Mapping Distrust
Your success depends on trust. And we are in a post-trust society. The post-trust society snuck up on us slowly and is now urgently here. Wherever the business of trust is in play, pivots will be required.
Weaponized nostalgia: Four things I finally learned in 2024
The fundamental culture that produces reliable business growth has dramatically changed. And it means we've got to learn lessons we've been avoiding for years. These were my hard lessons in 2024.
🧐 You can have whatever internet you want, just not that one
The internet's platforms are either fading into the background, only to be used for AI fodder or being designed to create echo chambers.
Your future customers are cozy in their custom digital spaces, designed to keep you, your podcast, social media posts, and ads out. So time for a Plan B.
The apocalypse collapse
You have permission to stop doing it the way it's been done. To stop selling with all of the bad habits of the last decade. You can invite your prospects back into their aspirations, their best beliefs about themselves, and all the possibilities that make them Americans.
Postponing your potential.
Leaders under-index the impact of their own decisions while over-indexing the impact of national or global headlines. So while your category is on its heels (trust us, it is), it's time to get aggressive.
Zuck's perfect fit, Ursula steals voices, and The Obvious Answers Factory™️™️™️
I briefly considered joining the ranks of firms that collect fees for not thinking about you at all. And that was something I couldn't do.
Why not theft?, "very demure," and the glorious rise of the midmarket
FWD 106: this week we hit all the accelerants out of summer, the power of slang, and why midmarkets and humility are back in fashion