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Healing is hot right now

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Oct 23, 2025

Healing is hot right now

After eight years with traditional healers, here's what the wellness industry doesn't understand about transformation.

The nervous system is the new marketing funnel

Deep Dive

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Oct 16, 2025

The nervous system is the new marketing funnel

What really triggers engagement today and how creatives can design for feeling, not addiction.

Saudi Arabia’s $6 billion brand play is working. And we let it.

Culture

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Oct 10, 2025

Saudi Arabia’s $6 billion brand play is working. And we let it.

From boxing rings to comedy stages, Saudi Arabia is rewriting its global image - one billion-dollar event at a time.

Tom Mackay
Tom Mackay
When vulnerability becomes a branding superpower

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Oct 2, 2025

When vulnerability becomes a branding superpower

How Serena Williams turned a weight loss confession into marketing gold

Tom Mackay
Tom Mackay
The Oreo × Reese's collab that just rewrote business rules

Deep Dive

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Sep 25, 2025

The Oreo × Reese's collab that just rewrote business rules

How three simple ingredients (nostalgia + novelty + psychological permission) predict collaboration success.

Tom Mackay
Tom Mackay
The uncomfortable truth about customer motivations

Culture

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Sep 18, 2025

The uncomfortable truth about customer motivations

Stop trying to predict cultural trends. Start focusing on how you show up every single day.

Tom Mackay
Tom Mackay
How Trends Are Slowly Killing Your Creativity

Opinion

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Sep 4, 2025

How Trends Are Slowly Killing Your Creativity

The branding trap nobody talks about until your ideas start looking like everyone else's.

Lucia Rivas Alfonzo
Lucia Rivas Alfonzo
How Zuck won and Musk lost the identity game

Deep Dive

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Aug 28, 2025

How Zuck won and Musk lost the identity game

What happens when your personality becomes your product

Tom Mackay
Tom Mackay
TripAdvisor's Rebrand That Chose Humans Over Algorithms

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Aug 21, 2025

TripAdvisor's Rebrand That Chose Humans Over Algorithms

Most saw a design refresh. The real story is how TripAdvisor repositioned against Google, AI, and big OTAs with one strategic bet

Tom Mackay
Tom Mackay
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