“I have not failed, I have just found 10,000 ways that have not worked”
This is a perfect example of how you should not use social media. I’m shocked that @kennethcole would try to use the crisis in Egypt as a gimmick to promote their new spring line, even if it was them trying to make light of the situation. Initially I thought that someone should be let go immediately for that tweet, but according to the @kennethcole bio at tweet signature it came from Kenneth Cole himself.
It seems quite out of character for the Kenneth Cole brand. What are your thoughts?
“It’s better to fail in originality, than succeed in imitation.”
“The key skill of the innovator is error recovery not failure avoidance.”
“The key skill of the innovator is error recovery not failure avoidance.”
Randy Nelson, Pixar
Cobranding - The Last Refuge of the Irrelevant
Have an irrelevant product? Know a celebrity who needs cash? Boost your irrelevant product with celebrity cobranding to see a short term boost is sales, and effectively strip your brand of independent identity forever.
Reblogged from Startup Quote
Schools Kill Creativity
“If you’re not prepared to be wrong you’ll never come up with anything original.” - Sir Ken Robinson. As children we are never frightened of creatively exploring at the risk of being wrong, but we grow older our education system and culture aid in the unlearning of creativity and help children minimize the risk of being wrong.
Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for recreating an education that nurtures creativity.