Abraham Maslow’s Birthday (1 April): The Psychologist Who Was No Fool How the psychologist born on April Fool’s Day developed one of the most serious, and enduring frameworks for understanding human motivation and consumer behaviour Every year on 1 April, the world celebrates April Fool’s Day, a tradition dedicated to pranks, hoaxes, and playful deception.
What I Learned From... What I Learned from Studying PRINCE2 Structure, stakeholders, and what happens when theory meets reality At a certain point in your career, things stop being simple.You’re no longer just doing the work. You’re coordinating it. Managing agencies. Aligning departments. Trying to get five different people to agree on what “done” actually
The Personality of a Brand Why Even Something as Ordinary as Tea Needs a Character Walk down a supermarket aisle and you will quickly notice something curious about marketing. Many products do not just have a brand; they have a personality. Sometimes that personality is literal. A tiger selling cereal. A doughboy selling pastries. A
When Cigarette Companies Bought Your Dinner How Tobacco Giants Quietly Took Over the Food Industry At first glance, cigarettes and biscuits do not appear to belong in the same corporate portfolio. One is a product widely linked to lung cancer and premature death. The other is something you might dip in a cup of tea
Ultra-Processed Foods and the Marketing War Over “Real Food” What the NOVA Classification Means for the Food and Pet Food Industries In 2009, Brazilian nutrition researcher Carlos Augusto Monteiro and colleagues published a paper that quietly reshaped how food is discussed, regulated, and marketed. The paper - “A New Classification of Foods Based on the
The Sound of Taste How Sonic Branding Shapes the Way We Experience Food Marketing is often described as a visual discipline; logos, colours, packaging, and advertising creative tend to dominate the conversation. But there is another sensory dimension that quietly influences how we experience brands - sound. In food marketing in particular, sound plays
What I Learned From... Surviving Toxic Workplaces And The Archetypes I’ve Met Along the Way For most of my career, I’ve been lucky. I’ve worked in supportive teams where camaraderie outweighs conflict, where challenges feel shared rather than imposed, and where leaders genuinely cared about development as much as results.Of course, even the healthiest workplaces
The Microsoft vs. Apple Rivalry The Tech Rivalry That Shaped the Modern Computer Industry Few rivalries in business history are as influential as the battle between Microsoft and Apple. What began as a collaboration between two young technology companies in the 1970s evolved into one of the most defining competitive relationships in modern business.
From Prison Food to Fine Dining The Curious Marketing Story of Lobster Lobster today is shorthand for indulgence. It sits confidently on restaurant menus alongside champagne and oysters, often priced high enough to make you glance twice before ordering. But historically, lobster occupied a very different position in the market. Believe it or not,
The Dark Arts of Marketing When Persuasion Becomes Manipulation Marketing has always walked a fine line between persuasion and manipulation. At its best, marketing helps people make informed decisions about products that improve their lives. At its worst, it nudges, tricks, and pressures consumers into behaviours they might never have chosen if they had been
