"Stephen Fry meets Malcolm Gladwell"

"The Creativity Issue"

Think Quarterly by Google | "The Creativity Issue"

"We live in a dream world"

"Life Isn’t ‘A Production Line"

DHL "Social memories"

"Big Brother pizza delivery"

As one of the commentators points out, this YouTubian video may be 5 years old, but looking at Facebook's public culture where everyday we share our preferences, thoughts, etc. this simulated reality will be arriving sooner than we expect.

"What motivate us"

"We are purpose maximizers, not only profit maximizers."
-- Daniel Pink

"Time Magazine Top 10"

The Top 10 ad campaigns, The Top 10 quotes, The Top 10 tweets ...

"From pyramids to nests"

Robbie Cooper "Immersion"

"Music Philosophy"

Mico (Ricardo Toledo, ex- Leo Burnett Lisbon) and now studying in London has an interesting project in hands entitled "Music Philosophy".

The concept:
"Music Philosophy is a weekly graphic/typographic interpretation of philosophical song quotes. All the posters look great as an iPhone desktop wallpaper, so feel free to download them."

Google: "The new CorporNation"

Google's size and influence (media and economic) are such that it has transcended the lowly frame of a mere corporation and have turned it into a CorporNation.

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(Google) is the end-point of a gradual progression in which brands have grown large in the culture, standing for increasingly meaningful issues, belief systems that stretch well beyond their core functional benefit. We've gone from Coke=Refreshment, to McDonald's=Family, to Nike=Empowerment, to Google=The Bill of Rights.

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"The World's Greatest Salesperson"

"Can you sell a red brick?"
Here's an interesting challenge from Ogilvy that combines imagination, collaboration and persuasion.

FCUK plays Chat Roulette

Quick without missing the opportunity, French Connection UK is offering $250 worth of clothing to anyone who can successfully seduce a woman on the new internet phenomenon ChatRoulette.

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3D Editorial

3D is here to stay, put your glasses.

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"The fringe benefits of failure"

J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo.

"Divorce gift list"

From "Wedding lists" to "Divorce lists":

"Debenhams, the high street retailer, has launched what is thought to be the UK's first 'divorce gift list' for couples ceremonially untying the marital knot.

Divorcees are expected to list large plasma screen TVs, computer games and non-iron shirts high on their lists to help them get over their break-ups and readjust to the single lifestyle."

"Insights into Augmented Reality"

"Machotaildrop"

Willy Wonka meets the Skateboard Factory?

"What Really Kills Great Companies"

An interesting article from Gary Hamel in The Wall Street Journal about the inertia of organizations, using the example/analogy of the Church "organization".

What are some of the inertial forces that have prevented churches from reinventing themselves in ways that might make them more relevant to a post-modern world? A partial list would include:

–Long-serving denominational leaders who have little experience with non-traditional models of worship and outreach.

–A matrix of top-down policies that limits the scope for local experimentation.

–Training programs (seminaries) that perpetuate a traditional view of religious observance and ministerial roles.

–Promotion criteria for church pastors that reward conformance to traditional practices.

–And a straightjacket of implicit beliefs around how you “do church.” For example:

Church happens in church.

Preaching is the most effective way of imparting religious wisdom.

Pastors lead in church while parishioners remain (mostly) passive.

The church service follows a strict template: greet, sing, read, pray, preach, bless, dismiss (repeat weekly).