Musings from the CU Suite

Compiled by Anthony Demangone

Halloween is just around the corner. I was in New Orleans this week for NAFCU's Compliance Seminar and first BSA conference. I think many missed the memo along Bourbon Street. Quite a few seemed to be wearing their costumes a bit earlier than necessary. And I'll just leave it at that!

Now on to the reading pile...

• Twitter is cutting nine percent of its workforce. (Inc.)
• For your convenience. (John Spence)
• The Truly Dangerous Thing. (Leadership Freak)
• Major banks mark first international trade using blockchain. (Reuters)
• Germany trains its youth very effectively. (Quartz)
• Apple's annual sales slip for the first time since 2001. (Buzzfeed)
• "No, I'm not that John Stumpf." Have the wrong name at the wrong time. (Reuters)
• On being irritated. (Godin)
• Small Island, Big Experiment. (FiveThirtyEight)
• Well, it was nice while it lasted. Pokemon Go is hitting a rough patch. (BI)
• Is the big-city boarding house on its way back? (Inc.)
• The power of "why?" (ThoughtLeaders)
• Two Navy Seals talk about ego and ownership. (BI)