Tagged: Trust

political scandals

Who? Me?

Political scandals come slushing down the hill like a mudslide. Affronted indignity seems to be the standard reaction of all politicians. And so, the public trust erodes even further.

Afghanistan, graveyard of accountability

Kabul falls in days. The leader flees. The world shrugs. No-one felt locally accountable enough to defend what was built.
Power without personal accountability ultimately leads to the illusion of a democratic state.
With great power comes …no responsibility.

The end of implicit trust

Intellectual authorities lost our implicit trust.
Contrary to what is often peddled, this is not primarily due to social media, internet, conspiracy theories or fake news, but to the failure of the authorities themselves, to live-up to and live-by the expectations they created.

Top 5 consumer mutations for 2020

The Top 5 mutations that changed the markets’ DNA

The real unknown going forward is the demand, whether channels, customers, consumers, voters… What will s.he actually do? How will s.he purchase/chose? Which variables did mutate, enough so as to make the usual recipes obsolete? What are the opportunities to build on this?
My shot at the top 5 mutations of your 2020s audience.