2020

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Why Discussing Inconsequential Fashion Trends Might Still MatterDec 31
Netflix Recaps 2020 for All of UsDec 30
An Unusual Way to Find New Trends: Watch for Corporate PatentsDec 29
What Social Media Platforms Can Teach Us About 2020 TrendsDec 28
Clark Griswold Is Back in a New Ad for Ford's New Mustang Mach-EDec 25
Inside the Canceling of JK RowlingDec 25
How the Pandemic Is Helping New Zealanders Rebuild Māori CultureDec 24
Movie Theaters Won't Just Survive, They Might Just Get Better TooDec 23
The Truth Behind Indian American ExceptionalismDec 22
What Would You Put Into a Time Capsule to Remember 2020?Dec 21
Generation Z Trends for 2021Dec 18
The Ten Biggest Trends From Books Published In 2020Dec 17
Detroit Hotel Imagines a Clever Workaround for Restaurant BanDec 17
Pantone Chooses Two Colors of the Year to Tell the Dual Story of 2021Dec 16
Atlanta: The New Influencer Capital of AmericaDec 15
A Creative Roundup of Christmas Cards From Marketing AgenciesDec 14
This New “Smellicopter” Drone Uses a Real Live Moth Antenna to SmellDec 11
AI Can Run Meetings Now, And Spy On You For Your EmployerDec 11
The Colonized World Wants Its Artifacts Back. Will It Happen?Dec 10
Post-It Engineers Create a Safer Way To Tag Polar BearsDec 9
What Tinder's Year In Swipe Report Says About UsDec 8
Nobody Is Going to Conventions. Why Are Convention Centers Expanding?Dec 7
The Holiday's Creepiest Gift? These Dice Made From Human Bones.Dec 4
Are Venture Capitalists Destroying Capitalism Itself?Dec 3
The Next Big Thing In Retail Tech Might Be That Smaller Sellers Get ItDec 1
How the Pandemic Got Stay-at-Work Dads To Rethink ParentingNov 30
Tower Records and Why Digital Brand Resurrection Might Be A ThingNov 20
This Documentary Explores Algorithmic Bias. Every Human Should Watch It.Nov 20
Want To Be Woke? Stop Making Fun of Hillbillies and Rural FolksNov 19
WIRED's Course Catalog For 2073 Helps You Imagine The FutureNov 18
Twitter Accidentally Admits Its Platform Is A Noise-Filled HellNov 17
Is the Fate of the World About To Come Down To Marketing?Nov 16
Can't Decide What To Watch? Netflix Tests Scheduled ProgrammingNov 12
What's the Difference Between Being Cancelled and Being Criticized?Nov 11
Why Peloton's New Partnership With Beyoncé Is A Big DealNov 10
Kenyan Journalist Writes About The U.S. Election The Way American Journalists Write About AfricaNov 9
Everyone Hated the Gap's Last Tweet (But Not For The Reason You Think)Nov 6
Non-Obvious Megatrends Is Coming To India!Nov 6
GameStop Reminds Us That Retail Employees Are As Dispensable As EverNov 5
Why Printers Still SuckNov 3
Four Inspiring Things To Watch on Election Day (Instead of Doomscrolling)Nov 3
The Historic Appeal of Comfort FoodNov 2
Home Depot Fills The Remote Education Gap With Virtual Field TripsOct 30
This Reimagined District Map Could End GerrymanderingOct 29
How To Actually Change A Voter’s Mind (Yes, It’s Possible!)Oct 28
Reese’s Creates a Hands-Free Trick-or-Treat With a Robotic Moving DoorOct 27
Nando’s Reminds Us All To Vote In This Brilliantly Non-Partisan AdOct 26
Handshake Raises $80m To Help Diverse Young People Land JobsOct 23
The Truth About Beauty Focus Groups, From a Tired ModeratorOct 22
Merck Begins Testing Drones For Vaccine DistributionOct 21
Dan Pink on Finding Big Ideas, the Truth About Regret and the Best Timing For AnythingOct 20
Why Jellyfish Might Be The Perfect Sustainable Seafood To EatOct 20
Hilton Says: Make New Memories, Instead of Being NostalgicOct 19
Why Some Retailers Might Operate “Dark Stores” This Holiday SeasonOct 16
Can a New “COVID Passport” Help Reopen Global Travel?Oct 16
The Tenants Who Evicted Their LandlordOct 15
What Is the Future For Professional Cuddling In a Pandemic?Oct 14
How Some Travel Brands Are Adapting For Today (And How Some Aren’t)Oct 13
Facebook’s Algorithm Flags Onions In An Ad As "Overtly Sexual"Oct 9
What Teachers Really Want To Be Able To Deliver Better Virtual EducationOct 9
Every Streaming Media Platform Has a "Plus." Maybe That’s a Good Thing.Oct 8
Just In Time For The Pandemic, Now You Can Get Your Tattoo From A RobotOct 7
Can Movie Theaters Survive This Moment of Desperation?Oct 6
We May Be Able To Speak To Animals In The Future, Starting With WhalesOct 5
The Not-So-Big-Fat Indian WeddingOct 2
Heat-Activated Postage Stamps That Reveal Hidden Climate Change ImagesOct 2
Tom "Marketoonist" Fishburne on How Humor Can Inspire Change | Non-Obvious Insights ShowOct 1
British Study Finds a Third of Musicians May Quit Industry Amid PandemicOct 1
Forget the Cover. What If People Judge a Book By the Author Photo?Sep 30
Swedish Retailer Offers "Impact Receipts" To Track Environmental LifecycleSep 29
How Humor Can Help Inspire Change and (Sometimes) Revolutions TooSep 28
Marc Pritchard Might Kill The TV Upfront, and Funnel More Ad Dollars To Diverse and Minority-Owned MediaSep 25
Why Are So Many Netflix Shows Canceled After Two Seasons?Sep 25
Guy Kawasaki on How to Find Remarkable People | Non-Obvious Insights ShowSep 24
Adobe’s New "Sensei" AI Will Make PDFs More Skimmable In Every WaySep 24
The Upside of Deep Fakes and How They Could Be Better Than You ThinkSep 22
2021: The Year Entertainment Will Go To Space ... LiterallySep 21
Study Finds Pattern Recognition Ability May Impact Religious BeliefsSep 18
Microsoft Believes Datacenters of the Future Might Live UnderwaterSep 18
Jeffrey Selingo on How To Actually Get Into College | Non-Obvious Insights ShowSep 17
The New Recyclable Sneaker That You Will Rent Instead of BuySep 17
Swedish Housing Experiment Offers a Unique Solution To LonelinessSep 16
Why Isn’t Hugh Jackman a Total Asshole? Here’s the AnswerSep 15
Use Gesture-Based Animations For Your Next Zoom Team MeetingSep 14
The Non-Obvious Insights Show - Episode #234Sep 10
5 Reasons the Return of the NFL Is Such A Big DealSep 9
The LA Olympic Committee Helps Fans Dream of 2028 at the Perfect TimeSep 4
The Non-Obvious Insights Show - Episode #233Sep 3
A Conversation With Jaron Lanier: The Conscience of Silicon ValleySep 3
Fat Finger Trading and How to Use Stupidity To Get A PromotionSep 2
Desperate Airlines Mail Flyers In-Flight Magazines, Sell In-Flight Meals OnlineSep 1
Is New York Dead Forever? Inside Seinfeld's Feud With James AltucherAug 31
Lady Gaga and Japanese Star Miyavi Push the Boundaries of Virtual PerformanceAug 31
The Non-Obvious Insights Show - Episode #232Aug 27
8 Things You Can Learn From Both U.S. Political Conventions About PersuasionAug 26
Branding Lessons From the Shady History of the Oreo CookieAug 22
Activist Group Risks Prison to Use VR to Expose the Grisly Reality of Factory FarmingAug 21
Apple Sees Serious Challenge To Its Monopoly and "Apple Tax." It's About Time.Aug 21
The Non-Obvious Insights Show - Episode #231Aug 20
Time Crystals Are a Real Thing, With Totally Boring Applications (At Least For Now)Aug 20
The Secret Genius of Transparent Public RestroomsAug 19
Is Blackberry Ripe for a Resurgence Thanks to the Pandemic?Aug 18
How AdAge's Small Agency of the Year Wins Through Humble CreativityAug 17
How Japan's "Culture of Cute" Traps Japanese WomenAug 16
Non-Obvious Insights Show - Episode #230Aug 13
Problemshifting and the Myth of Food ShortagesAug 12
Watch Netflix Content Faster or Slower on Your Mobile DeviceAug 11
Coca-Cola Imagines the Future of Refreshment with "Coca-Cola Coffee"Aug 10
Why More People Should Skip the Hustle and Take the PaycheckAug 7
The Non-Obvious Insights Show - Episode #229Aug 6
The One Thing That Could Change Media and Eliminate Fake NewsAug 5
Today's Perfect Tourism Campaign: Send Your Virtual Scream To IcelandAug 4
Tokyo 2020 Is Now The Longest Marketed Olympic Games In HistoryAug 3
Is Clear's New Direction the Smartest Brand Pivot Ever?Aug 3
The First Robot Many People Loved Is Getting a Second LifeAug 2
Why CES Going Digital Is A Big DealJul 31
The Non-Obvious Insights Show - Episode #228Jul 30
Millennials Move Into Childhood Bedrooms and Revisit Their YouthJul 28
Can Reduced-Methane Cows Save the Planet? Burger King Thinks SoJul 28
Netflix's Controversial New Show On Indian Arranged MarriagesJul 27
Ritter Gets Exclusivity On Selling Square Chocolate, After Ten Year BattleJul 27
World Population Will Decline Starting In 2064, Shifting the Current World OrderJul 26
How Ultra-Niche Phones Are Going Tiny, Rugged and Bringing Back KeyboardsJul 25
5 Virtual Presentation Lessons From Comic-ConJul 23
Trader Joe's and the Slow Death of Brand PersonalityJul 22
How Researchers Trained and Created AI With Psycopathic TendenciesJul 21
Zero Touch Spaces and Floating Movie Theaters Offer a Chance to Get OutJul 21
The Truth About Fox News: It Isn't Fake.Jul 20
5 Ways To Conquer Zoom FatigueJul 18
How Afrofuturists Think Different and Why the Questions They Ask MatterJul 17
The Non-Obvious Insights Show - Episode #226Jul 16
Diageo Experiments With the World's First Paper Based Whiskey BottleJul 15
Barbados Offers Incentive For Remote Workers To Relocate There For a YearJul 14
Human Fooseball, Walmart's Virtual Summer Camp and a Smart Mask That Translates Languages | Non-Obvious Insights #225Jul 10
This Japanese Smart Mask Can Act Like a Universal TranslatorJul 10
Can Tourism Be Made Pandemic Proof?Jul 9
Walmart Debuts Drive-In Movies and Virtual Summer Camps Via Its AppJul 8
Study on Harvard Finds 43% of Students Are Legacy, Athletes or Related to DonorsJul 7
Argentines Play “Human Fooseball” Amidst the Global PandemicJul 6
Smell Could Be The Next Frontier With Virtual Reality, But Not How You ThinkJul 3
People Are Afraid To Travel. Airlines Are Making It WorseJul 3
How Disney's Latest Face-Swap Tech Might Accidentally Doom HumanityJul 2
How a Fake App Raised $200k in 48 Hours From Silicon Valley Techies With FOMOJul 1
Are Innocent People Getting Fired?Jun 30
The $0 Box Office Hit, a Virtual Summit on Book Marketing and How To Explore a Buried City | Non-Obvious Insights #223Jun 29
How To Explore a Buried CityJun 26
Art Basel Engages Patrons with Online Viewing RoomsJun 26
The $0 Budget Movie That “Topped the U.S. Box Office”Jun 25
Frustrated by PPP, Small Businesses Are Ditching Their BanksJun 24
No One Wants American TouristsJun 23
What the Popularity of Boxed Mac and Cheese Can Teach Us About DisruptionJun 19
Walgreens and CVS Will No Longer Lock Up Black Beauty ProductsJun 19
What Boxed Mac & Cheese Can Teach You About Disruption and How One Brand Quietly Embraces Its Racist Name | Non-Obvious Insights #222Jun 19
What We Lose When Netflix Makes Us Skip The End Credits For MoviesJun 18
Facebook Groups Are Destroying AmericaJun 17
The Emerging Field of Digital NutritionJun 16
One Brand Quietly Keeping Their Racist Logo While Everyone Else ChangesJun 15
Ford's Virus-Killing Car Heater HackJun 12
The Truth About Fake News, Virus-Killing Cars and How Twitter Might Save Social Media | Non-Obvious Insights #221Jun 12
What the Rise of esports Means For Brands and MarketingJun 11
The Sneaky Brilliance of Google Drone Delivering Library Books To KidsJun 9
Can Twitter Save Social Media?Jun 8
How Home Repair Is Going VirtualJun 5
Designer Remakes Covers of Dr. Seuss Books For the Modern WorldJun 4
The WEF Opens To All, Creating a New Reality For Exclusive EventsJun 3
What Is The "Real You" On Social Media?Jun 2
The Complicated Truth About Blackout Tuesday and Hashtag ActivismJun 1
How To Conquer Loneliness and Isolation While Working RemotelyMay 26
The Non-Obvious Insights Show - Episode #218May 22
Non-Obvious Insights Show - Episode #217May 15
The Non-Obvious Insights Show - Episode #216May 14
What I Learned From Doing 15 Virtual Keynotes In 21 DaysApr 27
10 Futuristic Ideas Becoming Reality Faster Because Of COVID-19Mar 30
5 Reasons Virtual Meetings Suck (And 5 Ways To Fix Them)Mar 6
What You Can Learn From 50 Top Futurists About The World To ComeFeb 12
The Best & Worst Of 2020 Super Bowl Marketing StrategyFeb 3
Ten Stories About Non-Obvious Megatrends You Should ReadJan 17
2020 Will Be The Year Of Bullsh*t. Here's How To Survive ...Jan 2

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