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Starbucks’ New Dress Code: Why Uniforms Don’t Make the Culture
This Week’s Focus: Starbucks' New Dress Code — Symbol or Solution?
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REAL ID and Unreal Lines: TSA’s New Travel Adventure
This Week’s Focus: The REAL ID Deadline—Are We Ready?
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Planning Without Predictions: How Apple Navigates Supply Chain Uncertainty
This Week’s Focus: Navigating Radical Uncertainty
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Tariff Turbulence: The End of Inexpensive Apparel
This Week’s Focus: The End of Cheap Fashion
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March 2025

Small Failure, Big Disruption: Lessons in Resilience from Heathrow’s Fire Case
This Week’s Focus: Heathrow’s Systemic Vulnerability
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Who’s Got Time for That? The Strange Economics of Line-Sitting
This Week’s Focus: The Dynamics of Paid Queueing
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Bags No Longer Fly Free: Southwest’s Strategic Gamble
This Week’ Focus: Southwest Ends Free Checked Bags
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The Rise and Reckoning of Scooter-Sharing: Economics, Operations, and Viability
This Week’s Focus: Micromobility’s Rise and Fall … and Rise.
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Trigger Warning: Your Gig Platform is About to Get Ghosted
This week, we talk about Protector, an innovative private security app seeking to streamline the security hiring process by replacing traditional agency…
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February 2025

When Personalization Feels Fake: Starbucks’ Cup Messages, AI, and the Quest for Genuine Connection
This Week’s Focus: Starbucks’ Personalization Faces Scrutiny
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SpaceShoring: When Offshoring Just Isn’t Far Enough
This Week's Focus: The Viability of Space Manufacturing
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Predictable Chaos: Trump’s Tariffs and the Fragility of Global Supply Chains
This Week’s Focus: Understanding Trade Challenges
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