PinnedGrant McCrackenBeing Michael Jordan…when you’re notOne of the gestures that defines Michael Jordan is the shrug he gave in Game 1 of the 1992 NBA Finals. It’s still the first half, but…May 27, 2020May 27, 2020
PinnedGrant McCrackenThe Creator Economy: China to the rescue?The Creator Economy has been “on approach” since the 1990s. From the beginning, there was plenty of optimism. Surely, a broad, distributed…Apr 22, 20211Apr 22, 20211
PinnedGrant McCrackenbrought together but kept apartI felt like I was being chased up the beach by a tidal wave.Oct 4, 2021Oct 4, 2021
PinnedGrant McCrackenTV GOT BETTER (how we got from bingeing to feasting)Grant McCrackenJan 18, 2021Jan 18, 2021
PinnedGrant McCrackenCulture and Design Thinking: Welcome to the Orphanage Grant McCracken (grant27@gmail.com)I was surprised to see IDEO release a statement on Design thinking recently that does not use the term “culture.” I started hunting, and…Mar 6, 20213Mar 6, 20213
Grant McCrackenwhere culture comes from IITo generalize, the natural sciences inquire into things in the world; the human sciences may, under certain conditions, make things in the…Sep 16, 2022Sep 16, 2022
Grant McCrackenWhere does culture come from?Culture has many origins. Sometimes it comes from collective movements that build over years. Sometimes it comes from a particular music…Sep 15, 2022Sep 15, 2022
Grant McCrackenCulture creators get miraculoushow to make meaning in a fragmenting cultureJul 28, 2022Jul 28, 2022
Grant McCrackenJust in time (how to be an anthropologist in business)As the academic world continues its slow-motion descent into financial and sometimes intellectual insolvency, some anthropologists seek…Jul 25, 20221Jul 25, 20221
