If you have any interest in luxury brands and strategy, I recommend listening to this Acquired Podcast on the complete history and strategy of LVMH. It’s long at just over 3 and a half hours but I found it fascinating.
LVMH: The Complete History and Strategy of LVMH
Adding: Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We’ll Win Them Back by Rebecca Giblin and Corey Doctorow 📚to my reading list having listened to this interview with both authors on the Decoder Podast
We don’t know ourselves - A conversation with Fintan O’Toole
Really enjoyed this conversation between David and Fintan.
New Podcast from Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell from opposite political backgrounds. Recommended. Loved the story about Bob Geldorf and Bono at the end.
James Anderson on Why Fund Management Is ‘Broken’ - Bloomberg
I’ve been listening to Barry interviewing people for a couple of years now. This is, the best one so far.
I am probably biased as I found myself saying yes! and exactly! to pretty much everything James had to say
The headline though, does not do the interview justice. His opinion on the recent Chinese crackdown on technology, the lack of action in the US against platform oligopolies and the lack of innovation that this causes, and questions over whether the US will still be a democracy in 5 years are all fascinating.
Recommended.
Germany needs a new business model - David McWilliams I’m not sure that Germany needs a new business model, but it’s certainly facing some serious challenges. David is correct about the car industry, but VW is making an enormous investment in a switch to electric vehicles.
There is also an Podcast episode covering the same theme. One fact that really surprised me was the forecast population decline in Germany, particularly in the East over the next 15 years.
Listened to an episode of the new BBC podcast on the US election, Americast. Maybe, it will help me understand a little better what’s going on over there. Recommend and subscribed. BBC Radio - Americast - Downloads