How Agility Can Help Nashville’s Growing Pains March 31, 2017June 14, 2019 / in: American Life, Change, Education, health and wellness, Insights, marketing, multicultural, Politics, Public Relations, Social Media, The Economy, Trends, Youth Originally posted on Tennessean.com. Nashville has seen a dizzying explosion in population and reputation. That has pros and cons. Read more
For Successful Businesses, Failure Is Not an Option—It’s a Requirement February 14, 2017June 13, 2019 / in: advertising, American Life, baby boomers, brands, Change, Education, marketing, Mass Media, Politics, Public Relations, Social Media, Youth Originally posted on CityAM.com. Urgent memo to executives everywhere: please stop saying things like “failure is not an option.” Read more
Trump Trend: Is Twitter the New Reality TV? February 13, 2017July 1, 2019 / in: advertising, American Life, Insights, marketing, Mass Media, Politics, Public Relations, Social Media, Trends, Youth Originally posted on Medium.com. Whether you see it as the weaponization of tweets or the modernization of the bully pulpit, … Read more
Soap Star in Terrorist Social Media Sex Conspiracy Scandal January 17, 2017June 14, 2019 / in: advertising, Education, Insights, marketing, Mass Media, Politics, Public Relations, Social Media, Trends, Youth Originally posted on Campaign US. You’re a discerning reader of a serious newspaper, so the spoof headline of this article … Read more
Tech Treasures and Trends Found at CES 2017 January 9, 2017June 14, 2019 / in: brands, Change, Education, health and wellness, Insights, marketing, Politics, Public Relations, Social Media, The Economy, Trends Originally posted on CommPro. With the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) just starting in Las Vegas, my trendspotting alarm is blaring. … Read more
7 Global Trends That Will Affect You Personally in 2017 December 30, 2016June 14, 2019 / in: advertising, brands, Change, health and wellness, Insights, marketing, Politics, Public Relations, Trends Originally posted on The Huffington Post. Our trend predictions for 2017 may be the most personal to date—personal as in … Read more
Now That We’re All Uneasy, Let’s Get Cozy—and Other Trends for 2017 December 28, 2016June 14, 2019 / in: American Life, brands, health and wellness, Insights, marketing, Politics, Trends, Youth Originally posted on Forbes.com. Trends are a little like epidemics. They happen only when large numbers of people are in … Read more
From Brainerd to Brexit: Local Just Got Real December 7, 2016June 14, 2019 / in: brands, marketing, Politics Originally posted on The Huffington Post. A few weeks ago, most people probably hadn’t heard of Michigan’s Macomb County, the … Read more
Oranger Than Fiction: The Night the Bubble Burst November 15, 2016June 13, 2019 / in: Change, Education, marketing, Politics Originally posted on PRWeek. I’d like to hope that of all the bubbles Donald Trump burst on election night, the … Read more