April 2024

A SEA OF GAMING

2024-06-05T13:19:04+00:00April 22nd, 2024|

In many cases, gaming is a distraction. In a growing way, it’s an opportunity to participate socially. On the train home, I gaze over the seats. What do I see? A sea of gaming. Solitaire. [...]

January 2024

October 2019

September 2019

RAPIDLY ROBOTS

2019-10-30T15:11:20+00:00September 1st, 2019|

Rapidly, robots (and virtual bots) are taking over our jobs: according to one back-of-the-envelope projection, in 50 years, 70 percent of today’s occupations will likewise be replaced by automation. Should we be worried? Two hundred [...]

July 2018

June 2018

GUIDEPOST RULES

2019-09-25T01:49:29+00:00June 1st, 2018|

Occasionally I’m asked to share what guidepost “rules” we have learned in the recent past. Surely, the following list has its flaws, but these assertions underpin a lot of success we have seen…and shared in: [...]

May 2018

April 2018

CREATIVE BREAKTHROUGHS

2019-09-25T12:12:10+00:00April 1st, 2018|

So many creative breakthroughs result from weaving together unlike threads: • Georges de Mestral, a Swiss electrical engineer, didn’t cook up the science behind Velcro in a lab. The principle came to him looking at [...]

March 2018

THE #1 HAZARD

2019-09-25T12:57:58+00:00March 1st, 2018|

When companies try to identify and revitalize their brand identity, some tend to dismiss or gloss over actions that may have seriously damaged the brand in the past or ignore the loss of relevancy. Management [...]

February 2018

FUNNY IN THE WRONG WAY.

2019-09-25T01:50:14+00:00February 1st, 2018|

There is something uncomfortably awkward about many brands that try to advocate aspirational qualities, suggesting to the consumer that copy-catting these brands is all it takes to gain success and be cool. Brands stuck in [...]

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