Agalia Tan

@agaaalia

Senior Strategist at We Are Social

RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore

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Sherry Turkle made a provocative observation in her 2016 book Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age. She claimed that it takes seven minutes for a conversation to really get good. In those first seven minutes, participants are mostly giving standard answers to one another’s questions. However engagened and genuine they may be,... See more

making conversation

BRAVING framework for building trust:

Boundaries: you know what’s okay and not okay to do, and respect the boundary
Reliability: do as you say
Accountability: own mistakes, apologise and make amends
Vault: you don’t share information or experiences that are not yours to share
Integrity: courage > comfort. you choose right over what is fun, fast or

leadership

“We find meaning in work that allows us to become enough of an expert that we are able to add our own flavor.”

Stratscraps v167.

seeds

To stick out, brands are reliant on hyperactive, often unhinged, social handles, whose success is measured by how well the mimic prevailing trends and create stunt content rather than communicate larger brand ideas.

— From “Not a Playbook”

strategy

Are we soon going to step out of the fad cycle to re-prioritise ideas? Do people even know what ideas are anymore?

Continual discernment is key

30 Lessons From Art / Business / Life — Kening Zhu

For the you that is hungry for more moments that are tender, curious, full, both dumb funny and smart funny (thank goodness the robots are still crap at humor), emergent, and imperfect. For the you that is building good and better things for the humans in your lives. For the you that wants texture and stories and things that are whole, not just... See more

A year

designing with feelings

There’s this metaphor in surfing: when you’re young and inexperienced you try to catch every wave. But with some experience you know when the right wave is coming and you surf it as long as you can. It holds true with clients for me. It’s mostly out of your control when the right thing comes in, so when it does you need to be able to see it and... See more

Jacqui Kavanagh • Serendipity as the Sales Strategy

things you should remember and on working

Stream the Eno documentary worldwide — Oh You Pretty Things

ohyouprettythings.com

to read later

In this environment, social and economic signaling converge: individuals and organizations who are recognized for reliable curiosity, trusted curation, and sound judgment accrue disproportionate attention, trust, and capital, further amplifying their economic position.

Sangeet Paul Choudary • Humans as 'luxury goods' in the age of AI

the impact of AI and taste