#corporate-culture

#corporate-culture

"There isn't that much room to grow in terms of audience and impressions we can drive from our own account."

Tim Cook is a legend. I am very thankful for everything he has done and I am very thankful for Apple.

After 31 years at Apple, today was my last day. I think I got in everything I wanted to do on my last day before retiring.

Billionaireism describes both the pathology that affects you when you are so wealthy that you're effectively above consequences and above moral consideration for others, and the pathologies that having a society dominated by such people inflicts on the rest of us.

I got fired, which is a good thing. And I didn't know what I was going to do. It was the first time in so many years.

English has quietly become the default working language in multinational companies, impacting communication and career advancement for non-native speakers.

We're going to be really demanding. If you're not performing, we're going to let you know - and if you don't fix it, we're going to push you out. Hard work is the most important skill in life for young people to develop, whether they study engineering, medicine or literature.

Shilpan Amin sits at the operational core of General Motors. As the global chief procurement and supply chain officer, his remit cuts across engineering, manufacturing, finance, and the company's vast supplier network. At GM's scale, procurement is not simply about buying parts. It determines how capital is deployed, how risk is priced and absorbed, how quickly vehicles move from design to launch, and how the company navigates geopolitical shocks while protecting long-term margins.

The OpenAI CEO sent employees a message on Slack criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement - and appears to have taken the opportunity to also take a subtle jab at his rival, Mark Zuckerberg. The reference can be found where Altman wrote that OpenAI aims to "not get blown around by changing fashions." "We didn't start talking about masculine corporate energy when that was popular," Altman told employees.

How is xAI building its data centers so quickly? Through temporary licenses, Ghori said. "It was the fastest way to get the permitting through and actually start building things," Ghori said. "I assume that it will be permanent at some point." Ghori said that the temporary leases were an exception granted by the local government, one made for carnivals. The host, Ti Morse, laughed: "So xAI is actually just a carnival company?" "It's a carnival company," Ghori responded.

For the past five-plus years up to this very day, an 800-lb gorilla takes a seat at the table at every meeting in every Taylor Morrison conference room in every one of the organization's offices. From its Scottsdale, AZ headquarters, to its three national operating regions, to its divisional hubs in 20 markets across 12 states, to its sales centers in 345 actively selling neighborhoods, that gorilla is physically there in the room in all of those meeting rooms involving Taylor Morrison's 3,000 or so team members.

At the time, Bezos had interviewed virtually every one of Amazon's circa 200 employees; Hart was one of the few the tech entrepreneur hadn't personally appointed. Over the next 23 years at the online giant, Hart reported directly to Bezos as technical advisor to the CEO, and to Amazon's current CEO, Andy Jassy.The lessons Hart learned at one of the world's most famous businesses have stayed with him to this day, where he leads $1.35 billion online learning giant, Coursera.

Imagine showing up to work at your high-powered Wall Street job and being asked to play Max Headroom, or execute the iconic lift from "Dirty Dancing?" Blackstone's latest holiday video dropped on Thursday, celebrating the firm's 40th anniversary with a slew of 80s references. Three of the Blackstone executives featured in the latest edition of the "cringeworthy" Wall Street tradition spoke to Business Insider about their experience.

Standard conference rooms are losing their grip. UK companies are actively searching for formats outside the office because the old model simply isn't delivering. The predictable setting of a hotel suite or a rented seminar space now often stifles the very energy it aims to create. Teams walk in expecting monotony, and they usually get it. This dissatisfaction is driving a clear pivot toward premium, experience-driven off-sites, with water-based venues rising as a particularly compelling option for those seeking genuine impact.

Today's case examines how one cryptocurrency exchange navigated two major resets in a single year. The first was moving to a fully remote workforce, and the second was adopting a policy that explicitly banned political and social activism at work, sparking an intense debate about leadership, culture, and the boundaries of corporate engagement in social issues. Oh, and if that weren't enough, these decisions came at a pivotal moment just as the company was preparing for its historic IPO.

In 1983, Howard Schultz was an employee of Starbucks, a small chain of coffee stores that mainly sold beans (and no drinks), when he was sent to Milan for a trade show. As Schultz observed Italians visiting their local cafés, he loved what he saw, describing it as a " sense of community, a real sense of connection between the barista and the customer."

The default setting at corporate Christmas parties is a sort of cautious politeness And lo, it was early December. And the bosses said unto the workers: A Christmas party you shall have. Fun shall be organised with your co-workers and food shall be consumed.

We had this really unique culture, and we had sort of lost touch with it,