A smart and worldly man, Tobaccowala has produced a deeply informed book about brand marketing, data science, and humanity that is a remarkably lively read. Name another book about business (or any other subject) that in one breath urges the reader to acknowledge “the turd on the table” in the boardroom and references François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows and Joan Didion in the next. Marketing+Strategy Magazine Best Business Books 2020.
David Kenny is the Chairman of Nielsen, Best Buy and Teach For America.
Work is central to the human experience.
Everything is easy but people get in the way.
The conflation of five major forces from 1)technology to 2) demographic change, to 3) the growing importance of marketplaces where one can access both resources or customers with minimal to no capital, to 4) the rewiring of work due to Covid and 5) the rise of an economy of free-lance workers and rise of the side hustle, will impact every job but particularly those of knowledge works very significantly.
"Everything that has a shape breaks”- Japanese Proverb
The most updated and advanced versions of foundational AI models from Anthropic, Google and Microsoft, as well as a seasoned version of human intelligence (HI) were asked the same question about grace.
For four decades my career at Publicis Groupe has been deeply intertwined with technology, allowing me to observe its changes across several industries including the communications industry.
We have entered an age of de-bossification.
While it is important to listen to and learn from other people and be aware of what they may think of us, we should not live in other peoples minds.
The future organization does not fit in the containers or the mindsets of the past.
Successful individuals and firms tend to have a commonality to their success.
This past Friday, I had the opportunity to present at the AI-volution of Culture 2.0 held at the Times Center in New York City. The event was created by Quilt. AI, a company on whose board I sit and featured the talk show host and comedian Trevor Noah, the incredible chef Massimo Bottura of Osteria Francescana, Katie Drummond the Global Editorial Director of Wired, and many other extra-ordinary presenters.
From “The Hollow Men” by TS Eliot.
This post provides an update and a request before we return to regular posts next week.
The perfect words in the perfect order is one definition of poetry.
Here is a highly curated list of resources that can help us increase our AI Quotient.
Accessibility is a key to successful businesses and individuals.
Generosity as an approach to Life.
This is the last of a six part series of why a “company of one mindset” will be critical for career success.
