Naomi Osaka: the things I didn’t do to succeed
People always ask what I did to get to where I am today. Nobody ever asks what I didn’t do. I’ve been sitting with that duality a lot lately. Because for every yes I’ve ever said — every obligation I…
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State Street’s CEO warns of global fertilizer crisis due to the Iran war
Good morning. If you want to understand where global capital is flowing—and why—listen to Ron O’Hanley. As chairman and CEO of State Street, he leads a global financial institution that safeguards and services more than $54 trillion in client assets…
ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott interview: Saaspocalypse nonsense and trillion dollar ambition
Bill McDermott’s time at the helm of ServiceNow has been nothing if not eventful. Months after he became CEO at the end of 2019, the COVID pandemic shut down the global economy; then in late 2022, ChatGPT kicked off an…
A large oil-shipping terminal will be built in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico with funding from Japan
U.S. petroleum exports are rising to record highs amid the Iran war, and now a little-known developer will build a large oil-shipping hub deep in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico—but only with funding from the Trump administration and…
Fast Forward: Brainstorm 2002: Changes and Challenges Ahead
For anyone who’s despaired about the seeming decline in corporate values and responsibility so evident the past couple of months, Brainstorm 2002 was a welcome relief. For me, it’s a relief that it’s over. One thing I neglected to mention…
California farmers will destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte closes canning facilities
For many warm weather fruit lovers, the prospect of unlimited ripe and rosy peaches is mouth-watering. For Central California farmers, it’s more of a waking nightmare. To make ends meet, these farmers are now weighing whether to destroy about 3,000…
Iran is setting up an agency to tax ships passing through Hormuz even as it negotiates a peace deal
Iran has created a government agency to vet and tax vessels seeking passage through the crucial Strait of Hormuz, a shipping data company reported Thursday, as Tehran said it was reviewing the latest U.S. proposals for ending the war. The Iranian effort…
Trump administration thinks maybe it’s okay to let people send handguns to each other through the mail
Handguns could be mailed through the United States Postal Service for the first time in nearly 100 years if a proposed rule under the Trump administration takes effect. Democratic attorneys general in two dozen states sent a letter this week…
ServiceNow doesn’t see a ‘SaaSpocalypse.’ It sees a ‘hard lift, heavy lifting’ phase just beginning
For the past four years, enterprise software conferences have been defined by a kind of competitive breathlessness: which company could announce the most AI agents, the boldest automation claims, the most mind-bending demos. At ServiceNow’s Knowledge 2026, the company’s two…
Tapestry thinks it’s cracked the code of ‘expressive luxury’ for Gen Z
Tapestry has a theory about why Gen Z keeps buying Coach bags: The brand is just fancy enough to feel like an achievement, and just affordable enough to actually be one. “Our price and brand positioning of expressive luxury is…