Cranking back the years
Lots of stuff seems retrograde right now
Brands Mean a Lot
Exploring the ways branding impacts our lives--covering everything from home office playsets to menthol cigarette bans.
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Gummy Candy Eucharist
How some gummy candy gave me the strength to be more outspoken on LinkedIn.
Today's Political Nihilism
What the NYC mayoral race tells us about the state of politics at large
New Ways to Stay
Hotels and the misrepresentation of low wage work
Eating Alone in Cars
What the solitude of car-bound cheeseburgers really means
The inversion of The Deal
How AI has re-shaped our understanding of value
Working for integration
Integration isn't only for TV's "Severance", it'd serve us to try for it as well.
Politics? Getting worse?
Enshittification has come for politics
The Surreal Solidarity in Women's Deodorant
“Researchers say women's friendships are face to face: They talk, cry together, share secrets.
Hate and the Hippocratic Oath
Most companies treat customer service like a bandaid for its real problems. What's it mean that the bandaids are doctors?
Black Guck on a Duck
What do those Dawn commercials where they clean ducks say about our desensitization to man made disasters?
**For Insider.com- Brand movies. Gig economy. Connection?
There are a ton of these brand movies coming out. The gig economy continues to grow. They both kinda suck.
'Hey bitches, it's Dakota'
Neat stuff from the first few months of the year
Gender Reveal... It's Brands!
In the future, brands will be identifiable genders.
The Criminal Value Chain
In which we delve into business-speak to solve crime
What is time to a brand?
Time is different to us all, maaaannnnn
Opportunity Lies Where the Toilet Isn't
How increasing the number of public toilets per capita could increase trust in government and provide an easy on ramp to more government-provided services.
The Transcendent Power of Health Insurance
Is reality real? Is choice? What does insurance have to do with it?
Good normin' sunshine
An op-ed about returning to offices causes me to return to you.
Guest Post: Selling Fancy Mustard Is Just Like Selling an Academy Award
All you have to do is ask