Bernard BUISSON

Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

"The hype about de-dollarization is much ado about almost nothing"
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[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

When Musk took the helm last fall, he promised to champion “free speech".
Then he made a series of disastrous missteps, including firing "Twitter’s trust and safety team, allowing harassment and abuse to explode across the platform…https://t.co/4uYiVDph8e https://t.co/M08S5G0bHv

[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

"Globalization, seen in recent decades as unstoppable a force as gravity, is clearly evolving in unpredictable ways. The move away from an integrated world economy is accelerating. And the best way to respond is a subject of fierce…https://t.co/l6VcGRKCmp https://t.co/oeS0pQmyFz

[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

Le 15 juin 1963, en ouvrant le premier hypermarché (+ de 2500 m2) de France sous la marque Carrefour à Sainte-Geneviève des Bois, Marcel Fournier (propriétaire d'un magasin à Annecy) associé aux frères Jacques et Denis Defforey (gr…https://t.co/6ayAo4pxIy https://t.co/V7rFEmzZjF

[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

Last Thomas Friedman article in the NYT: "From Tel Aviv to Riyadh".
"Onetime enemies and rivals across the Middle East are on the cusp of becoming so much more interconnected and interdependent than ever before. It’s creating previ…https://t.co/GNYOkgClxk https://t.co/XmYENO7rsI

[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

Any company can claim to be "Earth's Best Employer". But if its own employees don't buy it, forget about convincing the rest of the world https://t.co/pRZF9z3TsS

[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

"Nearly any material can be used to turn the energy in air humidity into electricity, scientists found in a discovery that could lead to continuously producing clean energy with little pollution"
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[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

Switching to a four-day workweek could be a very rational move in a few industries.
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[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

When you become entrepreneur, do not expect automatic support from your family or your friends https://t.co/dgclu8XdeC

[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

When you become entrepreneur, the most supportive people will not necessarily be your family or your friends; it's normal https://t.co/dgclu8XdeC

[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

In 1913, US inventor Frank Shuman built the world's first solar power station.
Timing matters https://t.co/uKMaAlTdYN

[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

At a time almost every company talks about circularity, the actual numbers are bad. According to the latest Circularity Gap Report, circularity keeps going down: from 9.1% in 2018, to 8.6% 2020, and 7.2% in 2023. https://t.co/lbASkxsgug

[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

"The first Landsat blasted into space on July 23, 1972. Two days later, the scanner sent back the first images, of the Ouachita Mountains in Oklahoma; they were astounding (...) Over the next 50 years, new Landsat satellites replac…https://t.co/kYPBwqQmxs https://t.co/FSqR7KZVsj

[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

Thomas Friedman is back from Beijing with a long, but great article on US vs. China: "I believe that we are doomed to compete with each other, doomed to cooperate with each other and doomed to find some way to balance the two. Othe…https://t.co/t4eCG4uxQX https://t.co/COHODHnc1Q

[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

Thanks to technology, we may envision a future in which supply chains are fully traceable

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In 2032, two thirds of new passenger vehicles sold in the US could be electric cars

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[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

Fifty years ago, on April 3rd 1973, Martin Cooper, a Motorola engineer, stood on Sixth Avenue in New York. In his hands, the DynaTAC; the world's first mobile phone, weighting over a kilo, with a battery life of roughly 25 minutes…https://t.co/zvVYI81Lab https://t.co/cAWLjcXf4K

[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

University of Cambridge Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta contends that GDP is “based on a faulty application of economics” that does not include “depreciation of assets” such as the degradation of the biosphere. The New York Times jus…https://t.co/sIxadb6NHh https://t.co/qh04FeDOg6

[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

"Dr. Moore famously predicted in 1965 that computer power would double each year for a decade, a forecast he modified in the mid-1970s to every two years. His prophecy that computing capacity would grow exponentially — and with dec…https://t.co/LTBqKA50Jt https://t.co/RwwLgtlcn6

[Bernard BUISSON @bernardjbuisson]

"The report released Monday from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found the world is likely to miss its most ambitious climate target — limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) a…https://t.co/6YxIOI2gAM https://t.co/MxQmMgoKND