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Another busy week of learning and listening and talking with colleagues of various ages, backgrounds and areas of focus. Some items that seem to keep popping up worth following. LEGO expansion into sports. It’s subtle but it’s always worth watching how the folks at LEGO find their ways into trends and conversations tied to growth …
We have written, and seen so much about the emergence of what we have called “Sport Fashion” over the past year or so. The self-expression for athletes in the world of apparel used to be timed to events they had to attend, now it is a daily runway occurrence for those who choose to partake, …
September 30 in Canada is The annual National Day for Truth Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. It is the day that serves as the latest in an ever-evolving process of recognizing atrocities committed and both educating and healing the ties with Indigenous peoples. A very difficult and complex task that cannot be solved …
What can I say? I’m survivin’ Crawling out these sheets to see another day What can I say? I’m survivin’ And I’m gonna be fine I’m gonna be fine I think I’ll be fine -Bastille I thought about those words from Bastille this past week as graduations and proms and so many other special family …
It was really a simple ask. Pick people who are big thinkers and doers and ask them a simple question. Who are you following in this coming year who may be a little below the radar, but are innovative, have shown grit and have the ability to think a little differently. We asked 40 people …
When I first saw the reports of Naomi Osaka’s decision to forgo media at the French Open, I shook my head. As I had talked about with Mike Sielski of the Philadelphia Inquirer a few weeks ago, is this another example of the reinvention of the media/athlete celebrity dynamic, one which continues to fail while …
I’ve been doing some writing for our colleagues at MVP Index recently…below is a piece on cause with some great data we pulled together…you can find all their great work at MVP Index Insights. Social responsibility and cause marketing have been a growing part of the ROI mix for brands for several years. Not the …
This is not an easy subject to address, but it is one that is extremely important to take into consideration as we look towards an exciting World Cup, the continued growth of the WNBA and just storytelling in general in sports business. We need to all work collectively to grow not “women’s sports,” but sports …
As we approach the start of baseball, the beginning of March Madness and the run up toward the NBA Playoffs it is good to catch up with some of the people who are on the front lines of disruption and digital innovation, especially around hoops. One of those is Peter Robert Casey. A serial digital …
It started as a simple way for players to tell their story last season, one which drew the ire of the NFL as a uniform violation, but one which has grown to be much more of a platform as players continue to find more of a social voice and express themselves in a positive and …
