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Starbucks’ CSO Shake-Up Raises Questions About Corporate Climate Commitments

As Starbucks reorganizes its sustainability function, Kaleidoscope’s Sandhya Sabapathy examines why corporate climate strategies often lack influence over the financial and operational decisions that determine their success.

David Ellison Has Hollywood Scale. Now He Needs Precision.

David Ellison now controls Paramount, Warner Bros., HBO, CBS, CNN and a sprawling collection of Hollywood brands. The challenge is deciding which ones get the money, attention and room to grow.

As Google, OpenAI and Meta Push A.I. Agents, Enterprises Need Models That Think Less 

The next breakthrough in enterprise A.I. may not come from models that reason more deeply, but from systems that know when to rely on established rules instead. Campfire’s John Glasgow argues that specialized models and deterministic systems can offer greater consistency at a fraction of the cost.