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June 22, 2026June 19, 2026 andreweverett360

Inflation-Adjusted GPA

Neetu Arnold wrote an article for the Manhattan Institute titled A for Average: Reversing University Grade Inflation (June 2026).

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June 1, 2026May 30, 2026 andreweverett360

If you can’t measure it, you’d better manage it anyway

Henry Mintzberg wrote an article titled If You Can’t Measure It, You’d Better Manage It (28 May 2015).

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July 29, 2024July 29, 2024 andreweverett360

Value Destruction at Nike

Massimo Giunco posted an article on LinkedIn titled Nike: An Epic Saga of Value Destruction (28 July 2024).

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June 30, 2024June 30, 2024 andreweverett360

Rory Sutherland on ROI and Opportunity Cost

Camille Moore asked Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy, “What do you see as the biggest problem that’s facing branding right now?”

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March 30, 2024 andreweverett360

Jeff Bezos: When the data and the anecdotes disagree, the anecdotes are usually right.

On his eponymous podcast, Lex Fridman interviewed Jeff Bezos.

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May 14, 2023 andreweverett360

The more trusting the environment becomes, the more reliable and productive its participants become

Pamela Meyer wrote an article for MIT Sloan Management Review titled Four Ways to Build a Culture of Honesty and Avoid Productivity Paranoia (4 April 2023).

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February 24, 2023 andreweverett360

Samuel Scott on last-click attribution and econometrics

Samuel Scott wrote an article for The Drum titled Digital attribution is dead! Les Binet tells us why marketers need econometrics in 2023 (23 February 2023).

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October 18, 2022 andreweverett360

Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) may inversely correlate with growth

Tom Roach wrote an article for MarketingWeek titled Beware ROAS, ROI’s Dangerous Digital Twin (October 12, 2022).

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May 25, 2022 andreweverett360

The SEC now asks public businesses to disclose material human capital metrics

Ben Reuveni wrote an article for Human Resource Executive titled The SEC’s disclosure rules are changing HR forever.

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April 23, 2022 andreweverett360

Hankins Hexagon

James Hankins wrote an article for MarketingWeek titled Forget funnels, here’s a new model for the path to purchase (2 February 2021).

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