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All of this is my round-a-bout way of saying that there just isn’t a solitary subject I can find that doesn’t seem inappropriate to write about with all the warring and rumors of wars coming out of the Middle East.
Hammer Museum director Ann Philbin will step down from the post in fall 2024, wrapping up a quarter-century at the helm of an institution that she drastically transformed.
On a recent cross-country trip—I (Paul) drove from California to Illinois and back again. On the drive, I saw a sign I had never seen before: In a McDonald’s window it said $1,000 SIGNING BONUS. That was not a thing when I was a teenager doing minimum-wage jobs. No one paid you $1,000 signing bonuses to work for fast-food restaurants.
Taking care of those who take care of us during emergencies and times of disaster is a high priority for our local communities, up and down the Central and South Coast.
Business strategy is at an evolutionary crossroads. It’s time to resolve the longstanding tension between the inherent identity of your organization and the fleeting nature of your competitive advantage.