A team of German journalists driving through several cities in a fake street view car to find out how Germans react. Great pictures!

Matthew Key of O2/ Telefonica on the importance of a challenger mentality even if you are Number One.

Good point, but both Apple and Ikea are really good at figuring out WHY users (or they themselves) actually want or don't want things. They 

Edward Boches has 5 suggestions that make better planners.

O2 CEO Matthew Key does not have a computer on his desk, or even a laptop in his bag. Key runs the Telefonica mobile phone empire of 55m customers stretching from Birmingham to Bratislava with just his iPad.

Sometimes, the best approach appears too obvious. That's why it is the best approach.

Don't miss Dan Ariely's TED presentation at the bottom.

“We estimate that M‐PESA had reached nearly 40 percent of the adult population after a little more than 2 years of operation, and that now, approaching only the fourth anniversary of its launch, is used by more than two‐thirds of households.” 

How beer paved the way for civilization. Yes, beer.

Eva-Lotte Lamm's great notes of a presentation by David McCandless and Michael Blastland.

Top-notch planners name their resolutions for this year

Douglas Coupland reveals the shape of things to come, with 45 tips for survival and a matching glossary of the new words you'll need to talk about your messed-up future.

But after lengthy study of the phenomenon, I've concluded that the whole miserable narrative boils down to one stark fact: They're full of shit. All of them.