Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Notes
Chat
Podcast Network
YouTube
Archive
About
Latest
Top
Discussions
80% listening, 20% talking
April Sabral's test for whether you coached your team today, or just talked at them.
Aug 23
•
Ricardo Belmar
5
1
280,000 pickers and no one to hire
Why the warehouse answer failed for eGrocery, and what a robot in aisle 7 actually costs.
Aug 20
•
Ricardo Belmar
5
4
1
31% of the Fortune 500 Has No CMO
What replaced it, and the one question that tells you whether your AI deployment is real.
Aug 6
•
Ricardo Belmar
3
1
1
July 2026
94% of Restaurants Cut ZERO Jobs Due to Technology
What I learned recording our restaurant staffing finale with the National Restaurant Association's chief economist.
Jul 25
•
Ricardo Belmar
2
1
Day 32
The number that changed how I think about every hire, and will change your view, too.
Jul 18
•
Ricardo Belmar
3
1
The 77% Problem Hiding In Your Store
Shoppers who meant to buy walked out anyway. Mark Ryski counted them.
Jul 16
•
Ricardo Belmar
3
1
The $5,000 Empty Shift
What one missing worker really costs a restaurant, straight from the National Restaurant Association's chief economist.
Jul 11
•
Ricardo Belmar
4
The $20 Million Math Nobody Wants to Do
Andy Laudato, COO of The Vitamin Shoppe, on scaling innovation, avoiding innovation theater, and why retail leaders keep confusing a good demo for a…
Jul 5
•
Ricardo Belmar
5
3
1
Your Green Dashboard Is Lying to You
Louisa Loran on mistaking measurement for progress, why retail keeps automating broken experiences with AI, and the leadership capacity gap nobody wants…
Jul 1
•
Ricardo Belmar
5
1
June 2026
AI Should Serve People, Not Replace Them
Five conversations, five different rooms, and nobody compared notes.
Jun 29
•
Ricardo Belmar
5
1
One year in: 500,000+ views and a thank you
A year ago I had to leave Microsoft. So I built this. Here is the full story of year one.
Jun 26
•
Ricardo Belmar
12
2
1
The 555% Problem Hiding in Your Closet
Greg Buzek on the connected supply chain, why almost nobody has solved BOPIS, and the returns black hole quietly eating retail’s margins.
Jun 20
•
Ricardo Belmar
5
1
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts