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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 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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“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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Bob Bob Ricard sells over 115,000 glasses of Champagne a year. In fact, Bob Bob Ricard serves more Champagne than any other restaurant in the UK. This …
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Statements that rhyme are quite sublime. Let me tell you why. In 2000, two psychologists from Lafayette College, Matthew McGlone and Jessica Tofighbakh…
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How ridiculous ideas can unlock new opportunities.
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How Avon Brazil took the classic "Show, don't tell" principle to the next level
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Or the curious reason why using nouns (when you write copy) triggers a sense of group identity
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