In a world where attention is expensive, your message must be economical. It doesn’t matter if this is creatively valid — this is the reality we face now.

Our pasts are now indexed like any other webpage. What does that do to the consumption of, and our appreciation of, media?

Ideas become easier to realise when tools cost less, resulting in more creativity. Gen AI can help us all progress our creativity and output, regardless of skill and talent.  

Futuristic ads give us clues about what concerns consumers may have and what products may alleviate those concerns — as well as the power of brands. 

Is innovation in our DNA or is it a learned behaviour? Actually, we need to possess a burning desire to innovate but we also need to be present in an environment where innovation can flourish.

AI might push us to be more original and force us to place more value on striving to invent or deliver the never-seen or never-heard to avoid competing with machines.

If AI can read our emotions and respond with the right tone, while solving our problems at lightning speed, do we need humans for customer service?

Tech developments will enable content to diffuse at the edges and shift in shape — and this requires an accompanying change in mindset. 

From programming for the masses to inserting more humanity into AI, these are the things that will impact consumers and businesses over the very long term.

We need to think bigger than gaming and think ‘gamification’. There are three actions we can take to bring gaming into the marketing mainstream.