Episode Details
Back to Episodes
Morally binding agreements, CEO pay manufacture, and Vanguard’s ESG policy
Description
Story of the Week (DR):
Top AI executives sign commitment to ‘self-police’ after meeting at White House MM DR
Count the women:
Trump says he and tech leaders signed AI agreement that is 'morally binding
House Speaker Johnson says he hopes AI guardrails are 'voluntary' amid Congress inaction
Donald Trump orders federal agencies to rename AI ‘Super Intelligence’
OpenAI just launched its answer to Meta: 'always-on' AI agents called Dots
We told you so, part 2:
Non-deferential boards matter: Peter Thiel Says Trump Administration Overcorrected With Loyalty Tests to Staff 'Not Very Smart' People
Recently former CEOs who are now Executive Chairs are still CEO: Ex-Disney CEO Bob Chapek says he raised concerns with the board 'weekly' during Iger power battle
”I started hearing about lunches that he had and dinners that he had where he was absolutely trashing me.”
He noted that when he brought concerns to the Disney board about Iger, he was told, ‘He’ll be gone in two years. It’s OK. That’s Bob being Bob.’”
“CEO” hires:
General Mills is naming its COO as CEO, its first woman to hold the role
General Mills named COO Dana McNabb, making her the first woman to lead the Minneapolis company in its 160-year history.
McNabb joined General Mills in 1999
She will succeed Jeff Harmening, who has served as CEO since June 2017, effective Jan. 1, 2027.
Harmening will transition to executive chair of the board of directors on that same date.
Glass Cliff? "Returning the company to profitable growth is the priority”
David Ellison names Ynon Kreiz co-CEO of Paramount and Warner Bros. Disco