ITK Daily | October 22

HumanOS, Traverse City, Sid Mashburn, ‘Ferrari,’ Las Vegas, plus 1,000 more actionable insights.

ITK Daily is geopolitical business intelligence for communications pros. 


Happy Saturday.

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Twenty years of outsourced war: In Uncertain Ground, Phil Klay sets out to determine what twenty-first-century US foreign policy has done to the cocksure American mind. Suzy Hansen

Bad resilience, good resilience: How (not) to make your organization more resilient and cope better when the next crisis hits. Paul Martin + Jonathan Evans

Change your focus, change the future: How to upgrade your HumanOS. Jim O'Shaughnessy

Sid Mashburn takes Manhattan: How the beloved designer and retailer brought his signature southern prep to the Upper East Side. GQ

Richard Florida believes Traverse City is Michigan's "ace in the hole." The Ticker

Longer commutes, shorter lives: The costs of not investing in America: For decades, spending on the future put the nation ahead of all others. What would it take to revive that spirit? NYT Mag

I’ve written about cars for over 30 years. Here’s why ‘Ferrari’ is the first great car movie: Delving into the details of Enzo Ferrari’s midlife crisis, Michael Mann’s film, opening in December, masterfully captures the tragedy of the Italian sports car founder’s double life. Dan Neil

Tunnel visions: Tube posters from the London Transport Museum: A new gallery opens this week of London Underground posters — some designed by the leading artists of the 20th century. The Times

How Las Vegas, once a sports desert, became a Super Bowl-hosting sports capital: From hockey and football to Formula One — and baseball potentially around the corner — the city built a multibillion-dollar sports economy from scratch in less than a decade. THR

Rival Consoles: The Ransom Note mix Ransom Note


Enjoy the ride + plan accordingly.

-Marc 

Marc A. Ross | Chief Communications Strategist @ Caracal


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