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How to Earn, Spend, and Exchange Cultural Currency

How to Earn, Spend, and Exchange Cultural Currency

In an era optimized for convenience, the brands that introduce deliberate, meaningful resistance become the ones people follow.

Culture Marketing

Alex Zeevalkink

Alex Zeevalkink

Dec 15, 2025 — 4 min read
What’s your Brand Stack? How brands can show up on Substack

What’s your Brand Stack? How brands can show up on Substack

From generic thought leadership to thoughtful leadership: five rules for brands that actually belong on Substack.

Marketing

Izzy Ashton

Izzy Ashton

Dec 10, 2025 — 4 min read
Tech as a Tool, Culture as a Compass

Tech as a Tool, Culture as a Compass

Micro‑scenes, meme logic, and IRL moments shape youth marketing. Tech and AI aren’t the headline for these audiences, it's just a tool. Usefulness and participation, those are the areas to win. Louise Millar of Seed champions collaborative, human‑led designed experiences with results that travel.

Culture Creativity

Alex Zeevalkink

Alex Zeevalkink

Dec 9, 2025 — 5 min read
Micro‑Learning the Machines

Micro‑Learning the Machines

As AI platforms iterate at breakneck speed, MSQ’s Steve Gatfield argues for task-based training, reusable prompt libraries, and interoperable stacks. He hopes teams stop using AI for search and encourages them to start shaping models that can turn into real working partners focused on outcomes.

Tech

Hannah Bowler

Hannah Bowler

Dec 8, 2025 — 4 min read
The Algorithm Has No Feelings. Social Media Still Does

The Algorithm Has No Feelings. Social Media Still Does

As automation creeps across every corner of social, the posts that actually move people still come from a very human place.

Marketing

Rich Hewes

Rich Hewes

Dec 3, 2025 — 7 min read
Creator-led Live Media Is Here, Many Brands Aren’t Ready

Creator-led Live Media Is Here, Many Brands Aren’t Ready

Streaming has shattered the old broadcast model. In a creator‑led era where attention lives in chats, clips, and memes, brands must rethink sponsorship measurement around participation, virality, and outcomes – or risk irrelevance.

Marketing Culture

Contributor

Contributor

Dec 3, 2025 — 3 min read
Creative R&D Sprints: Turn Experiments Into Shippable Ideas

Creative R&D Sprints: Turn Experiments Into Shippable Ideas

A 7‑day sprint for marketing teams to stress‑test creative directions fast, so the strong ideas move forward and the weak ones don’t eat your days or budget.

Marketing

Janelle Jones

Janelle Jones

Dec 2, 2025 — 4 min read
The Productivity Playbook: CapCut

The Productivity Playbook: CapCut

This week we’re looking at CapCut, which can turn messy clips into shareable social videos fast and is built for small teams and solo creators.

Productivity Productivity Playbook

Rich Hewes

Rich Hewes

Nov 27, 2025 — 5 min read

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