The New and The Next - Issue #59

Innovation is wrought with uncertainty. As a result, anything that promises certainty is attractive to designers and innovators. 

This is EXACTLY how Supreme New York has grown from a one location retail store run by skateboarders to a worldwide known ecommerce brand with a following larger than some religions.

Obsessed with this guide! Best guide I’ve found on the topic!

5 key consumer trends for 2018, and related innovation opportunities. Covering all B2C industries, including retail, FMCG, luxury, technology and more.

Picking up a new hobby can help stimulate creative and strategic thinking.

Business Insider - Product and marketing consultant Étienne Garbugli describes the productivity advice he’d like to share with his 20-year-old self. 

Time-management and organization expert Julie Morgenstern shares three ways to structure your office hours for maximum productivity

Great question…

Conventional wisdom for negotiating job offers may not always apply. Our experts advise how to know when to hold ’em and when to fold ’em.

Another great question… =)

Should we generalize or specialize? This article explores how Shakespeare and Da Vinci excelled by branching out from their core competencies.

Chris Gimmer and his co-founder built an entire business on the back of one keyword and one viral blog post. We interviewed Chris to learn how they did it.

Does running a business online make you an internet marketer? HELL no. Here’s why.

LukeW Ideation + Design provides resources for mobile and Web product design and strategy including presentations, workshops, articles, books and more on usability, interaction design and visual design.

Si Quan Ong shares how he’s driven thousands of visitors on Reddit to promote content and how others can do the same. Tons of examples and lessons here.

The Art of Charm’s Jordan Harbinger brings the real talk on what starting a podcast is really like.

Silicon Valley makes billions of dollars peddling personal information, supported by an ecosystem of bit players. One of them, an upstart called HiQ, is going up against LinkedIn in a battle for your lucrative professional identity.

The spillover from retailer debt will flow far and wide across the economy.

The Paradise Papers confirm what we already know: Many are not paying their fair share. Here’s how they get away with it.

Startup ideas aren’t actually a scarce resource. In fact, they’re only becoming more abundant – as the world moves faster and more new businesses are created, more novel niches appear for profitable, productive companies. 

Easily scannable! =)

Research-backed advice for what you need to do on your holiday break (and how long you should do it for)