Have one to sell? Sell yours here
Sisomo: The Future on Screen
 
See larger image and other views
 
Tell the Publisher!
I'd like to read this book on Kindle

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

Sisomo: The Future on Screen [Paperback]

Kevin Roberts (Author), Tom Peters (Foreword)
3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)


Available from these sellers.


Formats

Amazon Price New from Used from
Paperback --  

Book Description

November 1, 2005
A new word has been introduced into the global language bank, and this stylish book is its debut. A richly nuanced collection of text and imagery, sisomo: the future on screen is a book to conquer hearts and set minds spinning with questions. For business, reaching consumers has become a challenge on the scale of climbing Mount Everest. The mass market is splitting like an Arctic ice shelf, the media is fragmenting—and brands have taken a big hit.

This environment presents an unavoidable conundrum for marketers and advertisers as they struggle to find new ways to work. Television, once the shining knight of emotional messaging, is suffering deeply as networks scramble to retain audiences. A radical shift is also occurring in the relationship between consumers and the media. Where consumers were once passive in the face of the mass market, they are now savvy individuals wired into the greatest information network the world has ever known. Like it or not, says Kevin Roberts, author of the hugely successful Lovemarks: the future beyond brands, “Creating emotional relationships with the Consumer is the business challenge of the century.”


Editorial Reviews

Review

"Sisomo humanizes technology. This matters because Sisomo sees the world through the eyes of the consumer, not the machine." -- Adage

"…a graphically compelling compendium of visual images and ideas…" -- Media Village

About the Author

Kevin Roberts is CEO Worldwide of ideas company Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the world’s largest and most successful creative organizations, handling more than fifty of the world’s most valuable global brands. Heading a team of more than seven thousand people in eighty-two countries, Roberts led Saatchi & Saatchi to become both Advertising Age and Adweek magazines’ Global Agency Network of the Year in 2003. He is the author of the best-selling book Lovemarks: the future beyond brands (powerHouse Books, 2004), which has now been translated into fourteen languages. Born in Lancashire, England, Roberts’ first job as a brand manager with British sixties fashion icon Mary Quant led to the development of a philosophy that challenged business’ reliance on metrics and rational arguments. His early career featured senior positions in Europe and the Middle East with three leading, global brand marketers—Gillette, Procter & Gamble, and Pepsi. Roberts’ intense belief in the power of inspiration and his love of working directly in the market—as opposed to being in the office—are still trademarks of his style today.

In 1987, Roberts was appointed President and CEO of Pepsi in Canada. It was there that he famously machine-gunned a Coca-Cola vending machine in order to remind his people of the passion they need to be Number One in a competitive market. (His team had just displaced Coke.) In 1997, he made the shift from client-side to heading up the global agency in New York, beginning its transformation as a hothouse for world-changing creative ideas. Roberts is Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Waikato in New Zealand and at the University of Limerick in Ireland. He is the inaugural CEO in residence at the Judge Institute of Management, Cambridge University’s business school.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 164 pages
  • Publisher: powerHouse Books (November 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1576872688
  • ISBN-13: 978-1576872680
  • Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 0.4 x 9.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,427,634 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

 

Customer Reviews

11 Reviews
5 star:
 (4)
4 star:
 (2)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:
 (2)
1 star:
 (3)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
3.2 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Waste Your Time, January 12, 2006
By 
Warren A. Church (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: Sisomo: The Future on Screen (Paperback)
You're right. I didn't like it. But I had to buy it just to see how bad it really was. And I wasn't disappointed...

Following hot on the heels of "Lovemarks" comes yet another vacuous 4-color brochure from Kevin Roberts for his firm Saatchi & Saatchi. In which he tells us that the only way to connect with humans is via sisomo. Which is no doubt why we have five senses. Duh. He should have saved some scarce natural resources and just put out a video on the web. At least that would have been sisomo.

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Underneath the glossy production...nothing new to say. "Medium" is definitely the message., January 22, 2006
This review is from: Sisomo: The Future on Screen (Paperback)
Kevin Roberts appears desperate to coin a new word for our already overwrought lexicon of corporate jargon - but in creating another book in what is clearly a strategic plan by Saatchis to seize some kind of 'ownership of tomorrow' - the author forgot to come up with any new ideas. Could Sight Sound and Motion really be the saviour of modern communication and advertising? Gee whizz. Don't tell Hollywood, or they'll invent the talkies.

This book is empty and smug. I give it two stars because the layout is lovely - a fresh updating of the work that Quentin Fiore did for Marshall McLuhan in his "Medium is the Massage."

But I found it a pity that McLuhan, in his books from the 1960s, has far more to say about today's media than does Roberts in 2006.

For an alternative you might like to try: Juicing the Orange: How to Turn Creativity into a Powerful Business Advantage

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Idiotic!, February 20, 2006
By 
E. Junker (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: Sisomo: The Future on Screen (Paperback)
This book is idiotic! It might have been interesting if it had been written in 1937 (the year Walter Benjamin wrote the prohetic "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction), but even in 1937 the author's self-satisfied voice and cutsie delivery would have undermined whatever credibility the book might otherwise have had. Do not waste your time on this book. Unless you have been asleep for the last half century, you will find nothing that you do not already know within the covers of this book.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews









Only search this product's reviews



What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?


Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 

Your tags: Add your first tag
 

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
Search all Amazon discussions
   
Related forums





Look for Similar Items by Category


Look for Similar Items by Subject