180 THINKERS – Girls and boys think differently. They have different physiology, and thus different psychology. Why would anyone think otherwise, right? But since early researchers were male, the assumption was, “Boys develop normally, girls develop backwards.”
Carol Gilligan is an Ethicist, psychologist and a Feminist. Gilligan’s work helped people to understand, [...]
180 THINKERS – Peter Drucker, the “Father of Modern Management” is definitely contrary. He invented the “knowledge worker,” and looks at global population trends and how they shape society (including governments, global power balance through consumerism, etc.).
All of us in marketing need to understand how our clients will incorporate Peter Drucker’s ideas in [...]
180 THINKERS – Is ‘Moot’, from 4chan, the right choice for the Wall of Fame?
‘Moot’ the founder of the online messaging board 4chan is one of the most influential digital pirates out there at the moment. Described by The Observer as “The most influential web entrepreneur you’ve never heard of,” the 20 year old New [...]
180 THINKERS – So is it thumbs up, or thumbs down, for John Harrison the original watchman?
John Harrison was a carpenter who built and repaired clocks in his spare time. Legend has it that at the age of six while in bed with smallpox, he was given a watch to amuse himself, spending hours [...]
180 THINKERS – Do you think that, flip-flopping, Dick Fosbury is right for the Wall of Fame?
As a young high-jumper in the early 1960s, Dick Fosbury had trouble mastering the standard technique, called the straddle. Instead he began doing the high-jump by approaching the bar with his back to it, doing a modified [...]