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Tesla's Chief Driver of Success: Masculinity

Tesla's Chief Driver of Success: Masculinity

Sensible man-of-action heroism as an experience.

Eataly's Third Place and the Customer Experience

Eataly's Third Place and the Customer Experience

A third place must evolve to remain relevant.

What Gives Red Bull Wings? Creating a Successful Market-Oriented Organization

What Gives Red Bull Wings? Creating a Successful Market-Oriented Organization

There is no question that from its inception, Red Bull has been an extremely special company. (Thompson, Rindfleisch, and Arsel 2006) at every touch point. But that’s not all; Red Bull takes a market-orientation and customer experience design approach, radiating the brand from the inside out. 

Going Legit: Marketing as a Social Designer

Going Legit: Marketing as a Social Designer

Marketers must coordinate multiple actors.

Is there a Science Behind Reality Distortion Fields?

Is there a Science Behind Reality Distortion Fields?

Leveraging the sociology of expectations.

CX Design: Strategy Beyond Theatrics

CX Design: Strategy Beyond Theatrics

Why not all business is show business.

Zombie Brands: The Science Behind Undead Market Icons

Zombie Brands: The Science Behind Undead Market Icons

When companies and products die, their brands often live on. From Napster and Pan Am to Woolworth and Mister Donut - zombie brands abound. They have been resuscitated, redefined, or kept alive by unusual means. However, zombie brands are not all made from the same cloth. Some are brought back as nostalgic fashion icons, others have been sustained by passionate fans. Yet others simply continue exist in other parts of the world or in our imagination.

Apple Pay, CurrentC, and the Normalization of Credit/Debt

Apple Pay, CurrentC, and the Normalization of Credit/Debt

Paying for stuff has just gotten easier with Apple Pay - or so it seems. Apply Pay is a wireless payment system that lets owners of iPhone 6 pay for goods at retailers with wireless payment terminals. Users put their phones near the payment terminals, put their thumbs on the Touch ID button, and the transaction is complete.

Netflix's Transformation: Big Data vs. Big Design

Netflix's Transformation: Big Data vs. Big Design

From streaming service to original content provider.

Teaching Consumers How to Rationalize on Your Behalf

Teaching Consumers How to Rationalize on Your Behalf

Focus group: Why are you using Botox? I use Botox because it’s so much cheaper and more effective than makeup, but also less painful than plastic surgery. Right? Probably wrong.

Just Why Is Ello So Naive?

Just Why Is Ello So Naive?

Challenging Facebook is not about delivering a naive message about privacy and freedom from ads. It is about understanding how we use the market, brands and technology to construct our moral identities.

Bendgate: 5 Things Apple Will Do Next

Bendgate: 5 Things Apple Will Do Next

There are two ways to address a brand image crisis: redesign the actual product or redesign people's expectations around the experience of consuming the brand. Here are five brand image revitalization tactics Apple will use next.

Re-envisioning Marketing: One Assemblage at a Time (Schulich Spotlight on Research 2014)

Re-envisioning Marketing: One Assemblage at a Time (Schulich Spotlight on Research 2014)

For Schulich Marketing Professor Markus Giesler, marketing is not the art of satisfying consumers. It’s the art of assembling markets. Is this why some of the world’s most successful companies are adopting his breakthrough approach? A journey into the world of market systems. 

The 40 Most Outstanding B-School Profs Under 40 In The World (Poets & Quants)

The 40 Most Outstanding B-School Profs Under 40 In The World (Poets & Quants)

Poets & Quants has published its "40 under 40" list and, somehow, they listed me as well - along with some stellar marketing colleagues including Kathleen Vohs, Harikesh Nair, and Nina Mazar. Thank you Poets & Quants and congrats to the other 39 colleagues!

http://poetsandquants.com/2014/02/12/the-40-best-b-school-profs-under-40/