Jo McKinney

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  • Innovation Happens In The Most Challenging Circumstances

    Forbes

    Innovation is oxygen for a business, and during a recession, it becomes even more critical to breathe fresh air into your organization.

    As brand marketers grow more conservative on ad spending in light of economic trends, it’s the perfect time to invest in innovation. Downturns are great opportunities for change—brand new offerings, reframes of existing offerings or bold new thinking. We do our most innovative work in the most challenging brand circumstances. This year is no exception…

    Innovation is oxygen for a business, and during a recession, it becomes even more critical to breathe fresh air into your organization.

    As brand marketers grow more conservative on ad spending in light of economic trends, it’s the perfect time to invest in innovation. Downturns are great opportunities for change—brand new offerings, reframes of existing offerings or bold new thinking. We do our most innovative work in the most challenging brand circumstances. This year is no exception. When done thoughtfully, growth can exist on the other side of a crisis—be it financial, health or otherwise.

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  • What Big Brands Can Unlearn From Startups

    Adweek

    To navigate change and grow, brands will have to start thinking more like beginners instead of experts.

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Projects

  • Speaker, Workshop on Behavioral Insights in Health, Harvard University

    Co-hosted by the Behavioral Insights Group at Harvard University and the Behavioural Insights Team (which is a joint venture between the UK Government and the innovation foundation Nesta), this workshop examined the newest research and policy from behavioral insights in health. Hear from leading faculty and practitioners. Speakers included Ichiro Kawachi (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), Michael Hallsworth (Behavioural Insights Team), Jennifer Lerner(Harvard Kennedy School), Peter…

    Co-hosted by the Behavioral Insights Group at Harvard University and the Behavioural Insights Team (which is a joint venture between the UK Government and the innovation foundation Nesta), this workshop examined the newest research and policy from behavioral insights in health. Hear from leading faculty and practitioners. Speakers included Ichiro Kawachi (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), Michael Hallsworth (Behavioural Insights Team), Jennifer Lerner(Harvard Kennedy School), Peter Ubel (Duke University), Sara Bleich (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), Noel Brewer (University of North Carolina), and Kris-Stella Trump (Office of Evaluation Sciences).

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  • Speaker, WOMMA, Marketing Beyond the Impression: The Secret to Brand-Building in 2016 and Beyond

  • Guest Lecturer, Harvard School of Public Health, Behavioral Economics

  • Guest Lecturer, Harvard School of Public Health, Behavioral Economics

  • Speaker, TMRE 2014 "How Chapstick Leveraged Real-time Consumer Insights to Revitalize the Brand"

  • Guest Lecturer Harvard School of Public Health, Behavioral Economics

  • Speaker, 2008 European Communication Summit of The European Association of Communication Directors

Organizations

  • Entrepreneurship at Cornell

    Advisory Council Member

    - Present
  • International School of Brussels Foundation

    Trustee

    - Present

    Serve on board of directors for US based foundation

  • Through The Eyes of Children: The Rwanda Project

    Director

    - Present

    Management of not-for-profit photographic project working with child survivors of the Rwandan Genocide. www.rwandaproject.org

  • Perception International

    Board Member

    - Present

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