{"id":14627,"date":"2024-05-29T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T10:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/a-fine-line-between-humor-and-flopping-tech-summits-rap-battle-is-the-height-of-corporate-cringe\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T10:38:00","slug":"a-fine-line-between-humor-and-flopping-tech-summits-rap-battle-is-the-height-of-corporate-cringe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/a-fine-line-between-humor-and-flopping-tech-summits-rap-battle-is-the-height-of-corporate-cringe\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A fine line between humor and flopping\u2019: tech summit\u2019s rap battle is the height of corporate cringe"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Hamilton-esque performance extolling the virtues of design software was exactly the wrong kind of corny<\/p>\n

The next time you\u2019re sitting through a company-wide meeting, half-listening to a leader drone on about updates or product launches (and hoping they don\u2019t announce layoffs or budget cuts), remember this: at least they\u2019re not rapping.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what happened at Canva Create, a summit held in Los Angeles last week, in honor of Canva, a graphic design company known for helping non-designers produce good-enough flyers to advertise a yard sale or middle school talent show. In LA, Melanie Perkins, co-founder of the $40bn Australian brand, spoke<\/a> to attendees about \u201cbrand-building, maintaining a strong company culture and scaling operations\u201d, per Variety. (Something she knows a lot about: Disney\u2019s CEO, Bob Iger, who also spoke at the summit, is an investor and board member of the platform.)<\/p>\n

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\nA Hamilton-esque performance extolling the virtues of design software was exactly the wrong kind of corny
\nThe next time you\u2019re sitting through a company-wide meeting, half-listening to a leader drone on about updates or product launches (and hoping they don\u2019t announce layoffs or budget cuts), remember this: at least they\u2019re not rapping.
\nThat\u2019s what happened at Canva Create, a summit held in Los Angeles last week, in honor of Canva, a graphic design company known for helping non-designers produce good-enough flyers to advertise a yard sale or middle school talent show. In LA, Melanie Perkins, co-founder of the $40bn Australian brand, spoke to attendees about \u201cbrand-building, maintaining a strong company culture and scaling operations\u201d, per Variety. (Something she knows a lot about: Disney\u2019s CEO, Bob Iger, who also spoke at the summit, is an investor and board member of the platform.) Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Hamilton-esque performance extolling the virtues of design software was exactly the wrong kind of corny The next time you\u2019re sitting through a company-wide meeting, half-listening to a leader drone on about updates or product launches (and hoping they don\u2019t announce layoffs or budget cuts), remember this: at least they\u2019re not rapping. That\u2019s what happened …<\/p>\n

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