Category: Innovation

  • Fast talking can get you hired by Pizza Hut

    Here’s an approach to recruitment that turns on its head the traditional ways to choose applicants you want to actually meet and interview and, indeed, the interview method itself. Forbes reports that the Yum! Brands-owned Pizza Hut restaurant chain will…

  • Enter the pop-up agency concept

    You’ve heard about the pop-up store: the retail outlet that appears one day – “popping up” – is there for a few days or perhaps weeks, often tied to an event of some kind, and then shuts down. The idea…

  • Sentiment analysis and the challenges of content overload

    Last week, Socialbakers came to town with the London stop on their Socialbakers World Tour. The social media analytics company invited me to the London event to hear from CEO Jan Rezab presenting analysis on brand behaviours on Facebook, including…

  • GE’s six dimensions of leadership

    A drum that many communicators bang a lot – I do it, too – is the one that tries to get your attention on the view that an essential role of leadership in organizations is that of communication. I’m not…

  • Six reasons why Vine is worth your time

    The buzz about Vine – pro and con – is non stop. BBC News has a great 6-point analysis of why they think it will continue grabbing attention: Stop motion animation is alive and well Ads work at six second length…