Dominique Olivier
Tick tick boom: perspectives on the quartz crisis
When the first quartz-powered watch made its debut at the end of the 1960s, it inspired both excitement and existential fear in watchmakers around...
Dominique Olivier
Nobody wants to buy alligator pears
It’s not every day that a supersized annual sporting event transforms an obscure exotic fruit into a $341.9 million industry. This is the unlikely...
Dominique Olivier
Emus with Guerrilla Tactics
Is violence always the answer? If you consider the fact that the Australian military once went to war with the native emu population (and...
Dominique Olivier
The Microsoft of Musicians: Taylor Swift
No, you’re not imagining it: Taylor Swift really is everywhere right now. From radio airwaves to streaming services, social media to news outlets and...
Dominique Olivier
Lessons in wealth management from a cursed family
Using the example of the Vanderbilt family in the US (once the richest of them all), Dominique Olivier explores the "curse" of generational wealth.
Dominique Olivier
Disney goed nie
Disney's creative rut has been breathtaking, Pressure to continue releasing movies has led to a quantity over quality problem, with results that can ruin childhood memories. Dominique Olivier explains.
Dominique Olivier
Bad business and the bother with boycotts
Do boycotts actually work? Using Nestlé (and her own love of Milo) as a case study, Dominique Olivier tells the story of badly behaved corporates and how to stop them.
Dominique Olivier
Rage against the machine: creatives vs. AI
As ethical and legal battles continue around AI, there are tools being developed that can help artists fight back against AI models being trained on their work. Dominique Olivier tells the story of Glaze and Nightshade.
