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strategy scrapbook185
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consulting life57
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something i only just realized: excitement is my competitive edge. at times i’ve felt embarrassed of coming off as “too keen”. but forget that. that’s

You Have to Be Faster and Smarter Than the Client.The only reason to hire an outside partner is because they bring something the inside team doesn’t.

Vibes4
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In the traditional version of media, Vibes were scripted, then produced, then edited, then vetted, then released into the world. The end result is som

It has become clear that there is nothing in this world too far-fetched to become a vibe. The vibes are out of control. Anything can become a vibe. Ev

Vibes are everywhere. Disillusioned Labour voters are “picking up bad vibes”, reports this paper. The Bank of England gets “wrong-footed by a vibe shi

The thrill of a vibe is that it leads with emotion, not with spending power. It feels like playing hooky from a world where we are kettled by capitali

the digital panopticon29
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“Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.” ― Samuel Beckett

We live in a culture of watchers and appearers, of watchers and approvers, a culture where it feels distinctively hard to be a real human being. It’s

the toll that comes with being watched

books60
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embrace the dark15
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Gothic is resurging because it gives shape to anxieties that digital life creates but can’t visualise.

It is a destination as an escape from the status quo. This contrast between trying to keep people content within the mainstream, or challenging people

I heard you say once That a lie is sweet in the beginning And bitter in the end And truth is bitter in the beginning And sweet in the end

Beauty is boring, so we turn to the grotesque

human curation5
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Curators filter signal from noise in an increasingly noisy world. As the barriers to being a creator decrease, the internet gets even noisier and the

Curation as a Service (or CaaS)- I believe, as the amount of content on the web increases, there will inevitably be a need for more human curators. Pe

It was that golden time on the internet where new music was thrillingly accessible, but not abundantly so. The treasures still had to be sifted out, b

life ethos35
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There’s a Tom Ford quote from one of his Charlie Rose interviews that’s something akin to “the right thing at the right time is the right thing, the r

cannot stress this enough: the more you step into visibility and sharing your work..the more you feel other people's projections onto you... the

rebranding religion15
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the world is much stranger than the secular imagination thinks.

AI17
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Increasingly I feel that the only distinction between machine and human intelligence is our corporeal self, not in the sense that consciousness can on

AI is not conscious, but it is becoming our unconscious

social media27
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With Instagram there was the idea that my life is constantly available for perception and evaluation by other people. I had these thoughts: I’d upload

aphex twin1
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cozy internet6
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corporate surrealism7
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on writing41
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One of the best pieces of writing advice I've ever read came from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who said she always tries to give a character three things to

tokyo3
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Akihabara, a district in central Tokyo, has over 20 consumer electronics stores on a single 500m-long stretch. It’s known as the city’s “electric town

corporate gothic26

the surreal horrors of cubicle world

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But where the traditional Gothic is dark and looming with ornate architecture, the Institutional Gothic occurs in winding or otherwise empty office sp

idle gaze research ethos88
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Designers and strategists working toward preferable futures must recognize that technical forecasting and trend analysis are not enough. Imagination i

If image-making is to move forward, research itself has to be reframed. It can’t remain a matter of collecting what looks good together on a slide. Th

what comes after the hipster?29

tracking the death of the hyper-individualised, early-adopter, cool-hunter ‘hipster’ archetype and pondering what comes next.

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Gravitas: “I care, and it’s important.” Sermons, manifestos.Self-deprecation: “I care, but it’s not important.” Hobbies, fandoms, being nerdsniped, “m

why third spaces are sacred60

mapping the demise and re-desire of third spaces. exploring the importance they play in battling loneliness and nurturing scenes

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Have you heard about the new Soho House Mews? (It's strategic genius). The Times just published a peek inside Soho Mews, Soho House's new ultra-excl

We’re inspired by our city and everything in it — the most ancient social network that has stood the test of time. The art, fashion, and the city’s ma

source: https://www.buildirl.com Gen Z and Millennials are seeking more IRL. High end social clubs are on the rise. Flip phones are back in. We