Just a keychain…or is it? For as long as I can remember in my 20+ year career in brand innovation, a company / product / brand launch just wasn’t complete without the “obligatory” hat, T-shirt, coffee mug, backpack, or pen. Back then, we called these items “swag,” “trinkets and trash,” or as the trade refers… Continue reading The Strategy in “Swagery”
Imagine the creative briefs: design packaging that causes pause for consumers at the checkout. This week the Australian government passed legislation requiring tobacco companies to follow strict new packaging standards to do just that. The only differentiation across packaging is the featured malady to which smoking is known to be the culprit. The goal: reduce… Continue reading Packaging designed to curtail the sale!
What role or use case does the new iPad mini best serve? I’ve always been an early adopter—from making sure those new fangled Adidas “running shoes” were on my Christmas list in 5th grade to entering the high tech field before it was so “high.” I’ve kept every one of my four iPods, am on my third iPhone… Continue reading iPad mini: Is 4 a crowd?
GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt addressing business and technology leaders at the “Minds and Machines” event in San Francisco. Today I heard GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt, tech pioneer Marc Andreessen, and other thought leaders foreshadow what will likely be the next major economic boon: “the Industrial Internet.” Today, GE unveiled its strategy to a select group of customers… Continue reading Bringing Manufacturing’s Sexy Back: The Industrial Internet
And the results of the “uncommon debate?” Just as predicted.