11 2026 June
The Chaos of the World Cup
This week the FIFA World Cup is coming back to North America and it’s hard to imagine a more “American” homecoming. There are reports of soaring...
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The Most Powerful Silent Keynote in History
Last month at the Hay Festival, author Sarah Wynn-Williams was invited to keynote and then sat in her chair and didn’t say a word. It wasn’t...
Read Now03 2026 June
The Newest Olympic Sport Features Humans Jumping Instead of Horses
Many of you know that I’m a big Olympics fan. After attending 6 Summer Olympics so far, I definitely have some opinions about sports that...
Read Now14 2026 May
Everything Looks Cooler with Age
At the recent Met Gala, one of the most non-obvious looks of the night came from rapper Bad Bunny who aged himself 53 years to show up...
Read Now23 2026 April
Heinz Shows the Underappreciated Power of Manufacturing Significance
Brand positioning is usually all about what makes your product or service different. Usually that’s based on something real, but it doesn’t always have to...
Read Now16 2026 April
Four Brilliant Marketing Stories from the Coachella Festival
It’s the middle of the “consumer wonderland” of The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the desert experience drawing over 125,000 visitors annually across two...
Read Now12 2026 March
Secrets of Human Connection and My Deeply Personal Annual Challenge
You know when they describe a moment as a calm before the storm? That was last night in Austin as I prepared for a whirlwind...
Read Now12 2026 February
The Best and Worst of Super Bowl Advertising
Earlier this week I published my usual annual recap of the best and worst ads from the Super Bowl. In the days after I wrote that piece,...
Read Now05 2026 February
How To Get Excited About the 2026 Winter Olympics
Anyone who knows me already knows that I’m a big fan of the Olympics. There’s nothing else in our modern world that aims higher to...
Read Now15 2026 January
5 Non-Obvious Takeaways from the World’s Largest Tech Show
I spent several days touring the trade show floor talking with tech experts, trying out demos, encountering lots of weird robots and interviewing people about their visions...
Read Now21 2025 November
The Truth About Toxic Words and Why Word Policing Doesn’t Work
In closed meetings leading up to the G20 Summit happening in South Africa this weekend, early reports note that in addition to the Trump administration...
Read Now13 2025 November
Insights about the Future of Writing from Industry Professionals …
At the annual Gathering of the Ghosts event in NY, AI was a hot topic as sessions focused on the business of writing and the future of...
Read Now14 2025 October
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: A Kids Book About Diwali by Chhavi Arya Bhargava
It’s Diwali season and the holiday is getting continued attention from many groups outside the South Asian community, so I wanted to come back and...
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