Be forewarned: this entire piece is a love letter to Sweden. If you're not feeling very pro-Swedish (no idea why anyone would be anything but immensely pro-Swedish) you should go grab a coffee now and visit hampsterdance.com But if you're still here, I'll at least assume that you have a passing interest into why I [...]
Having just (literally “just,” as I’m writing this piece on a 13-hour flight out of Beijing) completed my 55th trip to China, I left with a stronger vision than ever that you need to get to China. Now. Yes - YOU. Why? It’s not just the Sichuan food (though that’s a compelling reason in itself, [...]
"Art & Copy" is a superb documentary - one that I would strongly commend to anyone interested in exploring the core of brand identity. The essence of a brand, to me, comes through the process of creation and can't be separated from it. An integral part of that creation is the work of the people [...]
I see an evolution of mobile form factors these days and, as they used to say many moons ago, it puts me at sixes and sevens. Sixes and sevens was a way to say that something threw you off, made you maybe ill at ease. So, imagine for a second that the mobile phone of [...]
With five days to go until 2010, five predictions for what's right around the corner: 1. The true emergence of the iPhone: We ain't seen nothin' yet on the iPhone. In 2010, people will truly begin to realize "Hey, this isn't just a phone, an iPod and a player for all of these really cool [...]
I am currently advising a couple of colleagues in situations where each party has leverage going into a serious negotiation. And in so doing, I always think back to the classic Seinfeld episode where George wants to break up with his girlfriend. It's a new position for him to have, as he so eloquently describe [...]
The world needs more misfits. A friend told me recently, "I think that one of the characteristics of a good misfit is that she can camouflage herself in many different places and blend in. But she never really buys into the status quo." I've been a proud misfit my entire life. I've been able to [...]
In recent years, Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen has gained a massive following for his scholarship in the area of "disruptive innovations.” Disruptive innovations are products or systems that create entirely new markets. Christensen’s research explains why established organizations have such trouble countering or embracing disruptive innovations that are on the horizon. His theory [...]
I have often been called a “dreamseller,” almost always in a negative context. The fact that “dreamseller” is pretty exclusively used as an insult perplexes me on a variety of levels. I like having dreams sold to me. How do you know what you want to dream if you can’t first see the array of [...]
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