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In 2019 Netflix wanted to create a trailer to promote Narcos Mexico in Thailand. The problem? Narcos Mexico is filled with drugs, guns, war weapons, ex…
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Andre Agassi was famous for his powerful returns of serves. In fact, many tennis fans (me included) consider him the best serve returner in the history…
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When Subaru entered the U.S market in 1968, the Japanese car maker got off to a slow start. Sales were low, slow and without glow. That year Subaru sol…
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Ever heard of sensational spelling? Grammar dictators hate it. Sensational spelling is intentionally misspelling something to call attention. You proba…
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You don't need BIG budgets to come up with BIG creative ideas. In February 2021, a Toronto burger restaurant called Good Fortune Burger came up with a …
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Love him or hate him, Ronald Reagan was a Master Persuader. But when President Reagan campaigned for reelection in 1984, Reagan was 73 years old. Age w…
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How ad legend George Lois (and a good dose of lateral thinking) saved MTV from going bankrupt after its first year of operations
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How text-message nudges can persuade people to accept a Covid-19 vaccine
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Mar 26CommentShare
“Simplify, then exaggerate”. That's the advice Geoffrey Crowther, the editor of The Economist from 1938 to 1956, used to give to young journalists. If …
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(Hint: It involves writing in Plain English)
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Most real-world and business problems are perception problems. Let me tell you a little story that illustrates what I mean. Scurvy was a BIG BIG proble…
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What do Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher and Winston Churchill have in common? They were all master communicators who understood the power of words in…
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