Key Facts and Insights
- The Law of the Few: Certain influential individuals (Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen) have the power to spread ideas and trends.
- The Stickiness Factor: How memorable and enticing a message or idea is can greatly influence its spread.
- The Power of Context: People's behavior is largely influenced by their environment and the circumstances they find themselves in.
- Epidemics: Ideas, products, messages, and behaviors spread just like viruses do.
- Hush Puppies & Crime in New York: The sudden and unexpected resurgence of Hush Puppies shoes and the dramatic drop in crime in New York in the 1990s...