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Most discoveries in business are the result of accident, rather than design

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'Mould-breaking strategies grow initially like weeds; they are not cultivated like tomatoes in a hothouse.'
Henry Mintzberg.

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Everyone is self-centred

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In 1966 Joseph Weisenbaum wrote a primitive computer programme called Eliza.
He named it after the lead character in Shaw’s

Teens don't care about privacy, right?

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Changing attitudes towards online privacy among teenagers has huge implications for brands. But the assumption that young people are indifferent

Is Britain in a post-traumatic state?

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You only have to read the headlines to see that the British public is doing its level best to put

Don’t just do the right thing – say it as well

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What is missing in the narrative about the corporate higher purpose is how to make sure the brand reflects the

Biometrics on course to put the 'me' into media

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In the age of the ‘quantified self’, in which it is possible to integrate the manifold data produced by our

A postscript to Goddard on cost competitiveness

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Jules Goddard puts not a word wrong in his damnation of cost competitiveness (Market Leader, March 2014). Solid research supports

How will new media fundamentalists react to the revolution in TV?

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I read with interest remarks by Maurice Levy on how he thinks about life after the failure...

Managing screens in a TV-centric market

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New analysis of multi-screen behaviour highlights the power of mobile and tablets, but it should also remind marketers that...

Brand relationships in the world of smart technology

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As presented at the Marketing Society 2013 Annual Conference, Paul Kemp-Robertson describes four fascinating trends that flow from emerging technologies

Strategy is more dependent on courage and humility than talent and charisma

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Misconception: Leaders need to be charismatic.If you ask CEOs to nominate the business leaders they have most admired, they will

Difference between winners and losers is less aims and more methods

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A powerful application of the oblique principle lies in the finding that goals are better achieved by focusing on the

15 non-obvious trends for 2014

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If you work in marketing in 2014, you are no doubt trying to answer a number of impossible questions.

Digital insights from 1975

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One of the great strokes of luck in my life was working with Stephen King. He had an astonishing ability

Please can we ban the C-word?

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Words get stripped of their meaning if used too often. This is called semantic satiation: words progressively lose their potency

20:20 hindsight

In the spring of 2009, Andrew Marsden predicted 10 things marketers would need to know in 2013. We asked him

Eye-tracking insights for enhancing shopper marketing

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Manufacturers and retailers have a shared interest in enhancing shopper marketing. However, very few point-of-sale marketing efforts are rooted in

Social customer service: how to manage your reputation in a crisis

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So what happens when a disgruntled customer decides to take to social media and berate your brand in full view

Making and keeping the brand promise

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Why does so much of the general buzz around content marketing seem to rely on it being the hero, with

Making choices: little things can matter a lot

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Throughout the day our decisions are influenced by the context in which we make them. Choices aren’t made in a

Brands must understand the consumer response to continued austerity

Recent headlines on the economy at long last give us some reason for cheer. Yet at the party conferences this