Kickin' It Week Published by ScampContinue reading: If I Were CEO for a Day

"Today, customers aren’t just voicing their needs to companies that are willing to listen; they’re inventing and often building what they want." - Eric Von Hippel, reporting on research that shows that the 70% to 80% of new product development that fails does so not for lack of advanced technology but because of a failure to […]

Consumers (i.e., us) are so good at multitasking that they now prefer to consume multiple media types simultaneously. The fact that we’re listening to NPR while shopping on Ebay while watching 24 is no newsflash. But the implications of this behavior are profound for marketers who now must reconsider fundamental measurements of time. To set up […]

The folks over at JB Classics Lab recently teamed up with the super-imagintive designers at Kid Robot– the results? Naturally, this limited edition sneaker shown here and a Kid Robot x Tilt hoodie (those Kid Robot hoodies are flying off the shelves like hot cakes)! The shoe is made from 100% Nubuck leather and […]

From Jake Mckee: A community is a group of people who form relationships over time by interacting regularly around shared experiences, which are of interest to all of them for varying individual reasons. Published by John WinsorContinue reading: What is Community, #4

From Alex Bogusky at CP+B: I’ve been thinking about this a bit, and it’s not easy to add to the existing definition of community. The most obvious change that has occurred is proximity is not a limiting factor anymore. The web has changed all that and it has been interesting without a doubt. But the fact is […]

It’s been heartwarming to see more momentum around co-creation. Case in point, John Bell over at Ogilvy PR has been writing some really good stuff. Check out his blog. Published by John WinsorContinue reading: Keeping Up With Co-Creation

While we probably ought to be more interested in upcoming Super Bowl spots, this political ad caught our eye. Stop Hillary Public Action Committee is working to halt the New York Senator’s path back to the White House. In the video above the PAC catches Iowa Democrats on camera expressing their doubts about her candidacy. [via […]

While we probably ought to be more interested in upcoming Super Bowl spots, this political ad caught our eye. Stop Hillary Public Action Committee is working to halt the New York Senator’s path back to the White House. In the video above the PAC catches Iowa Democrats on camera expressing their doubts about her candidacy. [via […]

At the center of my weekend in Aspen, which was filled with every sort of sensory overload imaginable, was the competition itself. This was the 11th Winter X Games, and it was the most innovative and impressive to date. Attendance records were shattered– there were a reported 31,200 people at Saturday night’s snowboard […]

We started quite the debate last June when we blogged about Alice Wang’s Audio Sticks– her personal vision of what the future for sellable-audio might hold, in this case she experimented with USB flash memory keys decorated in album art. Her latest project addresses another big phenomena that comes up in everyones lives; Peer Pressure. […]

Chocolate is at the beginning of a new age. One of the companies at the forefront of flavor and functionality is New Tree. New Tree is the maker of some of my favorite chocolate bars including Vigor, a pick-me-up dark chocolate infused with coffee and Renew, a dark chocolate with black currant cassis. New […]

The first question I asked when we met the guys from Airforce Nutrisoda, was “why Airforce?” Then, we learned the story about how once upon a time, a very smart man got fed up with getting sick on planes, and developed their first product, Immune. The concept blossomed from there. What impressed me even […]

Author, educator and art director/brand strategist, Robin Landa, spoke with some of the industry’s top creative directors and compiled their best advise in a downloadable document available from Amazon.com for $0.49. Here’s a small slice: Robin Landa: “What’s your philosophy about advertising?” John Butler: “It has to be likeable. It has to inform and inspire. It has to […]

Author, educator and art director/brand strategist, Robin Landa, spoke with some of the industry’s top creative directors and compiled their best advise in a downloadable document available from Amazon.com for $0.49. Here’s a small slice: Robin Landa: “What’s your philosophy about advertising?” John Butler: “It has to be likeable. It has to inform and inspire. It has to […]

According to USA Today, Whirlpool is launching a nationwide search for a next generation Maytag repairman. It could be a professional actor, an ordinary guy next door or even a real-life appliance repairman, the company says. The search will include casting calls for union actors and calls open to the public in Los Angeles, Chicago and […]

It’s been a hell of a week and lots of things have happened. We’ve received a ton of press coverage already on national radio, in the newspapers and so on. It’s great to be part of something that spans such a wide audience. In this post, I’ll line up the final state as it is […]

Ben Brown “lives in San Francisco but dreams in Austin.” As such, he’s uniquely qualified to create an innovative mashup. Powered by BBQ and an animal desire to parody everything I see, I registered the domain “kottkekomments.com,” mostly as a joke. Everyone loves alliteration. Well, this evening, I found a few spare brain cycles and finally launched the […]

Friday nights in Aspen can be pretty hopping, but during the Winter X Games, the vibe becomes truly electric. Belly Up is, in an of itself, one of the best intimate music venues anywhere, and the fact that it’s in Aspen puts it even higher on my list of favorite places to watch a […]

From January 25th to February 4th, the Little Nell run on Aspen Mountain is the place to go to see the creme de la creme of action sports photography. Red Bull Illume is a photography contest that puts the top 50 photographers’ works on exhibit in a larger than life, on-mountain display. The […]

Rob Walker’s Consumed column in the New York Times Magazine today looks at a youthful company trying to bring new meaning to a crusty old word. One of the sturdy clichés of contemporary brand-building is the importance of avoiding an image that’s too “crunchy” or, worse, too “granola-y.” That’s particularly true — and maybe particularly challenging […]

I simply have no idea what to make of this. From The Wall Street Journal: While many advertisers lavish dollars targeting well-off consumers, in Latin America the vast majority of people have far less money. According to the World Bank, 25% live on less than $2 a day, and many millions of others earn only a […]

When it invloves a beautiful woman, business ethics isn’t an oxymoron. Rather it’s time for the mainstream press to go all Gawker on us. Here’s how the Globe and Mail describes the situation: She is the face that launched a thousand stocks, a television fixture whose movie-star looks and expanding influence have earned her the nickname “Money […]

"He’s an icon. Imagine that: Al Gore, Mr. Straight and Narrow, Mr. Dull on Wheels — now he’s culturally cool." - Frank Luntz, the Republican consultant who advised George W. Bush to dispute global warming during the 2000 and 2004 elections. Published by John WinsorContinue reading: Quote of the Day

From Ian Yolles at Nau: In its simplest form I think of community as a group of people who share a common set of interests and values. What intrigues me though is the relationship between the individual and the community. I think the deeper, more important subtext is identity based in that the social interactions and […]

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What do you do when employees act childish? Published by ScampContinue reading: Creativity Is Child’s Play

Even though I have a hard time imagining Andy Warhol drop into a half-pipe, I’m a huge fan of all the Warhol fashion collaborations we’ve seen coming out over the past few months. The latest in the Warhol-celebration-epedemic is the 2008 line from Burton, no cows, Marilyn Monroe or cans of tomato soup […]

A great find when it comes to simple ingredients, incomparable taste and a product with personality is CMB Sweets. CMB Sweets is all natural, all Californian and is “made with nothing but fruit (organic as often as possible), sugar, lemon juice and spice.” One of the best things about CMB Sweets, beyond the amazing […]

As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve asked a few respected colougues the question, "What is Community" and will be sharing them in a series. Here’s the first from fellow blogger and improv maestro, Johnnie Moore: A group of people whose sense of identity is made up, to wildly varying degrees, by shared values/interests/passions.  The […]