16 2018 February
Gender At The Olympics, Diesel Sells Fake Products and Why Apple’s Homepod Is A Bad Buy
The value of branding was questioned in a few stories this week, including one of a perfume store selling scents without the “noise” of marketing...
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09 2018 February
The Disruption Issue: Norway’s Olympic Curling Pants, Saudi Solar And Soap Fetishes
This week disruption was the theme in multiple stories featuring everything from new ASMR videos, to rocket launches to more than one story warning about...
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02 2018 February
Why Are Icelanders So Creative? Hint – It’s Not Their Environment
The power of empathy was a big theme this week, in stories from Amnesty International and a “robotherapy” chatbot. Both look at new and interesting...
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26 2018 January
Spy Testing, Open Source Furniture and How To Find A Pet That Likes Your Music
I spent the early part of this past week thinking a lot about transformation as I spoke at the SocialMedia.org Winter Meeting in front of a group...
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19 2018 January
Smog Tower, Sh*Thole Namibia, Chilean Fog Beer And How Kids See Gender Identity
New Study Finds That Kids Are More Flexible About Gender Identity One of the trends my team and I uncovered and wrote about this year...
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04 2018 January
7 Exciting Trends To Watch From CES 2018
In the first years of publishing my annual trend report, I used to wait until early in the year just so I could go to...
Read Now07 2017 December
The Best Business Books Of 2017 | Non-Obvious Book Award Winners
What were the best business books of 2017? For my team, trying to answer this question is a year long obsession that takes us through...
Read Now07 2017 November
What I Learned By Predicting Trends For 8 Years (And Almost Becoming A Futurist)
I have often resisted describing myself as a futurist. To me, a futurist was someone who offered an ambitious prediction of the far future —...
Read Now02 2017 November
The Ad Council Helps Connect Creative Marketing Pros With Nonprofits
I admit that despite my many years working in marketing and advertising I have never been lucky enough to work on an Ad Council pro...
Read Now01 2017 November
A Store With Nothing To Sell Helps You Reclaim Your Online Privacy
Visit this "Data Detox" store to take back control of your online privacy.
Read Now31 2017 October
Flavor Changing Skittles And Other Fun Halloween Stories
Given next week is Halloween – I thought it fitting to share a few related stories this week. The first is about Skittles “Trick Plays”...
Read Now30 2017 October
The App That Lets You Brag About Disconnecting
As more experts suggest that we should all stop bragging about how many hours we work, this app from Ariana Huffington is timely as it rewards...
Read Now27 2017 October
Stop Selling Products & Services and Sell Projects Instead
This post from GlaxoSmithKline exec Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez really got me thinking about a new way of selling. Rather than focusing on products or experiences, this article argues...
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