Must Reads 226

Cloning Humans?

Must Reads 226

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Newsletter #226 is just over a 4-minute read, so grab your morning drink of choice and let's dive into your weekly intellectual buffet. 

Must Read Stories Of The Week

Work Must Reads

1/ Improve As A Manger! 💯 The 10 Good 10 Bad management traits (a free framework) to help you improve as a boss.

2/ The Next Generation Media Company Dissected 👀 - In my latest blog, I dissect what the next-gen media company is, how they operate and what their secret sauce is. Must Read if you are in Growth, Marketing, Product or are a creator.

3/ Dopamine & The Problem With Social Media 👈- This (video) is a good explainer on why we have become robotic when it comes to social media and craving dopamine.

4/ Streaming Power 🥮- How Cinnabon embraced the Better Call Saul mention and put it front and centre of social media push. It is actually rare brands take a leap of faith in something they have little control over but Cinnabon embraced it and has laughed ever since. Hint brand leads, start embracing change

5/ Modern Day Discovery 🔍- How universal music is leveraging a Pokémon partnership as a discovery engine for its artists. Even the biggest artists need to connect with different fans and audiences. This is why these activities and Roblox concerts etc make so much sense!

6/ Working From Home = Productivity ✅- A study found that 3 in 5 are more productive working from home. The question remains is more productive better for companies or is "connection" and being in the same IRL space better for companies? At some point, the lines have to be drawn and company leaders make decisions, make sure you know what makes your company performance (and how do you balance people's preference / performance and company performance)

7/ Disney Is A Money-Making Machine 👇- (Why Disney+ is part of the drive into parks and experiences) here is how they make money broken down by brilliant newsletter Chartr

8/ The Power Of TikTok & Its Hidden Influence 😓 - An interesting discussion on the hidden power of TikTok and how it has been designed to control entertainment at an individual level. Some questions still remain with TikTok and it's actual influence and reporting intel back you have to appreciate how well it has done.

Self Improvements: For the past week I have blocked out an hour every day for learning & self improvements. The topics have been flexible but for 7 hours I have gone deep on important skills and I have dissected upcoming trends and themes, over just scratching the surface on many topics. I highly recommend you give yourself (invest) an hour a day!

Well Worth A Watch

Should we clone the DNA of the smartest people ever?

Life Must Reads

9/ The Viral TikTok Temporary Tattoo Company Explained 🪡 - Why a 18-month tattoo might just be the future of tattoos and how one company went viral and created a new wave of disruptive choices.

10/ How To Be More Emotionally Intelligent 🙂- So many people say they aren’t emotionally intelligent, here are a few steps to improve and actually be more interested.

11/ The Mix I Am Listening To 👂 - After the success and replies to the mix I shared a few weeks back, I share a mix to help you GSD.

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Danny D