Garry Kasparov makes Twitter look good: "Our technology advances at the speed of Moore's Law. Our political processes, more like Parkinson's Law..." @Kasparov63 is one of the sanest and wisest voices online. Here's his latest column in the Economist (paywalled unfortunately). [BTW. Paywalls are an anathema for journalists -- they for cut you off from the Internet's greatest gift -- access to global distribution for free. The Second Law of Online Media states: Content is infinitely scalable. Others will carry it and evangelize it. But that won't happen with a paywall. Google and Facebook don't have paywalls -- yet they advise newspaper and magazine publishers to build paywalls(!) which means that the publishers cut themselves off from the single best thing about the Internet -- instant distribution at global scale. It doesn't make sense. Paywalls will hasten the disruption in the media industry. ] …see more

How secure is your medical information? Here is a well written article on the security benefits of storing your own medical records in a secure portal like http://alska.com https://lnkd.in/eFUsVeZ …see more

Just a quick read on brand and how to think about it for this Friday. #brand #brandpositioning #brandposition #marketing

You’ve heard of virtual reality and augmented reality but have you heard of parallel reality? The wonderfully named Misapplied Sciences, Inc. has developed the ability of different people looking at the same monitor to only see information relevant to them. This pretty cool concept is going to be tested by Delta Air Lines in Detroit so if you’re flying in our out of there later this year, check it out. By the way, Delta is the only domestic airline I've heard of that is working on its brand by trying to improve all aspects of air travel. #deltaairlines #parallelreality #misappliedscience #brand …see more

One of the key ways for families to build intergenerational wealth is via real estate. But on top of slavery and Jim Crow, there was red-lining by banks and real estate covenants that kept African Americans from being able to tap into that. This post by Ben Thompson at Stratechery does a solid job of knitting together how those business practices, in large part but by no means solely, created the situation America finds itself in today with regard to the systemic opression of black Americans. Keep in mind, the post only focuses on one city - Madison, Wisconsin. But it happened in every city, all across America. #race #banking #blacklivesmatter #dobetter …see more

This is pretty amazing and something I thought was still years away. Singapore has approved lab-grown chicken from Eat Just, Inc. for sale as an ingredient. The first-ever meat sold that didn't come as a result of killing an actual animal. This is, of course, different than meat substitutes like Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat in that Eat Just is selling actual meat. It will be fun to watch this industry grows as other companies are currently taking on growing seafood and beef. #eatjust #beyondmeat #labgrownmeat #chicken #futurefood #impossiblefoods #bioscience …see more

It might seem surprising to see a co-founder who sold his business buy it back. But to me this makes all the sense in the world. When ZICO Beverages, LLC was sold to The Coca-Cola Company it became just another product line. Odds were high that it would eventually shuttered (which it was announced to be 3 months ago). But by buying it back, Mark Rampolla and his team can not only give it the focus it needs for long-term success and expand the product line base the core brand, but they are tapping into the tidal shift toward plant-based diets at the right time too. Nicely done. h/t 👋 Adam Leidhecker #zico #coconutwater #plantbased #cocacola #thecocacolacompany #business #businessstrategy #branding …see more

How long would you want to live, if the choice was fully yours? A: Less than 80 years B: More than 80 years …see more

"Selling to the consumer is about selling positive emotions. Selling to the enterprise is about suppressing negative emotions." H/t Hally Pinaud …see more

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Congratulations to the left-brained Mark J. Feldman on his new role at Building Engines, Inc. ! "If performance is measured and understood across the organization, there will be a common language that people across and within departments can rely on to communicate their goals and collaborate more effectively to move the business forward. With KPI’s everyone in the organization is on the same page and marching to the beat of the same drummer." …see more

None of us know how the net neutrality issue is going to play out yet, but at the very least we can assume that brands with scale and clout are likely to do better in a deregulated provider space than those who lack that level of influence.  Which begs the question – as consumers detox from social media addiction, and the over-supply of channels and content we have had to date looks set to consolidate, how does your brand intend to stay in touch? Are you looking at a community strategy for example, or are you opting to be an ecosystem? Will you partner, diversify, license or concentrate? How are you planning to keep people’s attention and focus? …see more

"What marketing concept do you wish you had invented? Mark Ritson : Net promoter score. Every over-trained marketing academic despises it because it is so simple and is used by pretty much every major company. Its simplicity and its difficulty and its centrality make it fantastic. And because academics hate it, I love it more." …see more

“In a recent SiriusDecisions survey of more than 100 brand leaders at #B2B companies, 84% felt they had some documented brand purpose at their company. However, when we asked how they actually express #brand purpose, a very different picture emerged. Although significantly more than 50% promoted their brand purpose in #marketing campaigns, published it on their website, and included it in employee training, well below 40% put this into action by supporting external organization aligned to the brand or through ethical sourcing policies informed by their brand purpose. Clearly, it’s a challenge for most B2B companies to live up to their values.” Link below …see more

From blocking and tackling on the gridiron, to blocking and tackling internal threats and hackers — and #quantum computers? HyperSpace Security  board member Lewis Neal  (of the Dallas Cowboys ) and firm Founder Dane Butzer tells me that companies and consumers are vulnerable even when they think data is protected by tokens and #blockchain. Welcome to a new defensive play: key shadowing. …see more

"Impact is not only waste removed from waterways; it is waste never put there in the first place." Barbara "Bobbi" Kurshan …see more

“A lot of people will say, ‘Wow, you, you rarely see her riled up.’ And that’s because inside I’m going, ‘Breathe in, breathe out.’” One of Martin’s mantras for handling the daily stress of #marketingoperations is very simple: Breathe. Learn more in my NEW interview with the #AdobeExperienceMakerAwards winner of The Closer, Lisa Martin of VMware / VMware Carbon Black . In partnership with Adobe Experience Cloud #CX #DX #B2B #Marketing https://lnkd.in/dFfxVDh …see more

3 facts about 💡 Melanie Deziel : 1. She was an Expert in Residence at Gary Vaynerchuk 's BRaVe Ventures 2. She's appeared on more than 100 podcasts, wrote a column for Inc & sits on the board of the Native Advertising Institute 3. She'll be my guest on #ExperienceTV next week! Tune in Tuesday Nov 10th at 3pm ET live on LinkedIn RSVP: ktmartell.com/EXPtvEP3 Oracle Customer Experience …see more

Grad Conn : “I was always jealous of my dad... He was a mad man, did the whole thing on Madison Avenue and all the parties and drinking, and I thought ‘man I missed the party,’ but that’s not true. It’s the most amazing time to be in #CX #marketing " More takeaways from my convo with Sprinklr 's #CXO and full recap of episode 2 of #ExperienceTV is linked below. Sponsored by Oracle Customer Experience …see more

Can new technology bring new customers into the digital banking fold? PYMNTS spoke with Narendranath Mishra about iris scan technology.