Tag: politics
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If were an airline right now
It’s 2026. The U.S. federal government is in a partial shutdown, with funding paused for the TSA. That means travelers have endured unheard of wait times. Some have waited in lines of four hours or more. That starkly contrasts with the past where a 1 hour wait was ridiculous. Travelers are getting to the airport…
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Another government shutdown impacts air travel
Another government shutdown is wreaking havoc on the airline industry. More specifically, the partial shutdown that paused funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has meant longer security wait times for passengers. Even more specifically, the TSA workforce who have not been paid for over a month are calling out or quitting. A long…
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Not the post I’d hope to write
I rolled past a gas station in a different part of town. I remarked the higher that expected price and attributed to that area. And then there was another and another, and then I realized what was going on. The recent strikes on Iran were having an effect at the pump. There are more serious…
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Wassup, Obama
Years ago, Budweiser put out what will be referred to their Wassup ad. Released during the 2000 Super Bowl coverage, it shows a group of friends communicating with each other on the phone simply saying Wassup. It became a cultural phenomenon. (Just imagine the pain of a middle school teacher having to deal with all…
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ABC’s rock and hard place
I remember, as I prepped for my own strategy meetings at work, learning that the market was shifting. People, especially Gen Z and Millennial consumers, want brands to have a point of view. They use their dollar as a point of protest. Their politics and values are not divorced from their shopping decisions. They won’t…
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Is this even about marketing?
There was a raid on a Hyundai plant in small town in the state of Georgia. It was another in a long list of headlines about how the Trump administration was acting on immigration in the U.S. For some time, news covered stories of raids happening across the United States. Fears mounted about who might…
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Starbucks should definitely consider these two things
Finally, you have completed the first part of your SWOT analysis. You looked in to the strengths and weaknesses internal to your organization. Now it’s time to look outside: your opportunities and threats. Opportunities and threats are those things that are happening that are external to your organization. Opportunities are those things that could help…
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The Musk problem
Tesla sales were down 71%. If like me you don’t fancy yourself a math genius, we can both just rest assured that equals a lot money lost. It had nothing to do with the product itself. Not even the cybertruck catching fire or concerns about self-driving systems led to such a drop. It all has…
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