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How Bernie Sanders Could Replace Trump, Nike’s Big Experiment and Why The Watch Industry Needs Women

The most hopeful news this week was the many new efforts to fight back against the disturbing riseof fake news sites and disreputable sources of information. Apart from this fight, there were stories this week about the bold economic policy of Indian Prime Minister Modi, Nike’s biggest retail experiment and the latest and greatest displays of drone fireworks from Intel and Disney.

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Cocktail Flavored Detergent, How Drones Affect Ownership and The Neuroscience of Trump’s Victory

The US election is thankfully over, but it was hard to get past the coverage this week to find some truly interesting stories to share with you in this issue. I did include one piece about the neuromarketing lessons of the campaign this week, alongside the story of Coca-Cola’s latest brilliant bottle idea just in time for the holidays, a fun new way of branding laundry detergent and some stunning predictions for the future from Google’s Astro Teller.

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4 Stories That Explain The US Election (No Matter Who You Hate) & Other Non-Obvious Insights

It was a big night in America last night as the Chicago Cubs finally won the World Series, but the lead article this week is about a topic I have intentionally stayed away from both because of the topic of this newsletter and the difficulty with finding any real coverage worth reading. Today I’m going to break that rule for once and offer a thinking person’s collection of four must-see articles about the upcoming US election.

Aside from those, you’ll find an interesting campaign from a jewele...

Google’s Touchscreen Whiteboard, Sweden’s Brilliant Tax Break and Honda 3D Prints An Electric Minivan

I took a tour through many different industries and sites this week to bring you my selections for the most underappreciated stories of the week today. To be honest, I had a bit more freedom with these as I’m happy to share I submitted the final manuscript for my 2017 Trend Report last week and many of you saw the email invitation to join my advance reader’s club earlier this week.

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Lessons From Japan’s Richest Man, Chilean Startup Culture and a 3D Printer With Artificial Intelligence

It was an international sort of week these past few days as the stories which most captured my attention came from far outside the US. From the fascinating leadership lessons of Uniqlo’s Japanese CEO, to a very cool pavilion in Korea that celebrates the historic birthplace of print (which didn’t make my list of stories below but was too interesting not to share), to the story of Chile’s startup economy sometimes dubbed “Chilecon Valley.” I hope you enjoy the global tour, and the stories capti...

Yoga Backlash, IMAX Announces VR Centers & How To Get Verified On Twitter

The past week featured no escape from the 24/7 US election commentary and it’s clearly going to get worse over the next several weeks, but the weekly ritual of curating stories for this email gave me a much-needed escape from all that hype, and yielded some great stories about a powerful new documentary about educating girls, great thoughts on leadership from T-Mobile CEO John Legere, IMAX’s big bet on VR and an inventive new use for robots from Toyota.

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The Future Of Storytelling, Emirates Brilliant Strategy and the Smell Of Apple

Greeting from New York and the Future of Storytelling Conference! This week I’m at one of my favorite events of the year learning about the future of VR, interpretative dance and lots more at this wonderful gathering of creative people and innovators. If you happen to be in NY this week, check out their upcoming free FoST Fest with lots of great programming – and check out my article below for some highlights from Day 1 of the event plus several other interesting underappreciated stories that...

The Future Of Storytelling, Emirates Brilliant Strategy and the Smell Of Apple | Non-Obvious Insights #34

Greeting from New York and the Future of Storytelling Conference! This week I’m at one of my favorite events of the year learning about the future of VR, interpretative dance and lots more at this wonderful gathering of creative people and innovators. If you happen to be in NY this week, check out their upcoming free FoST Fest with lots of great programming – and check out my article below for some highlights from Day 1 of the event plus several other interesting underappreciated stories that...

Hermès Branded Film, Firefox’s Secret Browser & How Doritos Might Save America

Inspired by the Presidential Debate, the first story in this week’s newsletter features an amazingly smart “Rock The Vote” campaign from Doritos that could have wide rangingconsequences. Also this week I feature an amazing branded film about silk from Hermes, how you can test Firefox’s most innovative new plans for creating the browser of the future, Google’s plan to take on Amazon Prime (and the retailers who desperately need it to work), and finally an important story about Apple’s choice t...

Hermès Branded Film, Firefox’s Secret Browser & How Doritos Might Save America | Non-Obvious Insights #33

Inspired by the Presidential Debate, the first story in this week’s newsletter features an amazingly smart “Rock The Vote” campaign from Doritos that could have wide rangingconsequences. Also this week I feature an amazing branded film about silk from Hermes, how you can test Firefox’s most innovative new plans for creating the browser of the future, Google’s plan to take on Amazon Prime (and the retailers who desperately need it to work), and finally an important story about Apple’s choice t...