The Best of Tom Fishburne
10+ most popular Tom Fishburne articles, as voted by our community.
Marketoonist and Author of "Your Ad Ignored Here: Cartoons from 15 Years of Marketing, Business, and Doodling in Meetings" (https://marketoonist.com/book)
Tom Fishburne on Comics
Four Horsemen of the Brainstorm cartoon
I recently rediscovered a beautiful quote from Jonathan Ive on the fragility of ideas. This was part of the tribute he delivered at Steve Jobs' 2011 memorial:
Always Be Testing cartoon
As marketing evolves, one of the key shifts is the ability to test everything, all the time. Compared to my earliest marketing jobs in the late 90s, the tools of experimentation have been democratized…
Tom Fishburne on Company Culture
This Meeting Could Have Been an Email cartoon
Last week, Facebook released a free beta for a new virtual reality meeting experience called Horizon Workrooms. Using their Oculus Quest 2 VR headsets, Facebook re-imagines the future of meetings
«Whether in-person, on Zoom, hybrid, or VR, too many meetings could have been an email.»
Tom Fishburne on Digital Transformation
Digital Transformation cartoon
Shared by 378, including Tillmann Allmer, Mike Taylor, Oliver Ewinger, Clemens M. Schuster, Nick Panayi
Tom Fishburne on Humor
Digital transformation and organizational change
There's a funny image circulating right now of a survey that asks, "Who led the digital transformation of your company? A) CEO B) CTO C) COVID-19." COVID-19 is circled. COVID-19 is accelerating…
Generic Advertising "In These Uncertain Times" cartoon
Someone named Microsoft Sam recently compiled a selection of current advertisements into one three-minute montage titled: "Every Covid-19 Commercial is Exactly the Same." The video highlights eerily…
Tom Fishburne on Innovation
Metaverse Hype Cycle
Gartner has been mapping the Hype Cycles of emerging technologies for nearly 30 years. Jackie Fenn (still at Gartner) originated the widely-used Hype Cycle Methodology in 1995.
«The exchange captures two voices that often come up with any new technology — the skeptic who doesn’t see the value and the the evangelist who struggles to explain what the big deal is.»
Tom Fishburne on Marketing
Evolution of Marketing and 20 Years of Marketoonist cartoons
Last Friday marked 20 years of Marketoonist. On October 21, 2002, I published my very first marketing cartoon, then called Brand Camp. It was a cartoon on the 8 Types of Brand Managers. I had just…
Marketing Babble cartoon
I recently heard the way marketers speak described as “Jargon-Monoxide Poisoning,” which made me laugh. I think “Jargon-Monoxide” is produced by every part of a business, but marketers are…
Tom Fishburne on Procurement
Procurement and Partnership cartoon
The nature of the relationships between all the teams across client and agency has a direct impact on the work that comes out. Small areas often overlooked — like how much care is taken in writing…
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Tom Fishburne on Social Media Marketing
Clubhouse Hype and Brands on Social Media
Shared by 174, including Lee Odden - B2B Marketing, Annette Franz, CCXP, Tom Pick | #B2Bmarketing guy, Dave Kellogg, Fanzo