Monthly Archives: February 2012
Forbes: David Jones on Surviving in the Age of Damage
In a recent interview with Jennifer Rooney at Forbes, David Jones, global CEO of Havas and Euro RSCG and author of Who Cares Wins, shares candid advice about how brands need to behave in a time of radical transparency and … Click to read more…
Millennial Perspective: Don’t Believe Everything You Hear
I came across an article on AdAge.com the other day about millennials and what employers should know about them when looking to hire. Being part of the millennial group myself, this article stirred up a lot of thoughts on my own … Click to read more…
Are Mobile Devices Destroying Your Body?
This infographic from eyewear-maker Mezzmer suggests all that time we’re spending attached to our electronics may have some serious repercussions over time.
Stats of the Day: Is Oscar Just not into Women?
A few eye-opening stats from the Women’s Media Center: Of 180 nominations for this year’s Academy Awards, only 35 went to women–that’s 19 percent! Fully 1/4 of the categories had no women nominated at all. 77 percent of Oscar voters … Click to read more…
Health: More and More a Concern of the Collective
Recent health-focused interventions on the part of employers, government, and community organizations reflect a new perception of personal lifestyles as a collective, rather than just individual, concern. When ill health was perceived as impacting only the individuals involved and their … Click to read more…
Future Healthcare in a Digital World-Part III
On the user side, one of the barriers to the growth of Digital in Consumer Healthcare is that not everybody likes or uses technology. Recent Pew research shows that ownership of portable and mobile technologies tails off significantly among older cohorts; … Click to read more…
Introducing Generation C: Americans 18-34 Are the Most Connected
From NielsenWire: Born sometime between the launch of the VCR and the commercialization of the Internet, Americans 18-34 are redefining media consumption with their unique embrace of all things digital. According to Nielsen and NM Incite’s U.S. Digital Consumer Report, this … Click to read more…
Pinteresting for Healthcare
It’s taken a while for the Internet to shift from being the text-only medium of its early days to the image-dominated medium it’s increasingly becoming. In fact, it’s barely a decade since Internet users could post on photo-sharing sites such … Click to read more…
We Can’t Ignore Young People’s Demands, but Make Demands We Can Act On
This past Tuesday in 84 countries young people took to the streets, and their phones and computers to tell the rest of us that we’re failing them. They said it was a Wake Up Call. I’m sympathetic. As a mother and one … Click to read more…
A Minute with…David Jones
David Jones, global CEO of power ad agency Havas, is among the youngest CEOs in advertising, and among the industry’s most innovative and best connected. He was a key adviser to David Cameron’s successful 2010 campaign for UK Prime Minister. … Click to read more…
