The business community has been pretty quiet in the wake of the horrific shootings at Sandy Hook. But I have found some of the most interesting and compelling journalism in the aftermath to be focused on the firearms industry, itself, and how it is regulated (or isn't). Five I've found the most thought-provoking:
1. NPR's report on why the AR-15, the weapon used in the massacre, has become so popular. One explanation: as the number of gun enthusiasts wane, gun manufacturers are marketing more expensive (and more lethal) models to a shrinking pool of customers.
2. Drew Magary's profanity-laced screed on Gawker won't be for everyone, but he does raise the interesting question: in a country that hasn't hesitated to demonize Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, Big Food, Big Media, why does the gun control lobby get so angry at the NRA and almost never talk about the gun makers themselves?
3. Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology writer, compares gun makers to other consumer products companies and unearths some of the technological advancements we have developed ? but are not using ? that could make guns safer.
4. Robert Cyran and Reynolds Holding in Reuters asking why, in a country that has mandatory car insurance, we don't have mandatory gun insurance?
5. Bloomberg's Henry Goldman looks at the research to try and figure out how much gun violence costs the US economy. One estimate put the damage in dollars at $174 billion in 2010 alone.
TUM TEE TUM
Finding Meaning at Work, Even When Your Job Is Dull (HBR)
Berkeley professors Morten T. Hansen (who is also at INSEAD) and Dacher Keltner make an important distinction: finding meaning at work is different from finding meaningful work. The latter is your curing-cancer-saving-polar-bears-type gig, while the former is about taking satisfaction in even the little things: learning opportunities, socializing with coworkers, even the status that comes from having a snazzy title. Turns out, these little things add up to a whole lot.
WADE IN THE WATER
A Devastating Flood in Silicon Valley No Longer Seems Unimaginable (Scientific American)
The battering that America's East Coast recently took from Superstorm Sandy has prompted some serious thought about what might happen to the billion-dollar companies in Silicon Valley if a superstorm were to hit California. The land where the headquarters of Facebook, Google, and Yahoo are located is a few feet below sea level, protected by levees that weren't designed to withstand powerful storms, Scientific American says. If sea levels were to rise, as expected, and a particularly bad storm surge were to hit San Francisco Bay, the valley and its economic activity would be jeopardized. Imagine flooded homes, ruined offices, and a foot of water on the highways. Some 257 tech companies could be at risk. ?by Andy O'Connell
BONUS BITS:
Bread and Butter
How to Be Extremely Productive (HBS Working Knowledge)
Six Reasons You Hire the Wrong People (Inc.)
How to Use Analogies to Introduce New Ideas (Sloan Management Review)
Source: http://blogs.hbr.org/morning-advantage/2012/12/morning-advantage-the-business.html
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