November 2011
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When did Black Friday become a Holiday?
Barbara Kruger Untitled (I shop therefore I am), 1987
Since holiday shopping was never so big in my family, perhaps this is a trend that I just never noticed, but doesn’t it seem like Black Friday has become a holiday in and of itself? I’ve seen television commercials actually advertising the “event”, my twitter feed is buzzing, and the mobs of people and posters and...
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Rock 'n' Roll Consumer Insights
This morning on the bus I sat next to a man in his 60’s. I could hear the music coming from his headphones loud and clear — Foreigner. Yes, an older man of Chinese descent was listening to stadium rock. How’s that for bursting your stereotypes?
Not quite in his element, but not far off either, it’s time our images and ideas about the 60+ market change. Actually I’ve...
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Can Innovation and Creativity Play Nice?
This is a discussion from a group on LinkedIn. Between Mike from the SDG Group (www.thesdggroup.com) and myself. Two innovation practitioners who come to the discussion with different points of view. Can we play nice together?
Mike wrote: Is the search for creativity harming innovation? While the term “creative” can be appropriately applied in different situations I say we ought to put it to a...
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Content Valuation
I was adding a book to my Amazon wish list, when I thought of something that probably a few others have thought of before: How could there be a secondary market for electronic books? Notwithstanding the fact that electronic media is infinitely reproducible, this launched an enthusiastic discussion between the various co-workers in my co-working space. We mourned was the loss of the reseller, felt...
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Creativity and the Lemonade Stand
A few days ago I saw a great ad on the subway.
In case my bad commuter photography isn’t doing it for you it says “When there is no solution, make one. That’s kind of what entrepreneurs do.”
It’s an ad for the Freelancers Union – a great organization whose mission is to offer freelancers some of the benefits that traditional employees get.
The ad’s slight...
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4Sum Micro Communities – A New Concept For Senior...
This is a post by Stephen Johnston, reblogged from Aging 2.0
4sum is the working name for an approach to senior living that we’ve been talking about for few weeks now, and would like to explore in more detail. It’s a concept that involves communal living with shared services and support staff, but at a micro-scale. Matthias Hollwich first proposed the idea to me during our conversation, based...
