Selected case studies and independent product ideas.

Arcadia

A standalone customer insights platform I created using IBM Watson (AI) to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data.

People

People app - #1 in the App store - Using AI in the workflow

NewsAction

NewsAction - How to help when the news is bad

Counterpoint

Counterpoint - An AI-Powered Perspective Comparison for News Readers

CredCheck

CredCheck - Who wrote this article and why should I trust them?

InContext

InContext - Using AI to help readers understand the historical context of a news article

NewsWise

NewsWise - Using AI to create a meta analysis of the news

Arcadia Launches

So nice to see that Havas went all the way and officially launched Arcadia into the world. What started as a small idea when I was doing a workshop for a client in Munich became a much bigger idea with…

Co:Create

Co:Create is a methodology I developed with my team to closely partner with clients, their internal teams and their customers to help define new product and service offerings and marketing plans to support them. Co:Create is a workshop and stage-gated…

3 weeks to an AR prototype

In February we wanted to see if we could add an element to our workshops at Oliver Wyman that would bring a bit more depth and interaction to the content we present. Our choice was to add a layer of…

Workshop artifacts

Perhaps the most considered task of any workshop are the shapes and forms of the materials used in the room to spur lateral thinking. A roomful of people can generally stomach three group activities over the course of a day.…

Workshop Insights

Always much to learn from facilitating a workshop. First off, no more than three exercises during the course of a day. That’s nearly a given now even though I always try to pack in more. But – more importantly for…

Journeymaps and the MET Framework

There area a myriad of tools now out that purport to make journey mapping a simple drag and drop process. A few of them are quite good and will certainly get better. I’ve been using my MET framework in my…

Changing Minds

How can we reframe and unbias our news media habits? How could we become aware of our political biases? What if we created a news reader that could keep track of how many blue and red news articles we’ve read?…