08 2018 June
How Twitter Is Killing Our Culture (And Why We Probably Won’t Fix It)
Is Twitter useful anymore (or was it ever)? Most of us who have been on the platform for some time have likely experienced a downward...
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01 2017 September
Canada Offers Third Gender Option Of “Intersex” For Passports
On August 24th the Canadian government approved a provisional measure to allow individuals who identify as neither male nor female to select a gender neutral...
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06 2017 August
The Future of Elevators Could Go Sideways
What if elevators went sideways? They might soon thanks to a new system invented and being tested by German elevator producer ThyssenKrupp which aims to...
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26 2017 July
Why Chief Marketing Officers Don’t Last
The tenure of most Chief Marketing Officers is woefully short, but this fact is often dismissed as a symptom of changing leadership or sometimes ineffective...
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20 2017 July
MIT Shares Theory On Why Some Neighborhoods Evolve
Why do some neighborhoods evolve and gentrify while others don’t? This fascinating story is about a joint research program between MIT and Harvard to identify...
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19 2017 June
Facebook Helps Make Politicians Care About You
It is a sad reality of politics just how often politicians seem to cater to the loudest of their constituents. Making noise may not be...
Read Now24 2017 February
How To Build Trust In An Era Of Desperate Truth Seeking Consumers
It is hard to get away from the feeling that we are being manipulated all the time. This week there were plenty of new stories...
Read Now27 2017 January
Professional Ghosting, Why We Prefer Serious Robots and the Secret Genius Of Trump’s Paid Applauders
A tequila maker cashing in on the craft drink phenomenon, the surprising reasons why vending machines are so popular in Japan, how drones are evolving...
Read Now09 2016 December
15 Non-Obvious Business Trends Shaping 2017 (Retail, Consumer, Tech, Marketing, and Media)
Are you a member of the media? Visit our media kit to download a trend summary and more information about requesting an interview with Rohit...
Read Now11 2016 November
Cocktail Flavored Detergent, How Drones Affect Ownership and The Neuroscience of Trump’s Victory
The US election is thankfully over, but it was hard to get past the coverage this week to find some truly interesting stories to share...
Read Now30 2016 September
Hermès Branded Film, Firefox’s Secret Browser & How Doritos Might Save America
Inspired by the Presidential Debate, the first story in this week’s newsletter features an amazingly smart “Rock The Vote” campaign from Doritos that could have...
Read Now27 2016 May
The Creepy Things Uber Knows About You (And Other Non-Obvious Insights)
It seemed like the theme of the week was reduction through small tweaks as Twitter announced a long awaited small tweak to eliminate photos and videos...
Read Now12 2016 May
Game of Thrones Fights Piracy, Why Writing Skills Matter, and Lockheed Martin’s School Bus To Mars
I am sitting in an airport lounge in Zurich and putting the final touches on my selections for the most under appreciated stories of this...
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