The100: Accidental innovation, ask vs. guess culture, and space logos
“Then who exactly are we making ideas for?” Sam Williams, head of strategy at AMV BBDO, made a…
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10/31/2025
The100: Product failure rates debunked, storytelling frameworks, and elephants vs. pumpkins
Do 80% of new products really fail? The Ehrenberg Bass Institute has a track record of blowing up…
10/17/2025
The100: Peak social media, rebuilding attention and the most beautiful libraries in the world
Have we passed peak social media?... …The Financial Times thinks so($). Their recent article showed…
10/03/2025
The100: American Eagle, perspective triangulation and gnome bones
“You are not the consumer” Remember the Sydney Sweeney and American Eagle kerfluffle? There was the…
09/19/2025
The100: Uber’s research playbook, online delivery models and polyphonic ringtones
UberCool Back in 2017, Uber had a problem. Passengers were so unhappy with UberPool that Uber…
09/05/2025
The100: Expanding time, talking to animals and Chile’s Atacama Desert
SharkNinja’s $16B+ Product Machine SharkNinja must see more launches than a shipyard. Each year…
08/22/2025
The100: The price of American made, judgement economies and 1880s hipsters
Does your brand need to be polarising to be successful? From their grand palaces of ‘hot takes’,…
08/08/2025
The100: Selling ideas, yes/yes questions and growing older
Part myth-busting, part reality check, part blueprint Her Serene Highness of Talking Massive Sense,…
07/25/2025
The100: Chaos packaging, avoiding errors and building Bluey
The things that haven’t changed John Sills has shown that, despite all of the incredible changes…
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