Anthropology of Now, Accelerating the Future with Katie Dreke, Part 1

Part 1 - Lifting The Lid on Asia -

In Potluck's first episode of Season 2 - and 2021 - we're reaching across the Pacific Ocean to stir the pot with Katie Dreke, a Global Strategy & Innovation Consultant, and formerly of Nike, droga5, adidas, W+K & IDEO.

Season 2 launches with a new guest interview format, so we set the scene by asking Katie to imagine herself as a dish.  Mmmm...

Then, we're asking Katie to look from the outside in on her experience of Asia (she used to live in Australia & Japan), so we're asking her to Lift the Lid on Asia in Part 1 of our conversation.
- The sweet-sour (but mostly sweet) taste of working across markets in Asia
- The Galapagos effect: similarities and differences between Japan & Australia
- The unique gifts that Japan has bestowed on her - personal & professional
- Is Asia overhyped: Katie has an opinion on this question, too

Two more parts to follow over the next few days:
part 2: Hacking Humans - where Katie tells us about how she tapped cultural insight for her work on Nike Membership & their new Maternity line
part 3: Brand Burns - where Katie shares her pet peeves with brands and marketing convention

Check out her new website here:
https://drke.co/

Two books mentioned in our conversation: 
The Windup Girl & The Future Is Asian
https://www.amazon.com/Windup-Girl-Paolo-Bacigalupi/dp/1597801585
https://www.amazon.com/Future-Asian-Global-Twenty-first-Century-ebook/dp/B07F148BBX/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+future+is+asian&qid=1612257398&s=books&sr=1-1