Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age
For anyone doing anything creative or trying to understand the rise of creative minds in business, design, communication, technology, etc. This is the latest must read. It's fascinating.
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This is what I was talking about a few days ago. McDonalds is now getting into the DVD rental business. What's remarkable is that the DVDs can be returned to any participating location. While this is just a test program the real power will be when this program spreads across the country keeping road tripers entertained.
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Interesting ... this strategy of "leveraging access points" is the same strategic rationale behind Starbucks hooking up with Kozmo back in the dot-com days. Now, there are differences between what Starbucks did and what McDonald's is testing. But, the principle of finding growth opportunities through leveraging untapped resources, like real estate locations, is the same.
Posted by: johnmoore (from Brand Autopsy) | Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at 10:38 AM
It's always been a frustration that you can't rent a movie at one Blockbuster location (for instance) and return to another (closer to where you are the day it is due back). In addition to your road trippers notion is the hometown convenience of being able to rent and return at convenient locations based on the day and not have to return to the point of origin.
Posted by: David Paull | Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at 01:32 PM
Dan Shaver, the head of marketing for this project, happens to be my neighbor. I have to honestly say that when he told me about this venture I was skeptical, but it seems to be working!
Posted by: Michele Miller | Thursday, May 27, 2004 at 09:51 AM