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What can this joke tell us about developing communication ideas?
by Michel Dubery
02/12/2021/by Michel DuberyInterrupting people is way harder than it sounds.
Just ask a Boston cop.
by Michel Dubery
22/09/2021/by Michel DuberyHow being distinctive helped a new chocolate company enjoy run-away success
by John Perkins
14/09/2021/by John PerkinsWhy do customers sometimes seem blind to your new messaging?
Ever wondered why customers haven’t noticed new information…
10/06/2021/by Michel DuberyImplementing the reward mechanism to encourage behaviour change
As grown-ups in the 21st century, we are all patently aware…
04/09/2019/by Michel DuberySo you’ve set yourself a New Year’s resolution…
By John Perkins
11/03/2019/by John PerkinsBook review by Gabriella Rose – “When breath becomes air”
by Paul Kalanithi
26/04/2018/by Joe HoyleWe just need to know one more thing…
Ever seen a boss, a colleague or (heaven forbid) yourself behave…
13/03/2018/by Michel DuberyTrying to influence someone? Offer them lunch or ask for a favour?
This would seem like a stupid question with a pretty obvious…
19/09/2017/by Michel DuberyIs your brand a few bars short of a symphony?
How music and sound can help to capture the hearts of more customers
Is…
10/11/2016/by Patrick NorrieIs…
What would Steve Jobs have said about your eDetail campaign?
I recently saw a Steve Jobs YouTube clip from the 1997 Apple…
15/09/2016/by John PerkinsWhy apps that fail to reward ultimately end up failing
I was in a client meeting the other day when I was asked a very…
02/08/2016/by Michel DuberyThe Fall and Rise of Useful Advertising
Remember when programmatic was going to effortlessly turn DDA…
13/07/2016/by Joe HoyleAre you making the classic multichannel marketing mistake?
When we consider MCM it is vital that we remember what the last…
08/06/2016/by Michel DuberyHelping the right brain lead the way in research
For a creative person, research can be equally invigorating and…
04/05/2016/by Patrick NorrieApplying neuroscience to improve your marketing effectiveness – No.1 Gamification v Gaming
Gamification: are you making this fundamental error?
Confusing…
21/04/2016/by Michel DuberyConfusing…
Digital disruption or a clever tweak?
I’ve been seeing this slide a lot recently. Each time it gets…
26/11/2015/by Michel DuberyHow much can digital & social alone really grow your business?
This is a brilliantly well written article in the FT by freelance…
17/11/2015/by Michel DuberyEscaping the Prison of the Over-Rational
The latest findings in neuro-science have profound implications…
17/11/2015/by Michel DuberyGreat Lewis Carroll Quote for the Day…
“Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said. ‘One…
17/11/2015/by Michel DuberyThe Brand Frying Pan and the Motorbike Helmet
Imagine a land where marketers wandered around town centres armed…
17/11/2015/by Michel DuberyRSA Animates: Iain McGilchrist – The Divided Brain
Brilliantly put together by the RSA from a talk given by Dr Iain…
16/11/2015/by Michel DuberyEinstein on Intellectual Humility
"As a human being one has been endowed with just enough intelligence…
16/11/2015/by Michel Dubery
What can this joke tell us about developing communication ideas?
/0 Comments/in All, Attention, Awareness, Distinctive thinking, Human behaviour, Left brain, Narrow-focussed attention, Neuroscience, Right brain, Wide-focussed attention /by Michel DuberyInterrupting people is way harder than it sounds.
/0 Comments/in All, Attention, Awareness, Distinctive thinking, Human behaviour, Left brain, Narrow-focussed attention, Neuroscience, Right brain, Wide-focussed attention /by Michel DuberyJust ask a Boston cop.
Just ask a Boston cop.
How being distinctive helped a new chocolate company enjoy run-away success
/0 Comments/in All, Distinctive thinking, Dopamine effect, Human behaviour, Left brain, Neuroscience, Reward mechanism, Right brain /by John Perkins