Around the world in seven words

The are many reasons to sign up to the Collective Content newsletter, which you can do here. One of them is the Word, or Words, of the Moment we feature in each edition.

Here’s a quick walk though some of our words of 2023.

January
New President of Brazil; Edward Norton related to Pocahontas

Word of the moment: Teaming

We thought this one had gone away, but it has new life as tech and skills markets evolve and become more fluid.

February
South Africa electricity crisis

Word of the moment: Ideate 

The newsletter’s ed team are not always looking for the newest words, but ones that are flexing their muscles. Some are ugly. Ideation has been described as a process where “people who don’t have ideas try to get them from less well remunerated people who do.”

March
Open letter to pause AI experiments; Best Actress – Michelle Yeoh

Word of the moment: Process mining

A serious business one. The new kid on the IT block. Optimising and rationalising business processes with the help of bespoke software.

April
France riots

Word of the moment: Rage farming

Provoking anger to gain exposure. The professional MO of many a media outlet and journalist these days. It’s all the…

June
Phosphates discovered on Enceladus

Word of the moment: Rainbow capitalism

Corporate brands looking for promotional opportunities during Pride without necessarily supporting LGBTQ+ community at other times of the year.

 

Then summer came (for those in the Northern Hemisphere)…

 

October
Britain’s loneliest sheep

Word of the moment: Indiginise 

Not a new word, but a slightly new usage. “Limiting China’s access to chips will indigenise advanced Chinese chip production.”

November
Word of the moment: Zero consumer

Zero boundaries, zero brand loyalty and zero patience. These omnichannel shoppers are on the rise and are increasingly important to future-facing businesses.

Word (or phrase) of the year

The Collective Content newsletter ed team have conferred, and we agree on:

Uncanny valley
Human queasiness when audio or visual simulations resemble humans but are not fully realistic. A possible flaw in the argument that GenAI will rule us all in the marketing space. Could also describe the whole of 2023.

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