Digital Trends for 2010
I've been playing around with a staggeringly impressive presentation tool called Prezi. Above, I've uploaded a brief look at some of the DIGITAL TRENDS that I see coming to the forefront in 2010 --...
View ArticleThe New Way to Work: Top 5 Trends to Watch in 2010
Looking back at pivotal events that took place within the business world in 2009, it is becoming increasingly clear that there are five macro trends that will be shaping a New Way to Work in 2010 and...
View ArticleStop Looking for the Next Twitter
From my latest contribution to Harvard BusinessIf you are a pundit, or get paid to watch trends, then this message doesn't apply to you. It's your job to go out and find the next shiny object that...
View ArticleWhy Firms Fail to Leverage Trends
This month’s HBR has an article titled: “Trends that could shake up your business.”The commentary that interested me was that explaining why companies fail to leverage trends – like sticking their sand...
View ArticleIt Is Hard To Decide between Getting the "Best" and Getting "Enough". Muji...
I am not a superfan of Muji but I am very impressed with their last three years of repositioning or fine tuning of the brand and after spending 15 mins in one of their stores in Tokyo I can see why...
View ArticleSix Social Media Trends for 2011
Originally published at Harvard Business ReviewIt was a banner year for social media growth and adoption. We witnessed Facebook overtake Google in most weekly site traffic, while some surveys reported...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Hopeful Green Business Stories of 2010
There's a lot to be said for viewing the year just passed through the rear-view window.Toyota's hybrids hit the wall, so to speak, in terms of being seen as a paragon of safety. BP spouted all too...
View Article11 Actionable Trends for 2011
One of the most interesting parts of my job is working wirth each January to curate what the firm sees as the key trends that we think our clients and teams need to think about in the year ahead. This...
View ArticleFacebook for Fashion Brands – It’s about More than the Product
Guest Post by: Mark JenningsWaveMetrix have published their review of Q4 2010 social media trends and it highlights some interesting moves for fashion brands using social media, especially...
View ArticleTrends: Music as the Answer to Declining Box Office Numbers
In our Brooklyn Brothers Cultural Brainfood, I was suprised to see the difference between Avatar 3D’s first weekend takings of $27m and Call of Duty’s first day takings of $360m. It's not suprising to...
View ArticleWhat Is the Difference Between a Fad and a Trend?
A few years back I crowdsourced a presentation - curating a bunch of individual slides contributed by the readers of this blog into a talk about community that I then gave at a conference. It was a...
View ArticleDistributed And Destination Thinking
When I talk to clients about getting into a 'digital mindset' I often end up talking about the differences between distributed and destination thinking. Destination thinking is the kind of media...
View ArticleOff The Grid
This chart published over on The Atlantic shows how out of kilter the US is in not requiring companies to give their staff paid annual leave. Almost worse than that is the fact that, according to a...
View ArticleSix Social-Digital Trends for 2013
Originally published in Harvard Business Review.It's that time of year again — time to take a stab at what's going to matter in the year ahead as technology continues to influence how we work and live....
View ArticleThe CEO of Kind Snacks Doesn’t Follow Trends
Brand as business bit: A recent “If I Knew Then” piece on Young Entrepreneur featured gems of wisdom from Daniel Lubetzky, the CEO and founder of KIND. (KIND makes those good-for-you and...
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