Part retrospective, part playlist and part discovery, welcome to Sonder Insider’s look at what we’ve learned this past year in life, in business and in marketing: Immortals are mortal Prince, Bowie, Ali People are rebelling against norms America, Razorlight & Anarchy In The U.K, Sex Pistols ...
OK, full disclosure, I’ve paraphrased Homer Simpson who once said, “To Alcohol! The cause of and solution to all life’s problems”. And, while I’m at it, the statement is not entirely true is it? I mean the first part of this sentence is right, digital...
The concept of an addict is an intriguing one. On the one hand, the term conjures up negative images of people hooked on drugs or alcohol, but if you think about it in a marketing sense, addicts are exactly what businesses want. They command authenticity,...
Making decisions is tough. There are always trade-offs, pros and cons, risks and rewards. But life generally requires us to make decisions, some big, many small. The problem is that decision making can be exhausting and lead to fatigue and when fatigue sets in, your...
I was once told I didn’t have any EQ (by my boss, not my wife, I hasten to add!), but even I have since learnt the power of EQ in business, leadership & customer understanding. EQ stands for Emotional Quotient (also known as Emotional Intelligence)...
Corporate values, for some this term is an oxymoron. Corporations don’t have values plural, they have a thing they value, singular. That “thing” is profit. Everything else is window dressing designed to make stakeholders feel a little better about the corporation. Granted, that’s a pretty cynical...
Have you been drinking the Kool Aid? We hear this phrase a lot in business. Typically referring to someone espousing the values of “the corporation” a little too passionately or over-zealous leaders who have started believing their own hype. But, do you know where the...
There’s a certain irony to cosmetics marketing. All the focus appears to be on the external, (highly) visible, outward facing subterfuge. Be it the models, the evocative imagery, the glossy magazines, the fashion or, of course, the celebrities. And all of these paid communications are...
What if I said to you that you could buy the most innovative product on the market, that is a genuine improvement on an established category, that actually delivers on its promise and costs only 10% of the value of its components. You’d be interested...
You don’t hear much about flashers anymore. Growing up it was quite common to hear about strange men in trench coats flashing themselves in the park, giving old ladies a fright and a story to tell. So where have all the flashers gone? What has driven...