
Discover why one book explaining social epidemics transformed marketing forever. "The Tipping Point" reveals how tiny changes create massive shifts - a concept Seth Godin champions and NYC used to dramatically reduce crime through the revolutionary "Broken Windows Theory."
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Have you ever wondered why some trends explode overnight while others never catch fire? Consider the curious case of Hush Puppies-a dying brand of casual suede shoes that suddenly skyrocketed to fashion prominence in the mid-1990s. It started with just a handful of hipsters in Manhattan's East Village adopting the shoes as retro-cool statements. Within two years, sales jumped from 30,000 to 430,000 pairs annually, and the shoes appeared on runways and in Hollywood films. This dramatic turnaround wasn't driven by marketing campaigns but by a small group of trendsetters who unwittingly sparked a nationwide fashion epidemic. This is the essence of what Malcolm Gladwell calls a "tipping point"-that magic moment when an idea, trend, or behavior crosses a threshold and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can trigger a disease outbreak, social behaviors can follow the same pattern of exponential growth. New York City's dramatic crime reduction in the 1990s followed this epidemic pattern in reverse. After decades of escalating violence, felonies plummeted by 50% between 1993 and 1997-a decline so sudden that experts were baffled. These examples illustrate three principles governing all epidemics. First, contagiousness-ideas can be as infectious as viruses. Second, little causes can produce big effects-the most significant outcomes often stem from small changes. Third, change happens dramatically, not gradually-there's a moment when everything transforms. This epidemic model challenges our conventional thinking. We typically assume major problems require major solutions, but sometimes the most effective interventions are surprisingly modest-like removing graffiti from subway cars or targeting a handful of influential individuals.
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Creado por exalumnos de la Universidad de Columbia en San Francisco
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Creado por exalumnos de la Universidad de Columbia en San Francisco

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