24 May 2012

Facebook IPO Post Mortem - Kil...

Facebook IPO Post Mortem - Killer - but not for the reasons you think ! http://t.co/jvHLKLMO via @mcuban
22 May 2012

This INSANE Graphic Shows How ...

This INSANE Graphic Shows How Ludicrously Complicated Social Media Marketing Is Now http://t.co/QblJdfK9 via @BI_Advertising
2 May 2012

Congrats to my friends at BBH ...

Congrats to my friends at BBH and all the other winners "BBH Named Webby's Agency of the Year http://t.co/Pg43bF9F"
30 Apr 2012

New "On Creative Collaboration with Scott Lukas" podcast — Mick McCabe, CSO, kirshenbaum bond senecal partners

Mick and I talk about the benefits of pairing different talents, collaborating in an industry that's increasing its speed and how KBS+P is working differently these days. [podcast] Subscription available on iTunes. Kishi Bashi's "Bright Whites" opens and closes the podcast.  Buy this fantastic work here.
23 Apr 2012

New podcast: Vanessa Colella, Citi's Head of NA Marketing, Managing Director is on "On Creative Collaboration with Scott Lukas"

Vanessa Colella and I talk about what creative collaborators can learn from science, complex systems and being a marketer who manages multiple agencies. Before CITI, Vanessa spent time as the "Entrepreneur in Residence" at the venture capital and private equity firm USVP, the SVP of Insights at Yahoo, a partner at McKinsey and a teacher of middle school science and high school biology. You can learn more about Vanessa here. [podcast] Listen here or on iTunes.
23 Apr 2012

Simple clever household innovations.

  Nice inspiration for a Monday morning.
27 Mar 2012

Funny "tip us" signs show us how to tap different motivations.

Let’s say you work in a local coffee shop or a bar full of cheapskates. You get paid minimum wage (or less). You work hard. How do you earn a little more? Tips!   I saw this great post that listed a bunch of creative signs to encourage tipping. These signs are great because they demonstrate a core strategic skill: Tapping different motivations to evoke a behavior. The motivation most associated with the “category” tipping is generosity. We give extra because someone did something for us. What makes each of the signs interesting and compelling is that tap something else within us. They disrupt the common narrative and creative a new one by framing the behavior (tipping) as a way to satisfy a new and different motive. Sometimes they tap more than one. This one taps our desire to be affiliated with one group (and not another).  In technical motivational terms, it's social standing via affiliation.   This one is in the same ballpark.                                           This one is tapping idealism.  Just another way to say that the discrepancy between the rich and poor isn't right.                   This one taps curiosity (our desire to think about what's unknown) and a bit of social connection (this is a top notch topic to talk about with a friend and get to know more about them. Apparently this question helps us understand personality types.  John Hodgman explained this very well on This American Life).                           This one taps the motive-based cultural narrative of "progressives vs. conservatives."  Progressives embrace change.  Conservations embrace tradition.  While it isn't tapping people's affiliation desires overtly (I tip because I really fear change), it is tapping it in the sense that some people like clever people and that's worth a bit more to them.                       This one works the same way (and would be the one that gets my extra cash).   All in all good examples about how you can get the behavior you want by tapping a different motive.  If you are interested in applying this approach to a marketing challenge, we've codified the work of many specialists in this area into a tool unimaginatively named "The Motivations Tool."  The tools helps you look at markets, competitors and your brand in entirely new ways.
21 Mar 2012

Avi Dan of client/agency relationship firm Avidan Strategies

Avi and I talk about collaboration models, what clients think of agency collaboration and how agencies can better work together to serve clients.    Avi'd experience allows him to be insightful from both an agency and a client perspective.  Lots of great points made in this one.  Be sure to check it out here or search for Scott Lukas or Dosage on iTunes. [podcast]  
16 Mar 2012

Ewan Adams, Comms Planning Lead at Disney's agency 4D Los Angeles

Ewan Adams and I talk about how collaborating in Hollywood is different than in New York, how fear gets in the way and how the spaces you work in matter.  Ewan is smart, humble and overall has a lot of interesting experiences and things to pass along.  Here's how he describes himself for this post.  It says it all, "Ewan been doing comms planning in 3 places now - London, New York and LA. he's pretty good at it but still hasn't found a way of explaining it to his mum."  Listen in here or if you prefer search Scott Lukas or Dosage on iTunes. [podcast]  
12 Mar 2012

E-book format removes stigma from reading erotica for women?

They say you can't judge a book by its cover (people do) but what's more powerful is being judged by others who see your cover. E L James has written a book that proves that point. Her book, "Fifty Shades of Grey" is an erotic novel for woman. And it is, as the NYT says here, "electrified women across the country." The rise of tablets has literally taken the book out of books, with all kinds of consequences yet unseen. This is just one of them.

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