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Dan Elfenbein

@OrgStratProf

Strategy Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. In my research and teaching, I strive to make complexity simple. http://www.elfenbein.net

I had a weird dream recently in which the @NFLJetsFootball were in the playoffs.


If the best thing about your job is not the people, you might want to look for a new job.


This!

Shortly after Steve Jobs returned as the CEO of Apple in 1997, he met with Jony Ive, Apple’s Senior VP of industrial design. Apple had 40 products on the market. “Jony, how many things have you said no to?” Jobs asked. Ive was confused. “You have to understand,” Jobs said,…

bpoppenheimer's tweet image. Shortly after Steve Jobs returned as the CEO of Apple in 1997, he met with Jony Ive, Apple’s Senior VP of industrial design.

Apple had 40 products on the market.

“Jony, how many things have you said no to?” Jobs asked.

Ive was confused.

“You have to understand,” Jobs said,…


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Colin Jost & Michael Che are the longest-tenured Weekend Update anchors in SNL history. But after their first few episodes back in 2014, an NBC executive called a meeting with SNL producer, Lorne Michaels. “Do you think Jost and Che are working?” the exec asked. Michaels said,…

bpoppenheimer's tweet image. Colin Jost & Michael Che are the longest-tenured Weekend Update anchors in SNL history.

But after their first few episodes back in 2014, an NBC executive called a meeting with SNL producer, Lorne Michaels.

“Do you think Jost and Che are working?” the exec asked.

Michaels said,…

This is excellent.

ChatGPT’s ‘code interpreter’ is kinda wild. Watch it segment music markets based on a spreadsheet and come up with business strategies for each segment!

beglen's tweet image. ChatGPT’s ‘code interpreter’ is kinda wild. Watch it segment music markets based on a spreadsheet and come up with business strategies for each segment!
beglen's tweet image. ChatGPT’s ‘code interpreter’ is kinda wild. Watch it segment music markets based on a spreadsheet and come up with business strategies for each segment!


Congrats to @WUSTL Professor @CPhillipsPoet for winning the #PulitzerPrize ! Wash U professor Carl Phillips wins Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | STLPR (stlpublicradio.org)


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“Growth is about excellence... when it comes to a choice between being an outperformer in a slow industry or an underperformer in a fast industry, you will do much better every time being an outperformer in the slower industry.” -MGI director Chris Bradley mck.co/3muM0CT


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📣 New SO! Paper: "What's the Purpose? Meaning Making, Sensemaking, and the (Mis)appropriation of Purpose Beyond Profit" (👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…). Matt Regele explores how and how organizational "purposes beyond profit" are overshadowed by profit goals when put into practice

StrategOrg's tweet image. 📣 New SO! Paper: "What's the Purpose? Meaning Making, Sensemaking, and the (Mis)appropriation of Purpose Beyond Profit" (👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…). Matt Regele explores how and how organizational "purposes beyond profit" are overshadowed by profit goals when put into practice

Until @Justinjpearson and @brotherjones_ are reinstated to the Tennessee legislature, I will not set foot in Tennessee, drink @JackDaniels_US, or knowingly contribute to the Tennessee economy in any way. These cars are made in TN: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:…


Congratulations to Tat Chan, the new Philip L. Siteman Professor of Marketing @WUSTLbusiness. Seen here with the former Chair-holder Chak Narasimhan and the great Bart Hamilton.

OrgStratProf's tweet image. Congratulations to Tat Chan, the new Philip L. Siteman Professor of Marketing @WUSTLbusiness.  Seen here with the former Chair-holder Chak Narasimhan and the great Bart Hamilton.

I enjoyed working on this paper with @RFisman and Brian McManus. Bottom line -> patterns of online trade suggest we trust people more when they pray, vote, and look like us. The Impact of Socioeconomic and Cultural Differences on Online Trade pubsonline.informs.org/doi/full/10.12…


I remember when Pepsi used to focus on the “youth market.”

Two acting legends. Two #SuperBowl commercials. One great tasting cola @SteveMartinToGo @BenStiller 🖤 #PepsiZeroSugar #RealorActing



Missourians - contact your state representatives - we do not want a law that effectively expels families of trans kids from our state. @jrosenbaum @jeremykohler please report on this!

I'm raising my kids in my childhood home, that my grandpa built, that my dad grew up in, that I grew up in. And I'm terrified that we are going to have to flee; that Missouri is going to pass a bill classifying gender affirming care as child abuse, and we will have to leave.



It’s a privilege to be able to teach in the @iitb_wustl EMBA program, and a great joy to reconnect with alumni. The spirit of optimism in #Mumbai is palpable. A bright future is within view, and @WUSTLbusiness is proud to be a part of it!

OrgStratProf's tweet image. It’s a privilege to be able to teach in the @iitb_wustl EMBA program, and a great joy to reconnect with alumni. The spirit of optimism in #Mumbai is palpable. A bright future is within view, and @WUSTLbusiness is proud to be a part of it!

Ich wuncshe Ihnen alle einen schönen Trumpverrätertag!


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Happy New Year! ❤️ 🎉💚


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Thanks to our authors, reviewers, editors, and readers for making 2022 a great year for @SEJ_Jour! Here are some brief reflections on the past year. dropbox.com/s/vcwlhibghqfd…

petergklein's tweet image. Thanks to our authors, reviewers, editors, and readers for making 2022 a great year for @SEJ_Jour! Here are some brief reflections on the past year. dropbox.com/s/vcwlhibghqfd…

The biggest loser in 2022 was:


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