Jeff Haber

Holiday movies aren’t business textbooks. They’re glossy, snow-drenched, and awash in manufactured feeling. But look past the bells and whistles, and you'll notice how often these chestnuts roast on the same fire: commerce. Somebody's chasing a bonus, a rating, a product launch, and a family moment that's been packaged like a Q4 campaign. When the chase turns sour, the movie accidentally tells the truth about what makes people stay. Here are five lessons from seven tinsel-laden Tinseltown classics that still work in July.

Lara Balazs, CMO and EVP of global marketing at Adobe, discusses balancing short-term performance with long-term brand-building, the transformative effect of generative AI on creativity, and why brand authenticity matters more than ever in an AI-driven world.

This was just one of the 2,874 social-media musings of John Durham, a leading voice in the digital marketing and advertising industry who passed away November 16, 2021 at the age of 70.