by Stan Phelps | Jun 6, 2023 | Pink Goldfish
It was because the movie decided to leverage the Pink Goldfish strategy of Lopsiding. Greta Gerwig, who directed and co-wrote the script with Noah Baumbach, told “Architectural Digest” that the color was all-important to the movie. “Maintaining the...
by Stan Phelps | Jun 1, 2023 | Books, Creativity, Pink Goldfish
Through vivid examples like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Japanese art form of kintsugi, and even the unexpected triumph of AI in the game of Go, Rubin demonstrates how embracing flaws and deviating from accepted norms can lead to remarkable breakthroughs. One of the...
by Stan Phelps | Apr 13, 2023 | Pink Goldfish
My late Father had a funny saying when talking laissez-faire approach to a future plan or event, “We’ll take a picture and see what develops.” The reference was to film. When you sent a roll to be processed, you never knew what might develop. And...
by Stan Phelps | Jan 10, 2023 | Pink Goldfish, Yellow Goldfish
This is amazing! Dutch retailer Jumbo Supermarkten has created “slow checkouts.” Hat tip to Wendy Lloyd Curley for sharing this pink goldfish with me yesterday. Called “Klets-Kassa” (translated to Chat Checkout) these are...
by Stan Phelps | Jan 4, 2023 | Pink Goldfish
This is a bold example of the Pink Goldfish of Opposing. And they took a full-page ad in The New York Times to tell the world that their members “don’t speak January.” Equinox VP & Executive Creative Director Will Mayer shared the reasoning on...
by Stan Phelps | Dec 12, 2022 | Pink Goldfish
It was meant to disparage some motorcycle riders. After an incident in Hollister, California in 1947, the American Motorcycling Association allegedly said, “99% of the motorcycling public are law-abiding; there are 1% who are not.” Instead of seeing this as an insult...
