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Spirit Didn’t Die. Baldanza Won.
Source: “Flying the unfriendly skies: A business ethicist says goodbye to Spirit Airlines,” by John Paul Rollert, Fast Company, May 12, 2026.
By noon …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Ohno and Malone Were Asking the Same Question
A maintenance supervisor retired four years ago. Thirty years at a plant in Alabama. He had started as an operator on the molding line, worked his wa…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Shelf That Thinks: Retail’s $262 Billion Lesson in Ignoring Workers
We’ve crossed from the factory floor to the hospital ward to the hotel lobby. This week we enter the environment where most people encounter frontlin…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
The Last Brass Note
A story like this one is a minefield. Write about a plant closure in Ohio and you risk earning the ire of the government, which promised to protect e…
5 months ago
Seed Money, No Soil
Source: “Getting Hired Is Too Hard, So They’re Starting Companies Instead”
By Jo Constantz
Bloomberg Businessweek, April 14, 2026
That’s the argument: C…
5 months ago
The $2,000 Nobody Spends: What Ritz-Carlton Understands About Trust
Last week I showed you what intelligence suppression costs in healthcare: 98,000 preventable deaths a year, endemic nurse burnout, and a system where…
5 months ago
Your Voice Is Fine. It’s Your Back That’s Breaking.
Reactive essay. Source: “Psychological Safety Isn’t Enough — Employees Need Consequence Safety Too” — Maria Papacosta, Fast Company.
By Venki Padmanab…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Godfather’s Missing Floor
Reacting to: “The ‘Godfather of AI’ says Big Tech is only focused on short-term profits — and it’s an existential problem,” by Lila MacLellan, Fortun…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Ward That Heals Itself: Ninety-Eight Thousand Reasons to Listen to Nurses
For six weeks this series has lived on the factory floor. This week we leave manufacturing. Not because the argument changes — it doesn’t — but becau…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Number Goldman Sachs Didn’t Calculate
Reactive Essay | Source: “People Who Lose Their Job to AI Are in for a World of Pain, Goldman Sachs Report Finds”
By Joe Wilkins | Futurism | April 11…
5 months, 2 weeks ago