Global Insights Expert. I identify customers that companies haven’t fully tapped yet. Board member @ShopSprout. @PrattInstitute @OgilvyAsia @dentsu
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It’s dark outside but light inside.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from my corner of the world to yours.
2024 brought me many momentous leaps, and one of them was connecting with each of you.
Onward
This is one of the most delightful examples of what happens when you look beyond the obvious, see familiar people with fresh eyes, and listen to new perspectives. Made me smile today.
#art #collaboration #blindspots #perspective
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Not only is today's date a palindrome, it's also an ambigram. You can read it left to right, right to left, and also upside down #nerdalert
Getting my head down on research analysis and I gotta say, 10 minutes of Tetris and The Orb on headphones is still the only way to focus. (chewing Twitter, however, might not be)
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“If there’s a general surprise, it is that it seems to be quite hard for places outside of North Asia to actually get close to achieving their potential.” Economist Jim O’Neill reflects on 20 years of the BRICs, on “Money Talks” econ.st/2VfxBgd
This may not matter to anyone else, but my 7y.o. says Hide & Seek is her favorite song because she likes @ImogenHeap's layered voice, and @zoecello's Forte sounds like hope (she's right). Her astute analysis is all that makes sense today. Ladies, keep playing your truth.
I’m often asked to explain American anti-vaxx belief systems, and simply cannot. Get yourself vaccine, people. They’re free now. And this isn’t even close to over. @NYTimes nytimes.com/2021/07/27/healt…
I told the kiddos when they got tired on our run to listen out for the person cheering them on. I am *totally* preaching what I need to hear, myself.
When I get frustrated with the slow pace of what I think #progress should be, this piece reminds me that big structural change takes time. Crucially, you’ve got to get buy in from people who think differently from you. nilsgilman.substack.com/p/a-…
According to my son (7), I am not American, I am Americish. He’s clear he is English and his Dad is Indian. How come I’m the only one whose identifier ends in an “ish”? I shall now obsess over this relentlessly until I have a headache.
If coronavirus has normalised flexible working for some employers, then we may come out ahead. #futureofwork #flex bbc.com/worklife/article/202…
This is a monumental move that will reduce healthcare premiums for Americans for two years. No, it’s not universal healthcare. But it might help people breathe a little easier for a while. And that’s progress. nytimes.com/2021/03/10/upsho…
My uncle was transgender. He reassigned from female to male in the 1970s. It was my family's biggest open secret -- the thing we tried not to draw attention to. Now, 40 years later the world draws attention to International Day of Transgender Visibility in March 13th. #TDOV
I have to mark moments like these to marvel at progress. I wonder if he would celebrate this if he were alive today. I wonder if he would have called himself trans.
Whoever designed days of the week socks and underpants effectively designed family conflict. How much actual user testing do you think went into that product Develolment cycle?