Overcoming Leadership Paralysis in The Time Of COVID-19
Scenarios with high complexity and uncertainty can be paralyzing, and paralysis is the enemy. The “new world” can be viewed through three lenses — what is accelerating, what has been disrupted and
what new demand spaces have been created.
what new demand spaces have been created.
No, Popeyes Isn’t Making Pizza. In Fact, It Wants to Intercept Your Pizza Order
Popeyes has spent the past year poking fun at Chick-Fil-A, first with a snarky tweet (“y’all good?”) and later by promoting its runaway-hit chicken sandwich as being available on Sundays–when all Chick-Fil-A locations are closed. Now the chicken chain has chosen a new rival: the entire pizza industry. In February, as Popeyes was researching its…
WhatsApp Adds New Features for Businesses
After rolling out several new features for its 2 billion-plus monthly users last week, WhatsApp turned its attention to the 50 million-plus users of its WhatsApp Business application Thursday. WhatsApp users can now scan QR codes displayed by businesses on their storefronts, product packing or receipts to initiate chats with those businesses, rather than having…
Facebook Shutters Accounts Connected To Roger Stone, Proud Boys
The accounts engaged in what Facebook called “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” Proud Boys was designed as a “hate Group” by the platform in 2018. They were linked to Roger Stone and his associates.
Uber Moves Stealthily to Gain Allies in a Fight With Cities
Nonprofits and advocacy groups signed on to an organization called Communities Against Rider Surveillance—without knowing that the ride-hail giant was involved.
LGBTQ Community Stats for Marketers; More Fashion Brands Embrace Body Inclusion: Thursday’s First Things First
Welcome to First Things First, Adweek’s daily resource for marketers. We’ll be publishing the content to First Things First on Adweek.com each morning (like this post), but if you prefer that it come straight to your inbox, you can sign up for the email here. What Marketers Need to Know About the LGBTQ Community in…
Dilbert by Scott Adams for Thu, 09 Jul 2020
AccuWeather President Steven Smith On How The Pandemic Changed The Weather Business
The pandemic changed how people checked the weather – but the usefulness of a weather forecast never ceased. “Weather is still a part of our users’ lives, but it’s different,” said AccuWeather President Steven Smith. “We had to adapt, learn from what we’re seeing, and then adapt again.” Instead of checking a forecast before a… Continue reading »
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No More Inflammatory Jargon: Change Blacklist To Blocklist
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Andrew Kraft, a principal at AQKraft Advisory Services and a former ad tech executive, most recently at Maven and AppNexus. Eighteen months ago, well before the recent protests against systemic… Continue reading »
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