14 2020 May
The Non-Obvious Insights Show – Episode #216
After writing my weekly email newsletter for just over four years, one of the questions I’m most often asked about is the stories that didn’t...
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27 2020 April
What I Learned From Doing 15 Virtual Keynotes In 21 Days
Six weeks ago every event got cancelled, postponed or moved to virtual. Like many professional speakers, I started delivering my talks virtually. But taking a...
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06 2020 March
5 Reasons Virtual Meetings Suck (And 5 Ways To Fix Them)
With the concerns about a global health pandemic, the necessity of shifting more events and meetings to be virtual is on everyone’s mind. There’s only...
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01 2019 December
Why Scientists (And The Rest Of Us) Need Robots To Fear Their Own Death
Every week this theme of how to make technology more human seems to resurface in a slightly different way. Last week, a story about some...
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29 2019 November
This Japanese Hotel Costs Just $1 Per Night … If You Livestream Your Stay
In one of the most expensive countries for tourists, one hotel has a novel idea – stay with them and agree to live stream your...
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06 2019 November
Alexa Is Five Years Old, So Why Does She Still Suck?
Alexa has officially been around for five years, and this article asks a good question: why hasn’t she improved? The pitch from Amazon was that...
Read Now17 2019 September
Why You Shouldn’t Panic About Plastic-Eating Bacteria (Or Anything Else)
Scientists are experimenting with plastic-eating bacteria and people are worried. We know ocean plastic is a problem, but is unleashing a bacteria that could eat it really...
Read Now14 2019 September
What the Rise and Fall of Juul Can Teach Us About Influence
As the health risks of vaping increasingly come to light, some people are literally throwing their juuls out of windows just to quit. Vaping had been soaring...
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Modern Workplaces Need To Get More Dad-Friendly, Survey Finds
I remember being a new dad and working full time at a marketing agency. Like any working parent, I struggled to find a balance. This...
Read Now01 2019 July
The Best Creative Ideas From Cannes
All week I have been reading stories of award winning creative advertising from Cannes (see all the winners here), and so I wanted to share...
Read Now14 2019 January
What Mastercard’s New Logo Tells Us About The Future Of Branding
If you think about it, there are a lot of brands that define what they do or how they sell based on their names. This...
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Emotion Sensing App, P&G Challenges Agency Model, and Remembering Herb Kelleher | Non-Obvious Insights 01.10.19
Huawei’s New App Uses Sound To Let The Blind “See” Emotions Imagine an app that uses AI to read facial expressions and then translates the seven...
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Japanese Immigration, Tesla Time Lapse and the Best New Year’s Resolution | Non-Obvious Insights 01.03.19
Japan Turns To Immigration To Solve National Demographic Crisis Can Japan find an antidote for their aging population crisis through immigration? The country is notorious for...
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