19 2017 August
How An “Anger Room” Can Help You Manage Your Rage
The world is angry and people are holding on to plenty of rage … so it’s perhaps no surprise that “Anger Rooms” are taking off....
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20 2017 March
What The “Robot Renaissance” Really Means …
Nothing says the future quite like robots, and this week there were plenty of interesting stories of how robots are being used in important, curious,...
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24 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...
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09 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...
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12 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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01 2014 April
The Selfie Silencer And Other Silly Startup Ideas That You’ll Wish Were Real
The greatest word The Simpsons ever offered to the English language was “craptacular.” When Bart Simpson used it to describe Homer’s Christmas decorations, he introduced...
Read Now10 2014 March
And The Best Marketing Strategy At SXSW Is … Kindness
As the three hour party RSVP line outside an Austin bar stretches around the corner, no one wonders why a surprising number of people seem...
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Why Most Trends Don’t Matter (And 15 New 2014 Trends That Do!)
If you believe the typical trend declarations for 2014 – this is going to be the year of big data, wearable devices, and ubiquitous tablets....
Read Now06 2013 November
The 300 Year Old Female Entrepreneur Story You’ve Never Heard
“Started by a woman, in a time when women didn’t start companies.” These are the powerful first words that introduce the story behind a brand...
Read Now15 2013 October
Rainbow Loom vs. Silly Bandz – Why One Marketing Fad Outlasts Another
The carpet in my living room this weekend was covered with hundreds of tiny rubber bands. The bands are part of an addictive new toy...
Read Now02 2013 October
How I Launched A Startup, Failed, Moved To Australia, Got Fired And Wrote A Best Seller
Someone asked me tonight what my “story” was – and I always wish for a better answer to that question. After all, I spend a...
Read Now13 2013 August
How To Position A Product Like Don Draper
The marketing team for Viagra doesn’t use email newsletters. You can probably guess why – but I have often thought for some time that anyone...
Read Now24 2013 June
What 5 Fake Ads Can Teach You About Great Marketing
Sometimes clients don’t buy great ideas. And sometimes creative people have great marketing ideas for brands they don’t work on. I have thought for years...
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