamie Flinchbaugh, Founder of JFlinch

The Supreme Court says tariffs are illegal. Why isn't there more celebrating?

Here's why...there is no clarity. New tariffs will be issued. The legality of those will take months to sort. Will collected tariffs be repaid? No one knows.

Trade policy and economic forecasts are all up in the air

Are Williams Sonoma ads on ChatGPT targeting lower income users? I kinda doubt it

What will be the financial model that supports AI platforms? Are ads inevitable? And will they destroy the relative integrity of answers from the models

What can we learn from all the new CEOs? The data about high CEO turnover says a lot about how companies, and their boards of directors, are thinking about their needs.

How do you split founder equity? Entrepreneurs face this challenge early in their process and often aren't ready for the conversation. Here are some guideposts to follow for your startup

Did Super Bowl commercials tip the scale towards Claude from ChatGPT, or was that already happening?

Many are trying to predict who will win. I think it's the wrong question. As a user we should be a curious experimentor, not a locked in zealot

Fantastic ad, elevating Claude as having your best interests in mind (at least compared to OpenAI and Sam)

Epictetus’ instructions:

- Separate things into what you control and what you don’t
- Choose not to be complicit in getting offended
- Prep for adversity in advance
- Realize every situation has 2 handles—grab the right one
- Memento Mori—let death put everything in perspective

The hidden insight that fueled Indiana's national title. We all look for leverage but often don't find it in old assumptions and overused logic. Indiana didn't rely on this and they accomplished something amazing. Where might you find your leverage?

Many schools will fail, some will thrive, and most will simply struggle

At least until the next news item that hints at a bubble

Is AI replacing employees? Not really. Despite news reports, AI is not doing the entire job of AI. But there are real threats, and as always, opportunities.

#ai #aistrategy #workforceplanning #economy #management

This has certainly made the league more interesting

Are you setting goals for the year? Get out the pickaxe first. Not everything we have built is good, useful, serving us well, or comes without unintended consequences. We should also be looking at chipping away and what we've built that doesn't serve us well

Will HR be more strategically important in the coming years? I think yes. There is some empirical evidence that CEOs are more thoughtful about who their CHRO is

#hr #humanresources #humanresourcedevelopment #humanresourcemanagement #chro #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #culture #management

Is the acquisition of Warner Discovery by either Netflix or Paramount anticompetitive? The dynamic for this industry was set in stone many years ago

#streamingservices #antitrust #strategy #entertainmentnews #entertainmentindustry #mergersandacquisitions

You wouldn't think pronouncing counties would require that much practice. Maybe too many pucks the head

He's so bad at this

Congratulations

Well unlike most of his speeches, he didn't get a handpicked friendly audience

It's absolutely true but we've also been saying that since the 1970s.

Just breathe through the pain with the rest of us

Conspiracy theories? It's just analysis. Might be wrong, but it's not a conspiracy

Wrong analysis. There is too much competition resulting in pain points for consumers deciding where to buy and producers taking on unsustainable debts to build content. This dynamic was cast years ago and re-consolidation was inevitable and necessary

Deep

She mispronounced "fraud"

The reason we should term limits in FIFA is on stage now and can't stand it. He says "FIFA is the official provider of happiness to humanity." No, the sport is, not FIFA, which is trying to ruin it

Tariffs on India and Brazil are major economic and geopolitical factors to watch. Brazil is good at many things the US is not. India is a key ally for so many reasons, we need a new path forward.

#tariffs #tariffstrategy #tradepolicy #supplychainmanagement #supplychain

Should your company have a Board of Directors or Advisors? Whether the business is family-owned, private equity-owned, a startup, the answer is yes. And between the two, I strongly favor a Board of Directors for most situations.

#governance #boardofadvisors #boardofdirectors #strategy

What core capability is never going out of style? In a VUCA world, dealing with AI and geopolitical chaos and supply chain disruption, what skill remains relevant through it all?

Being a learner, whether as an intensely curious individual or as a learning organization

This @nwsl Gotham v KC match has been very poorly refereed. I want to watch this league more but it's hard to take seriously when the refs in just in over their heads