Facebook's leadership loses face;
Harvard will school
Congress on A.I.; autonomous vehicles may mean changing
real estate norms;
Lime's oh-so-Silicon Valley announcement;
Amazon is reaping more ad dollars; the role of
opposition research firms in business;
Walmart slides into the #3 ecommerce slot; in-store and digital retail go hand-in-hand;
Twitter might get an edit button;
Netflix might get ads;
podcasts are a seductive way to do storytelling; running
cybersecurity without cyber; buying safe and secure products this holiday season; it's rewards time in
ride-sharing; protecting
data is a top priority for
CMOs; why random acts of
kindness work for all of us; starting a
gratitude journal; plus the
podcast pick of the week and so much more in the
Zuck Stops Here edition of
The Full Monty for the week of November 19, 2018.
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Announcements
Top Story
Artificial Intelligence / Autonomous
Communications / Marketing / Business Strategy
Retail Apocalypse
Platforms
Media
Privacy / Security / Regulatory
Measurement / Analytics / Data
Mental Nourishment
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Top Story
The company that knows all about you doesn't want you to know all about it.
Last week we learned just how far Facebook would (and allegedly) did go
to keep its secrets under wraps. As if trust in Facebook wasn't already at an all-time low (and that's saying something), this seems to have finally set off alarm bells in Washington that
Big Tech cannot be trusted.
This isn't anything new, however. Even
Plato predicted the folly of Facebook in
Phaedrus regarding the invention of writing:
"the parent or inventor of an art is not always the best judge of the utility or inutility of his own inventions to the users of them."
And that by giving them the written word
"you give your disciples not truth, but only the semblance of truth; they will be hearers of many things and will have learned nothing; they will appear to be omniscient and will generally know nothing; they will be tiresome company, having the show of wisdom without the reality."
Even after being called out by the New York Times, word is that
Mark Zuckerberg is as combative as ever. There doesn't seem to be an inkling of owning up to things from his corner.
About this week's image: David Garrick as Richard III by William Hogarth depicts
Garrick, greatest British actor of the 18th century, in the title role of Shakespeare's play of the same name. He is shown above in the tent scene before the Battle of Bosworth, haunted by the ghosts of all those he had murdered.
Artificial Intelligence / Autonomous
The latest in AI, machine learning, bots, and blockchain, mobility, and autonomous everything.
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Communications / Marketing / Business Strategy
Industry developments and trends, including advertising & marketing, journalism, customer experience, content, and influencer relations.
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Jᴏᴜʀɴᴀʟɪsᴍ / Cᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴs / Rᴇᴘᴜᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ
- IRI combines highly comprehensive data sets — including consumers’ actual purchase behavior — advanced analytics, and robust technology to offer clients 3-4 times sales uplift and up to 70% improvement on return on advertising spend. Click here for more information on the impact of online ads to product sales. (IRI Worldwide)
Retail Apocalypse
Humans are a transactional species, and the practice —
if not the very notion of what retail is —
is undergoing a historical metamorphosis.
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others." – Cicero
Platforms
News to know about relevant social, virtual, and augmented reality platforms that may affect your business.
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Media
The latest in the world of streaming video, audio, and the advertising, pricing and bundling models related to them.
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Privacy / Security / Regulatory
Business disruptions in the legal, regulatory, and computer security fields, from hacking to the on-demand economy and more.
Pʀɪᴠᴀᴄʏ / Sᴇᴄᴜʀɪᴛʏ / Hᴀᴄᴋɪɴɢ
Rᴇɢᴜʟᴀᴛᴏʀʏ / Oɴ-Dᴇᴍᴀɴᴅ Eᴄᴏɴᴏᴍʏ
- Uber announced growth in revenue and bookings, with a net loss of $1.07 billion. The company plans to go public next year, but has yet to turn a profit. (Axios)
- Uber Rewards is a new loyalty program from Uber that creates incentives to use the app. (TechCrunch) Smart play by Uber here. It's akin to an airline loyalty program, and gives users tangible reasons to stick with Uber.
- Not to be outdone, Lyft is launching a loyalty program in December, cleverly called Lyft Rewards. (TechCrunch) When companies compete, you win!
Measurement / Analytics / Data
The future is not in plastics, but in data. Those who know how to measure and analyze it will rule the world.
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Mental Nourishment
Other links to help you reflect, improve, or simply learn something new.
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