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  Allan Bunch

  

  Peloton launches immersive fitness bike for commercial gyms

  VentureBeat - Dean Takahashi

  Peloton is launching its immersive fitness bike for commercial environments such as gyms, hotels, country clubs, hospitals, universities, and health clubs. The bike combines hardware and software to deliver an immersive experience for stationary cyclists. The New York company announced the new …

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  Allan Bunch

  

  Amazon just launched a cashier-free convenience store

  The Verge - Natt Garun

  No lines, no registers, no self-checkout machines Amazon just unveiled a grocery store without lines or checkout counters. Amazon Go, a 1800-square-foot retail space located in the company’s hometown of Seattle, lets shoppers just grab the items they want and leave; the order gets charged to their …

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  The Moment Magazine

  

  How to Bring Mindfulness to Your Company’s Leadership

  Harvard Business Review - Megan Reitz and Michael Chaskalson

  Mindfulness is the height of fashion in leadership development circles. At a recent conference in the field, we saw a missionary-type fervor among some trainers who claimed that mindfulness could fix every ill in the organizational world. It’s easy to succumb to enthusiastic hyperbole; one HR …

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  Allan Bunch

  

  Big Tech Companies Pounce as the Allure of Startups Fades

  Bloomberg - Sarah McBride

  When he started thinking about leaving Apple Inc. this year, Darren Haas briefly contemplated Uber Technologies Inc., where many friends worked. …

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  Allan Bunch

  

  Salesforce’s shift into equality

  TechCrunch - Megan Rose Dickey

  It’s important for tech companies to have at least one voice at the senior leadership table that advocates for issues around equality, diversity and inclusion. Unfortunately, that’s just not the case for many companies in the tech industry. Salesforce, a company that said a year ago that a major …

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  Allan Bunch

  Oct 11, 2016