Hi, it's Bob Safian. You've been hearing me as the host of rapid response in this feed for a few years now,

with short newsy interviews alongside the deeper dives of Masters of Scale. Well, I'm excited to share that rapid response is expanding into its own feed.

We'll be putting out shows twice a week, focusing on the urgent issues that business leaders are dealing with in real time.

So search for rapid response in your podcast player and subscribe to make sure you get all our episodes.

I'll see you on the other side.

When technologies become ubiquitous and essential, they also generate opposition.

Take PowerPoint, a product I use almost every day.

There's a whole cottage industry of PowerPoint haters online.

They publish essays with headlines like,

PowerPoint Makes Usupid, or PowerPoint is evil.

They dabble in politics, like Switzerland's

Hinty PowerPoint Party.

Google it if you don't believe me.

You'll find it on their website a rousing slogan.

Finally, do something. And if any party stalwarts are out there listening, I have news for you.

Cheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, finally did something.

I don't love PowerPoint presentations and meetings for me because I want them to be more discussions.

So I kept saying, please don't bring PowerPoint, please don't be PowerPoint at Facebook

for years, but everyone kept bringing PowerPoint.

So one day, probably more frustrated than I needed to be, I just said no more PowerPoint

any of my meetings.

There was just one problem.

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