Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Loyalty programs may be the one asset agents can’t take
The one asset a booking platform can’t quietly take over is the one chains have been building, largely by accident, since before anyone said the word “agent” Jul 6, 2026 Two pieces in this series set up the problem. Chains built their AI tools for a journey that starts on their own platforms, while the…
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Your ChatGPT recommendation is fetched by two scrapers you’ve never heard of
A researcher read ChatGPT’s own network traffic and found it pulls the open web through two commercial scrapers, Bright Data and Oxylabs — reading your hotel’s site for the facts, and someone else’s page for the recommendation Jul 6, 2026 The advice you keep hearing. Fix your website. Add schema markup, clean up the copy,…
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Radisson’s price match is really live OTA monitoring
The system reads Booking.com, Expedia, Agoda, and Google Hotels live across every Radisson property, then matches the lower rate and redirects to direct — turning continuous OTA-price monitoring into the conversion trigger Jul 6, 2026 Live, everywhere, now. Radisson Hotel Group switched on real-time price matching this week across all its properties (more than 1,600…
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Visualizing Change: This Week’s Insights on US Energy and Trade Dynamics
The “Week in Charts” series by McKinsey offers data visualizations that clarify current global changes, with recent graphics focusing on US energy sources, trade dependencies, and America’s evolving competitive edge. This week’s edition provides insights into these areas, showcasing how they influence the nation’s position in the global marketplace.
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Building an Agentic Organization: The AI Transformation Manifesto and More
The article from McKinsey & Company discusses strategies for building an agentic organization and transforming businesses through artificial intelligence, emphasizing the need for a strategic shift to leverage AI effectively. It highlights the importance of organizational change to adapt to evolving technology landscapes, urging leaders to embrace a proactive approach in integrating AI across operations…
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Ad Tech Is About to Have Its Yard Sale. The Biggest Agencies at Cannes Are Broke. The Mid-Sized Ones Should Be Shopping.
It’s Thursday at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the agencies are celebrating, as they should be. Cannes was built for them. …
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What is a brand?, 1974
This illustrated discussion between Stephen King and Jeremy took place at J.Walter Thompson in 1974. The film is based on King’s seminal paper of the …
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Posh Spice, Persil and the Reinvention of Fame
In 2001, Jeremy Bullmore delivered a lecture called Posh Spice & Persil. Twenty-five years later it remains one of the most insightful things ever …
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Martin Sorrell: Cannes is obsessing over the wrong AI debate
Martin Sorrell: Cannes is obsessing over the wrong AI debate The S4 Capital founder argues agencies should focus less on generative creativity and …
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The best campaigns this week #151
Your weekly hit of inspo from the universe of creative brand marketing This newsletter is powered by Tracksuit. Always-on brand tracking built for …
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