It’s one thing to come up with a great strategy in theory, but leaders often get stuck when it comes to execution. In the first episode of our brand new series Leading with Perspective, we welcome renowned strategic thinker Professor Roger Mart

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Leading With Perspective – Season 3 Trailer

13 days ago 1m 42s

'Leading with Perspective', a new season of the Phenomena Podcast all about leadership, transformation and strategic thinking with a brand new episode each month. Leading with Perspective is all about having engaging conversations with top in

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Do bodies still matter in the age of AI?

Dec 14th, 2023 39m 33s

In a special edition of the ReD podcast, we’re bringing you the best bits of a conversation that took place last week in our offices in NYC, where Ian Dull sat down with neuroscientist and entrepreneur Vivienne Ming and VP of Research Science a

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Are we listening to the gut? LIVE

Nov 23rd, 2023 32m 7s

In this special edition of the podcast, we are live from Copenhagen, Denmark where we hosted a discussion with Oluf Borbye Pedersen, a world expert on the gut microbiome, and Theis Brydegaard, head chef at the Alchemist.Are We Listening to th

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Are we afraid of the body? LIVE

Nov 22nd, 2023 25m 53s

This is a special edition of the ReD podcast live from Paris, France, where we hosted a discussion with British photographer Maisie Cousins, and Pernod Ricard’s head of foresight, Daphnée Hor, at the beautiful Lafayette Anticipations, a gallery

Flesh

Nov 1st, 2023 51m 27s

Since the sexual revolution of the 1970s, the Western world has been obsessed with representations of sex. And within this historical explosion of sexual imagery, many companies capitalised on the powerful narrative that consumption could deliv

Money

Aug 30th, 2023 33m 2s

Money is one of the great stressors of our age, and learning to manage our finances one of our most important life needs. So why do the financial products we are offered still feel so out of sync with how we really experience money?In this ep

Metaverse

Aug 2nd, 2023 51m 24s

While there are still many questions about what the metaverse of the future will look and feel like, nearly everyone is in agreement that it’s a big deal. And while the metaverse has been well covered from a technological angle, what is often m

Strategy

May 31st, 2023 34m 12s

Companies use the word “strategy” more than ever, while strategy consultants with MBAs march the halls of companies penning sensible “strategic plans” that boards enthusiastically approve. Yet companies with a unique perspective on why customer

Brands

Apr 26th, 2023 40m 52s

People use brands to shape social identities. We see this time and again in our work, as we help brands figure out how to deliver more value to their consumers. But what role fundamentally do brands play in people’s lives, and why do some reson

Mental Health

Feb 22nd, 2023 46m 25s

Discussions around mental health are everywhere. But as different industries ask themselves how to get mental health right, our research points towards the need for a shift in how we understand its causes and, by extension, deliver solutions. I

Belonging

Jan 25th, 2023 37m 13s

Belonging is in crisis. While it is seemingly easier than ever to build connections with people - either online or IRL - we are lonelier and more fragmented than ever. When we talk about the mental health crisis, political polarisation, or how

Sustainability

Dec 20th, 2022 32m 36s

The luxury industry excels at selling desire. But in recent years, it has also successfully weaved sustainability into its appeal to consumers, altering people's assumptions about what can be considered valuable, authentic or desirable. In this

Algorithms

Nov 30th, 2022 30m 35s

From fashion brands to Silicon Valley giants, virtually every company is trying to make algorithms work for their business. But many algorithms are built on questionable assumptions about the way people think and live. To unpack this further, E

Cities

Oct 25th, 2022 26m 32s

Post-lockdown, there is renewed enthusiasm and excitement around cities. Urban development and innovation, however, often feel chaotic and atomised and miss the mark on how people actually experience the city. Eliot and his guests Ian Dull, a p

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Season 2 Trailer

Oct 20th, 2022 1m 50s

How are the algorithms in our lives holding us back? What are the new priorities of urban residents that businesses can help resolve? What can other sectors learn from how the luxury industry is getting sustainability right? These are some of t

On Collaboration

Apr 1st, 2020 22m 14s

The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a tidal wave of interest around best practices in remote collaboration. But the problems emerging from the crisis are testing team problem-solving on a whole new plane. The problems will require highly comple

The Truth is Out There

Jan 11th, 2020 24m 44s

How can we know we’re getting at the truth, when we inevitably come at the world with various biases? Eliot Salandy Brown and David Zax explore the phenomenon of “selection bias” by visiting with two people who hold very different views of the

What Is A Generation, Anyway?

Nov 6th, 2019 21m 26s

In the first episode of Phenomena, the team at ReD Associates asks: What is a generation, anyway? And how do companies successfully study and understand cultural signifiers in order to capture the spirit of a generation? Eliot Salandy Brown and

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