In the first years of publishing my annual trend report, I used to wait until early in the year just … | Continue reading
A curated list of the best business books published over the last year and winners of the Non-Obvious Business Book Award. | Continue reading
What does it take to predict trends or call yourself a futurist? | Continue reading
We expect libraries to maintain an archive of humanity's best thinking, but what if a library decided to put so-called "pulp fiction" on the shelves? | Continue reading
This unearthed print ad for Leica shows that the most underappreciated brand strategy in the world might be knowing what not to change. | Continue reading
When you ask Millennials to describe the doorbell, a surprising number use phrases like "panic-inducing," "hateful" and "terrifying." Sound overblown? | Continue reading
Schools return to teaching cursive thanks to growing evidence that writing by hand improves unaided memory, retention and IQ. | Continue reading
As apartments get smaller and urban areas get more crowded, robots are already offering a creative way to use limited space. | Continue reading
“AI Gastronomy” predicts a future where we can map ingredients or infer recipes by using AI to recognize and measure ingredients. | Continue reading
Sometimes art is the best way to shine a lens on how our culture may be changing for better or worse ... | Continue reading
If you ever wanted someone to blame for having to change your password every 90 days – last week the world found out who that person is. | Continue reading
As the highly anticipated solar eclipse approaches, there are plenty of towns and brands finding creative ways to cash in. | Continue reading
The team at WGSN produces some great trend insights primarily in for the fashion sector and recently launched their “Anatomy of a Trend” white paper which is worth a download. | Continue reading
What if your smart robot vacuum cleaner created a shareable map of your home in the process of cleaning it? | Continue reading
One of the side effects of social awareness among millennials is how many young brides are coming to embrace lab grown diamonds. | Continue reading
Why do some neighborhoods evolve and gentrify while others don’t? This fascinating story is about a joint research program between MIT and Harvard to identify what causes urban change. | Continue reading
The intersection of luxury products and personalization will continue to bring interesting new ideas and this new watch from Louis … | Continue reading
The more technology gets baked into things that we once enjoyed in simpler formats ,the more people will choose to “Strategically Downgrade.” | Continue reading
Anyone who has ever boarded a long haul flight sitting in the economy cabin knows that moment of fleeting hope … | Continue reading
Reading Sci-Fi is the most beautiful way I know to imagine the consequences of the future instead of just hoping … | Continue reading
The most famous portraits in history are all painted from the torso up. That was the interesting insight from Ogilvy … | Continue reading
How do you get attention for a sleepy little Swiss ski resort town that few people have ever heard of? … | Continue reading
A short list of 15 great books to give as a useful and practical 2017 graduation gift for him or for her (curated by WSJ bestselling author Rohit Bhargava). | Continue reading
As I sat bombarded with the same stories over and over this week, I found myself longing for something different. … | Continue reading
As I am sure you have noticed, yesterday was International Women's Day and it was hard to miss all the … | Continue reading
Fascinating stories from the world of business this week included Lego's bold move to finally create a safe social network … | Continue reading
A tequila maker cashing in on the craft drink phenomenon, the surprising reasons why vending machines are so popular in … | Continue reading
I'm here in Las Vegas at CES checking out the latest in innovative technology, and so that's going to be … | Continue reading
First of all, thank you for indulging me for the past two weeks as I shared my favorite books of … | Continue reading
Are you a member of the media? Visit our media kit to download a trend summary and more information about … | Continue reading
The most hopeful news this week was the many new efforts to fight back against the disturbing rise of fake news … | Continue reading
I took a tour through many different industries and sites this week to bring you my selections for the most … | Continue reading
It was an international sort of week these past few days as the stories which most captured my attention came … | Continue reading
Inspired by the Presidential Debate, the first story in this week's newsletter features an amazingly smart "Rock The Vote" campaign … | Continue reading
This week the Internet went crazy talking about how Brangelina split. Despite how important that "news" might be - it's … | Continue reading
Content featured big this week as new initiatives from GoPro and IBM both received a lot of coverage and discussion. … | Continue reading
The big news of Unilever purchasing subscription site Dollar Shave Club for $1B this week probably dominated your newsfeed this … | Continue reading
Curating this article to find stories worth sharing with you every week has helped me hone my ability to read (and … | Continue reading
This week has been all about soccer in my house thanks to the simultaneous scheduling of the Euro Cup and … | Continue reading
It seemed like the theme of the week was reduction through small tweaks as Twitter announced a long awaited small tweak … | Continue reading
I have been on the road again this week, first in Miami speaking to a smart group of senior marketers … | Continue reading
My mind has been on startups and new ideas lately, as I spent most of this past week at Collision … | Continue reading
This past week it was hard to escape the dominating headlines of the US political primary - and the announcement … | Continue reading
Some weeks have more happening than others and this week's list of the most under appreciated marketing stories was tough … | Continue reading
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This past week included the biggest event in mobile tech in Barcelona, the continuing #OscarsSoWhite drama about lack of diversity at … | Continue reading