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Hello! I'm Faris. I'm looking for the awesome. Founder/Genius Steals. Nomadic strategist/speaker. Author/Paid Attention. Husband/@rosieyakob.
- Replying to @mjnblack“For people who believe deeply in the genetic heritability of traits, passing on what they see as their superior DNA can be the ultimate path to influence.” This is…eugenics
- “billionaire Jack Ma has defended the grueling overtime work culture at many of China's tech companies, calling it a "huge blessing" for young workers.” Sounds more like a blessing for the owners and a tragic curse of a diminished life of quiet desperation for the workerswhen we were building Uber China and competing with didi, we talked about their "996" culture all the time -- 9am to 9pm, 6 days per week -- it's a scary thing to compete against. A bit more about this idea from Jack Ma here: reuters.com/article/us-chi…
- The lovely @juliancole and @KyleDucky put this together with a little bit of input from me - enjoy "Strategy: The Essential Reading Guide 2019" docs.google.com/presentation/d…
- Replying to @_Zeets“This system reduces search engine quality for users and drives up advertiser expenses.”
- “The Government received 24,000 offers of PPE from 16,000 suppliers. It spent a staggering £5.5bn. Surprisingly, three of the biggest beneficiaries were companies specialising in pest control, a confectionery wholesaler and an opaque family fund owned through a tax haven.”
- “Accenture told Hertz it would cost an additional $10m – on top of the $32m it had already been paid – to finish the project.”
- It’s ok to not have an opinion on something
- Deep breath Don’t engage They don’t need your response You won’t change their mind And you don’t need an argument. My new twitter mantra. Lol.
- I'm judging some advertising awards today. Here are some tips. 1. A case study is a story - not a random collection of clips of creative 2. Answer the questions! 3. Results always matter 4. Impressions are not a result metric 4. Consider the audience 5. Be funny / charming
- Replying to @faris“Since 2000, US airlines declared bankruptcy 66 times. Despite obvious vulnerability of sector, CEOs of the six largest airlines have spent 96% of free cash flow on share buybacks, bolstering share price compensation of CEO...now want a bailout. They should be allowed to fail.”
