10 2017 February
LinkedIn Redesign, Whole Food’s Big Idea and Tech That’s Always Listening
As you know, this weekly post is a collection of interesting stories, but today I was inspired to try something different. Rather than sharing individual...
Read Now23 2016 December
Hasbro Saves Families, Amazon’s Uber Idea, CES 2017 and Marketing Lessons From Hatchimals
Given it is the end of the year, this week’s stories include several holiday themes, including an inside look at the PR strategy behind Hatchimals,...
Read Now09 2016 December
15 Non-Obvious Business Trends Shaping 2017 (Retail, Consumer, Tech, Marketing, and Media)
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Read Now23 2016 September
How Netflix Predicts Watching Habits, Awful Magazine Covers & The World’s Spiciest Tortilla Chip
This week the Internet went crazy talking about how Brangelina split. Despite how important that “news” might be – it’s clearly not the kind of...
Read Now01 2016 July
Intel Creates Drone Fireworks, Unilever Bans Sexist Ads and How To Spin Getting Fired
Fear dominated the headlines this week as “Brexit” cast a scary spotlight on everything from the future of globalization to the belief gap between the...
Read Now25 2016 March
Fake Farms, Virtual Reality Tacos, Rise of Bootcamps and Why Apple Stopped Innovating
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Read Now04 2016 March
Automaker Appreciates Women, Virtual Reality Happy Meals And The Death Of Cereal
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Read Now19 2015 August
The Death Of Gender (And What It Means For Marketing)
There are plenty of signs that the way we have typically described gender may be dying before our very eyes. In Austria last year, the...
Read Now09 2015 March
Why “Strategic Pillars” Don’t Work For AT&T (Or Your Brand Either)
Last week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, AT&T announced a new partnership with Microsoft to produce a suite of mobile Office products and wireless plans...
Read Now20 2014 February
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 Now26 2013 September
How LinkedIn, YouTube & Others Could Finally Cure Stupidity Online
The greatest collection of human stupidity ever amassed sits on the Internet … and you probably encounter it every day. When you go online today,...
Read Now03 2013 September
3 Ways Dumb Phones Might Save Nokia
Last month Nokia quietly missed the opportunity of the decade. It wasn’t easy to spot. Amidst all the news about the mega-implications of the Microsoft-Nokia...
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