It’s launch week for The Future Normal! Today I’m headed to SXSW for a full four days of events and earlier this week both Henry and I were previewing the book with audiences in multiple cities. If you haven’t picked up a copy yet, here’s a FREE excerpt to give you a little taste of … Read more
There seemed to be a lot of predictions about things ending this week. The end of the English major. The death of influencer marketing. The demise of stamp collecting. Some are true. Others feel hyperbolic. In today’s newsletter, we’ll break down the difference and explore these topics, as well as a story about the most … Read more
The stories were flowing this week, and there were almost too many to share with you. Below you’ll read about the rise of job sharing and fractional executives, how the Czech Republic is struggling to rebrand their country, why we all may be losing our sense of smell, a new food classification system and the … Read more
The Super Bowl of marketing is officially over, Rihanna had the cleverest product placement of the year, and now we’re on to stories about everything from anticipating disaster to whether dating a chatbot might soon be considered a healthy relationship. Perhaps those two topics have more in common than we realize. In other stories this … Read more
In this edition, you’ll read about the “shroom boom” of psychedelic wellness, how one movie’s fake CGI kiss didn’t fool anybody, why having an ethical wardrobe could mean only buying five new items a year, why everything about Twitter is just getting worse, and ten new megatrend insights from the Dubai Future Foundation. The “Shroom … Read more
This week in the stories you’ll read about why economists still believe the labor market is strong (despite all the layoffs), why we will all regret the things we shared on social media, how prisoners might reduce their sentences by donating organs, why Marie Kondo is giving up on tidying, what people really think about … Read more
First of all, a big thanks to everyone who submitted applications for our Book Launch Team! All of you will be hearing from me shortly. Also, thank you and welcome to all my new subscribers from my live events this week – it was so energizing to see so many of you in person and … Read more
Is there an age where you are too old to be an expert in your chosen field? Are customers justified in attacking businesses on social media that offer a poor experience? What lessons can you learn from artistic Japanese manhole covers? These are a few of the questions featured in the stories for this week’s … Read more
I know it’s the second wek of the year but thanks to the chaos of CES last week, this felt like the first week back at work. As I emerge from all the tech stories, this week’s newsletter returns to the usual curation of non-obvious stories on all sorts of topics. You’ll read about the … Read more
Happy new year from the trade show floor at CES 2023 in Las Vegas! I’m here covering the world’s most influential tech show and just shared my initial list of the 25 most fascinating technologies, inventions and ideas from the show this year. In addition to all the tech news, I’m back this week with … Read more
