Posts Tagged ‘think small’

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Think Small

Small forces are changing the world. In fact, that is the sub-title of Mark Penn’s (CEO of Burson-Marsteller) new book == Microtrends…the small forces changing the world.

For those of you who are regular readers you, will recall that I have already written about this book before and sent copies to some of you for participating in a question session.

Why do I return to Mark Penn? I could say because he is in the news as a key player in the U.S. election – Live Search him – but the real truth is because there is a seasonal message to be shared.

  • Dont get me started....Micro-Trends are old -- think Nano-Trends -- we are all resident in many trends these days -- just look at Facebook -- we -- you and I are our own trends (NANO) and as we come together we form Micro-Trends -- but I can be a part of many....think on that
  • I suspect Mark Penn is worried about another trend right now, and it ain't micro. (Go-bama!)
  • Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George had a remarkably prescient vision of microtrends in politics when they wrote the book Interface in 1994. If you look at p. 360 (paperback), you'll find a list of micro-demographics, including "MidAmerican Knicknack Queen," "Formerly Respectable Bankruptcy Survivor," "Trade School Metal Head," "80s Junk Bond Parvenue..." some pretty funny ones, but still eerily similar ...