29 2025 January
The Non-Obvious Media Recommendation of the Week: Dubai Future Foundation
One of the most forward-looking nations invests heavily in future planning, and much of their planning, research, insights and project efforts are all published freely...
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27 2025 January
DEI May Be Dying … But Here’s What Could Replace It
When Jennifer Brown and I first published our book Beyond Diversity in 2021 it was moment of big momentum for DEI. Amongst the many other books published...
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20 2025 January
The Problem of Fake Job Postings
The Wall Street Journal published a piece this week about the rise in fake job postings online. The reasons for these range from some companies using those listings to...
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17 2025 January
What the Canadian Angst Over the Upcoming Trump Inauguration Can Teach Us
In days, President Trump will take office again and there is certainly some concern among the groups you would expect. One unusual source for some...
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16 2025 January
The Brilliance of Costco’s New Plan to Build Apartments on Top of Their Stores
There is a housing shortage in many cities. And there’s a Costco in those cities. In an ambitious new project, the brand is working with...
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15 2025 January
The Slow Decline of Patriotic Branding (and Maybe National Pride Itself)
There was a time when patriotic branding was hot. That time seems to be over. According to an eye-opening new study from a sociologist at...
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The Hottest Innovations and Tech from CES 2025 — Insights from the Ground
I’m very tempted to put together a “best innovations” list from the world’s largest tech trade show. I did one last year and I know...
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Want To Help LA? Curb Your Schadenfreude
A billionaire posted a desperate tweet asking for private fire support to save his home … and he was attacked for it. Turns out this particular...
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How 2025 Could Become The Year of Reuse
Every time I would visit India growing up, one sight would fascinate me as we traveled the roads was the number of old Ambassador black...
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4 Non-Obvious Upsides of the Big Omnicom + IPG Acquisition
This past week was panic-inducing across the advertising industry. Two of the “big four” agency holding companies intend to join forces to create the biggest ad...
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12 Provocations for Year Ahead: 2025
“Predictions are boring. None of us knows the future and therefore no one cares what you think is going to happen. Provocations are different. There...
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Amsterdam Launched a Campaign to Convince British Tourists NOT to Visit. Did It Work?
Back in 2023, in response to a growing number of young male British tourists partying, getting drunk and generally behaving badly, the city of Amsterdam...
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A Major Reinvention of Food Policy May Be Coming. Is That Good News?
Activists and consumers who believe food regulations in the U.S. need to be overhauled are getting excited right now. The recent media spotlight has been...
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