Tammy SachsAmazon Go: More Efficient Shopping or More Robotic ShoppersAs a researcher, I love that Jeff Bezos is always experimenting with technology (from Dash to Drones) to find out what the sweet spot is to…Dec 20, 2016Dec 20, 2016
Tammy SachsIt’s Not Brain Surgery: It’s VR Enhanced Flight Simulation… Saving LivesWhen I first visited Samsung 837, put on their VR headgear and felt an orca whale whisk by my face, I was hooked. That was followed by…Nov 29, 2016Nov 29, 2016
Tammy SachsWhy People Pick the Jobs and Employers They Do — For Me, A Learning Culture Is THE Deal-MakerAfter switching jobs 3 times in 6 years by age 27, I was convinced I’d never find a job I loved. It blows my mind that I’ve had a company I…Oct 26, 2016Oct 26, 2016
Tammy SachsLivongo: A Connected Health Solution for Managing Diabetes where Patient and Payers WinFor years, I’ve read articles and heard doctors talk about the challenge of adherence among people with Type 2 diabetes. When interviewing…Oct 13, 20161Oct 13, 20161
Tammy SachsVia: A Brilliant Example of Winning Service Design in the On-Demand EconomyFor a year or more, I’ve had folks tell me about Via and why it’s the best way to go anywhere in Manhattan. My cousin, in town for business…Sep 12, 2016Sep 12, 2016
Tammy SachsExperiences > Stuff: Why the Retail Slump is not Just Amazon Prime’s FaultIt’s fascinating to read articles like Bloomberg’s Consumers Want to Spend, Just Not in Your Store that tie the steady decline in retail…May 25, 2016May 25, 2016
Tammy SachsWhen Will AirBnB Embrace Boomers in Their Product and Marketing?As someone who has studied how people embrace and use technology since my 20’s, no generation is more fascinating than Boomers (whose first…May 17, 2016May 17, 2016
Tammy SachsExcedrin’s Exceedingly Effective Experiential (VR) Migraine CampaignWhen I was first immersed with virtual reality in the @Samsung 837 Store, the first thing I thought was “How cool would it be to use VR to…May 10, 2016May 10, 2016
Tammy SachsWhere’s the Magic in Facebook’s Shopping Chatbots?After reading the New York Times article on Facebook’s new shopping messaging services, it mystifies me to hear the experience described as…May 4, 20161May 4, 20161
Tammy SachsHow Tapping into Her Right Brain Inspired ClassPass Founder, Payal KadakiaTwo of our ever curious, digitally and socially active researchers, recently wrote ablog post about ClassPass, the phenomenon of a gig app…Apr 5, 2016Apr 5, 2016