By Ines Schinazi Like little peeping toms, peering through television screens, mesmerized by the dancing photography burning from somewhere within the screen. The reality show hits the human mind, like a burglar with a baseball bat, knocking us unconscious. Leaving us ignited with an almost-foreign animalistic desire. We cry out for more and more… Feeding [...]
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By Ines Schinazi The camera hones in, catching the shy pulse of adolescence. Fluttering images, replete with beauty, cut sharply against the rough and gritty pain of characters stuck somewhere in the middle… Susan Miller (Baby Boomer) and Tina Cesa Ward (Generation X) write about Generation Y, as young actors portray parts of themselves. Clearly [...]
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Liliane Fonseca Yesterday, I was watching a talk show in which the host said that in his day, laughing sounded like “qua, qua, qua.” To that his guest responded that in his day, laughs sound (and look) like “LOL.” I found this comment really pertinent, when it comes to thinking about how different generations express [...]
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Posted in Generation, Grupo Foco, Job, Youtube on jul 13th, 2009
Eline Kullock This week I gave a lecture in Cuiabá, Brazil. I have a business partner there. Lorena Lacerda, is the director of Grupo Valure Shealso organizes “Officina do Conhecimento,” an event that takes place every two months.
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As children, we learn that fear is a perfectly acceptable and normal emotion. As we watch young kids, it’s rather funny that they sometimes fear the most harmless things. As adults, we are able to ease their fears, and calm them down. But what about when we grow up? Who helps us overcome our adult [...]
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Posted in Family, Generation, Web, Youtube on jun 18th, 2009
I want to recommend this video to you. As a very young child, I used to watch this television series. This “TV family” illustrates what a typical real life family used to look like. At that time, daddy knew everything. Daddy knew best. When we wanted something, we always turned to Daddy. He knew about [...]
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I wanted you to watch this commercial. It’s a commercial for a famous sandal brand. As a kid, this was a typical commercial. I remember watching this on our TV, as a family, in our living room. Today, I ask myself, what on earth were we thinking? What possessed us to watch this? I think [...]
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