Forward Thinking

Video Gallery of Super Bowl 2013 Ads: Where’s the Innovation?

Here's a video gallery of all ads screened during yesterday's brand-fest otherwise known as the Super Bowl - at the Mercedes Benz superdome in New Orleans and featuring the Pepsi Halftime  Beyonce sh...

4th February 2013   |   3 minute read

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Imagine: How Creativity Works [Speed Summary]

Imagine: How Creativity Works Author: Jonah Lehrer Publisher: Houghton Publication: 2012 Here's how creativity works - you sweat a problem until you get frustrated, then a flash of insight (epiph...

10th December 2012   |   3 minute read

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How Brands Grow [Speed Summary]

How Brands Grow: What Marketers Don't Know Author: Byron Sharp Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: 2011 How Brands Grow: What Marketers Don't Know (HBG) is one of those busines...

28th November 2012   |   3 minute read

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The Little Black Book of Innovation [Speed Summary]

The Little Black Book of Innovation: How it Works - How to do it Author: Scott D Anthony Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press Publication: 2012 The Little Black Book of Innovation demystifies ...

2nd November 2012   |   3 minute read

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Thinking, Fast and Slow [Speed Summary]

Thinking, Fast and Slow Author: Daniel Kahneman Publisher: Allen Lane Publication: 2011 How persuasive is your marketing? If you're thinking about persuasion in marketing in terms of rational...

10th April 2012   |   3 minute read

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The Ultimate Question 2.0: How Net Promoter Companies Thrive in a Customer-Driven World

The Ultimate Question 2.0: How Net Promoter Companies Thrive in a Customer-Driven World Author: Fred Reichheld and Rob Markey Publisher: Harvard Publication: 2011 How do brands grow?  Whilst the...

10th February 2012   |   3 minute read

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Trade-off: Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don’t

Trade-off: What Some Things Catch On, and Others Don't Author: Kevin Maney Publisher: Broadway Publication: 2010 Will your new brand or product catch on? It all depends on whether you're a 'high-f...

1st February 2012   |   3 minute read

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The Truth About What Consumers Want (Part 2)

The Truth About What Customers Want Author: Michael Solomon Publisher: FT Press Publication: 2009 Marketing is about satisfying needs, but in order to do that you need to understand needs.  To he...

12th June 2011   |   3 minute read

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The Truth About What Customers Want

The Truth About What Customers Want Author: Michael Solomon Publisher: FT Press Publication: 2009 Marketing is about satisfying needs, but in order to do that you need to understand needs.  To he...

26th April 2011   |   3 minute read

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Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions Author: Guy Kawasaki Publisher: Portfolio/Penguin Publication: 2011 (March 3rd) One part Dale Carnegie, one part Robert Cialdini, and on...

29th March 2011   |   3 minute read

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Predictably Irrational – The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions [Speed Summary]

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions Author: Dan Ariely Publisher: Harper Collins Publication: 2010 (Revised Expanded Ed.) Predictably Irrational is the bestselling b...

30th January 2011   |   3 minute read

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The New Experts: Win Today’s Newly Empowered Customers at Their 4 Decisive Moments

The New Experts: Win Today's Newly Empowered Customers at Their 4 Decisive Moments Author: Robert H. Bloom Publisher: Green Leaf Publication: 2010 Another month, another book on Customer Empowerme...

12th December 2010   |   3 minute read