Episode 43: Disney Streaming Service, Walmart and Robots, Student Organization Harassment at Texas State, Uber Not Profitable, Groupthink, and Practicing Humility

Show Description:

In today's current events discussion, we talk about a lady who lived 99 years with organs on the wrong side of her body. Yes, that happened. We also get into a student organization harassment issue at Texas State, Disney's new streaming service Disney+, Uber's surprising IPO warning about its profitability, and Walmart's new robotic workforce.

We end show talking about life lessons we have learned about humility. We also discuss the concept of groupthink and how it is killing creativity in today's meeting setting, as well as the concept of practicing humility and sharing your ideas and accomplishments from your heart.

Show Highlights:

4:30-9:45: Imagine living 99 years with your organs on the wrong side of your body. We explain how Rose Marie Bentley from Oregon accomplished this feat.
9:45-18:30: We talk about Turning Point USA, a political organization at Texas State, which was caught in the middle of harassment from the student body, and it turned into an eventual power struggle between the student government association and the university.
18:30-26:45: Add Disney to another company getting into the streaming service game. We discuss how Disney+ plans to separate itself from its competition in Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.
26:45-31:30: We discuss briefly Uber's less than stellar profitability results and whether we are on the brink of another dot com crash.
31:30-37:15: Walmart is adding thousands of robots to its stores. We explain why, and weigh the effects on the financials of the company and its workforce.
37:15-40:30: Slager learned an important lesson about self-awareness from his tax guy.
40:30-49:00: Drawing from readings in the book Originals by Adam Grant, we get into the topic of group think, and how creativity is being compromised in the standard company meeting setting today. We get into examples of creative culture like Bridgewater Associates and the jury room in the movie 12 Angry Men.
49:00-57:00: We end the show discussing what it means to practice humility and share from the heart, not your ego.

Show Links:

Oregon Woman: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oregon-woman-lived-99-most-organs-wrong-side-body-n992801

Disney Streaming Service: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/12/disney-shares-rocket-higher-after-unveiling-streaming-cheaper-than-netflix.html

Walmart Robots: https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-robot-army-stores-expanding-2019-4

Texas State: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/11/greg-abbott-threatens-texas-state-university-funding-student-senate/

Uber Not Profitable: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-ipo/uber-unveils-ipo-with-warning-it-may-never-make-a-profit-idUSKCN1RN2SK