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  • Creative systems, not stars

    Creative systems, not stars

    Brand turnarounds are a business setup, not a creative miracle Welcome to the Sociology of Business. In my last analysis, Ecosystem, not empire, I explored how niches drive scalable growth and how to scale in fragmented markets. If you are on the Substack, join the chat. With one of the paid subscription options, join Paid…

  • Linkedin Favors Human-Written Content Over AI-Generated Posts | Rob Wade posted on the topic | LinkedIn

    Linkedin Favors Human-Written Content Over AI-Generated Posts | Rob Wade posted on the topic | LinkedIn

    Linkedin is deprioritising posts written with AI. At a panel discussion at Google yesterday one of the speakers confirmed that human-written, original content will now be prioritised over AI-written posts. Some in the audience said that this was impossible – why would Linkedin embed an AI tool…and then punish people for using it! That’s a…

  • Top 10 articles this quarter

    McKinsey&Company Agentic commerce, global banking, and more ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Share this email Our top ten articles this quarter look at agentic commerce, global banking, fashion, and more. At No. 1, McKinsey’s Alex Singla, Alexander Sukharevsky, Lareina Yee, Michael Chui, and coauthors share the latest survey findings on artificial intelligence…

  • The week in charts

    The Week in Charts Short-haul flights, M&A deal delays, and more ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

  • What agentic AI frontrunners are doing differently

    Plus, innovations that could transform the airport experience ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Share this email Three years after OpenAI’s public release of gen AI tools, nearly nine out of ten survey respondents say their organizations are regularly using AI—but the pace of progress remains uneven. Our feature this month is McKinsey’s…

  • McKinsey has published its State of Marketing Europe 2026 report. It includes insights from 500 senior marketing leaders across France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Based on this data, we see a strong shift: branding is now the number-one priority for 2026, ahead of performance marketing, martech investments, and even generative AI. The main reason – in…

  • McKinsey has published its State of Marketing Europe 2026 report. It includes insights from 500 senior marketing leaders across France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Based on this data, we see a… | Kristina Tancher | 68 comments

    McKinsey has published its State of Marketing Europe 2026 report. It includes insights from 500 senior marketing leaders across France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Based on this data, we see a strong shift: branding is now the number-one priority for 2026, ahead of performance marketing, martech investments, and even generative AI. The main reason – in…

  • New on the Menu: Bison tartare and cocoa pasta

    New on the Menu: Bison tartare and cocoa pasta

    Senior Food & Beverage Editor Bret Thorn is senior food & beverage editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality for Informa’s Restaurants and Food Group, with responsibility for spotting and reporting on food and beverage trends across the country for both publications as well as guiding overall F&B coverage.  He is the host of…

  • This isn’t a post to thank Verizon. In fact, after 19 years with them, I’m more disappointed than anything. Quick story… AT&T has been our internet provider forever. They upgraded our… | Scott Youkilis | 22 comments

    This isn’t a post to thank Verizon. In fact, after 19 years with them, I’m more disappointed than anything. Quick story… AT&T has been our internet provider forever. They upgraded our… | Scott Youkilis | 22 comments

    This isn’t a post to thank Verizon. In fact, after 19 years with them, I’m more disappointed than anything. Quick story… AT&T has been our internet provider forever. They upgraded our neighborhood to fiber, sent a tech team, and—classic move—added a sales rep to the visit. One conversation later, I walked away with a mobile…

  • AWS announces preview of AWS Interconnect – multicloud

    AWS announces preview of AWS Interconnect – multicloud, providing simple, resilient, high-speed private connections to other cloud service providers (CSPs), starting in preview with Google Cloud as the first launch partner and then with Microsoft Azure later in 2026. Customers have been adopting multicloud strategies while migrating more applications to the cloud. They do so…

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