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## Alistair Vince

<https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-competitors-the-empathy-problem-and-space-themed-playgrounds>

09/01/2023

#### [The100: Competitors, the empathy problem and space themed playgrounds](https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-competitors-the-empathy-problem-and-space-themed-playgrounds)

 Those 2 letters again… Unlike the metaverse (remember that?!) and NFTs, it feels like generative AI…

<https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-humour-as-a-tactic-homogenous-brands-and-cuddly-offensiveness>

08/18/2023

#### [The100: Humour as a tactic, homogenous brands and cuddly offensiveness](https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-humour-as-a-tactic-homogenous-brands-and-cuddly-offensiveness)

 Listen to the consumer, or… not? First up, a clip of Steve Jobs explaining how Apple made a list of…

<https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-pricing-psychology-amazon-tactics-and-evening-walks-in-kyoto>

08/04/2023

#### [The100: Pricing psychology, Amazon tactics and evening walks in Kyoto](https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-pricing-psychology-amazon-tactics-and-evening-walks-in-kyoto)

 The Kolenda Code Nick Kolenda has picked up a controller, hammered in Up, Up, Down, Down, Left,…

<https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-siren-strategies-memories-south-park>

07/21/2023

#### [The100: Siren strategies, memories & South Park](https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-siren-strategies-memories-south-park)

<https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-artificial-inquisitiveness-brand-purpose-and-french-exits>

07/07/2023

#### [The100: Artificial inquisitiveness, brand purpose and French exits](https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-artificial-inquisitiveness-brand-purpose-and-french-exits)

 “The road to hell is paved with good intention” Nick Asbury spoke a metric tonne of sense in his 3…

<https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-mondeo-man-museum-of-brands-and-malcolms>

06/23/2023

#### [The100: Mondeo Man, museum of brands, and Malcolms](https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-mondeo-man-museum-of-brands-and-malcolms)

 Soccer moms and NASCAR dads “A common trick to make a target group sound like it’s worth focusing…

<https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-inclusive-design-the-anti-trend-trend-and-flying-squirrels>

06/09/2023

#### [The100: Inclusive design, the anti-trend trend and flying squirrels](https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-inclusive-design-the-anti-trend-trend-and-flying-squirrels)

 Kicking off with a bang

<https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-marketing-bubbles-bud-light-and-cockney-accents>

05/26/2023

#### [The100: Marketing bubbles, Bud Light and Cockney accents](https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-marketing-bubbles-bud-light-and-cockney-accents)

 The reaction to the reaction that created more reaction

<https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-jobs-to-be-done-efficiency-reloaded-the-lucas-spielberg-bromance>

05/12/2023

#### [The100: Jobs to be done, efficiency reloaded & the Lucas/Spielberg bromance](https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/the100-jobs-to-be-done-efficiency-reloaded-the-lucas-spielberg-bromance)

 The real event in London last week

<https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/author/alistair-vince/page/5> [4](https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/author/alistair-vince/page/4) [5](https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/author/alistair-vince/page/5) [6](https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/author/alistair-vince/page/6) [7](https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/author/alistair-vince/page/7) [8](https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/author/alistair-vince/page/8) <https://hello.watchmethink.com/blog/author/alistair-vince/page/7>

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