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One more issue we have with restaurant TikTok is that it's created a demand for both presentation and menu items to be extra-showy. Food and beverage consultant Alex Delany tells Grub Street that restaurants such as NYC's Bad Roman actively try to promote a "viral dish," with the one at the time of writing being steak topped with a single super-siz... See more

There are different types of hard work:

1. Outthinking (a better strategy, a shortcut)

2. Pure Effort (working longer, intensity)

3. Opportunistic (positioning yourself to take advantage of change)

4. Consistency (doing average things for longer)

“Historically, Earth periods like the one we are about to exit focus on materialism, hierarchies, resource acquisition, territory control, and empire stabilization (see the late Roman empire, high middle ages, and industrial capitalism). Air periods, by contrast, favor the renovation of hierarchies, decentralization, shifting orders, rapid translat... See more

Brands can't create culture. People do, collectively. It's presumptuous to think that marketers have that much power. Even the idea of ‘moving at the speed of culture’ is dated and assumes that brands are omnipotent.

That said, those who understand the various dynamics informing culture are more likely to have noticeable influence on culture—and cr... See more

Berlin, baby! This is a city infected with a pre-teen’s idea of “being edgy.”