Think pieces

Damn good reasons to avoid decision fatigue

What do Barack Obama, Vera Wang, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Tom Ford, Henry Rollins, Carolina Herrera and Albert Einstein all have in common?

Why we should celebrate the art behind logo design

“The logo is an identifier but it’s also something that stands-in for who you are.” — Steven Heller

Could your marketing skills help transform the charity retail sector?

We all have unwanted stuff that we would prefer to have reused rather than go to landfill...

Dare to demand some sausage, not just sizzle

Marketing directors were urged to "Lobby for the kind of (creative) work...

A drop in the bucket

When you buy a glass of wine at a nice restaurant, it doesn't come in a beer stein. If it

Your best shot

Should you put all your best material up front?

STORYTELLING V VERBOSITY

Nowadays everyone must call themselves a storyteller. Like anything else, this is just...

Narratives keep the feeling going

Our feelings (anger, shame, delight) appear almost instantly, and, left alone, they don’t last very long.

The experiential excellence collection: making emotional connections

Some of the best live brand experiences are those that tap into our emotions

Consumers on shifting sands: reaching new audiences in Saudi Arabia

kashif Hameed from Scopio via Canva

Saudi Arabia is changing both economically and socially, writes Stephen Hillebrand, chief executive of Kantar Consumer Insights MENA.

Could chatbots eventually be better communicators than humans?

Chatbots are coming, but this does not mean that the end of marketers and creativity is nigh, argues Jamie Evans-Parker, founder and CEO of wayve.
 

Data-driven campaigns, done well

Manjiry Tamhane, WW CEO of Gain Theory, judged the Creative Data Lions recently at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival.  Inspired

The Behavioural Economics Guide 2016

Last month we saw the launch of the 2016 BE Guide, following the very successful 2015 Guide

Elephants and Alien toys – salient behavioural reminders

How might toy aliens and elephants help us to follow through on our plans and intentions?

Escape the career pyramid in 101 Words

I'd been Managing Director of a big company for five years and was stuck.

The plan was to succeed the

Isn't it about time more brands got behind our future female athletes?

While it continues to dominate our world, how many of you are aware of the fact that women are outperforming men in golf?

Real lesson of Pokémon Go: today’s marketers on the bandwagon

I tried to resist as long as humanly possible. But the gravitational pull of Pokémon Go has pulled me...

 

Attention all marketers – your country needs you!

I want to skip past the politics quickly, firstly because I want...

3 types of challenger brand strategy

If you're reading this you probably own or work on a brand.

Letter from Switzerland: why market forces matter

What kind of goods come to your mind when you think of Switzerland?

Watch out for the ‘IKEA effect’

Source: Unsplash, Credit: Jueun Song

Back in March we showed you how IKEA Israel took over the Big Brother house in a unique marketing strategy