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The Evolving Role of PR and Communications: Keeping Brands Top of Mind
The Rise of “Maxxing”: TikTok’s Extreme Food Trend Rhetoric

The Rise of “Maxxing”: TikTok’s Extreme Food Trend Rhetoric

by Dylan Bailey, MS, RD, FAND| August 12, 2025

TikTok’s new “maxxing” lexicon reflects an era of extreme food trends – often hyperbolic, sometimes satirical, yet deeply influential. The latest craze, “fibermaxxing,” encourages dramatically boosting fiber intake for health benefits. Hundreds of TikTok posts with the #fibermaxxing hashtag have flooded feeds, making high-fiber diets suddenly “cool.”   Meanwhile, adjacent memes like “Red 40 maxxing” (ironically […]

The Speed of Scandal: When Crisis Response Can’t Keep Up With the Kiss Cam
Why are so many brands still talking to themselves in Brazil in 2025?
Creativity is everyone’s business—because it can reshape every business

Creativity is everyone’s business—because it can reshape every business

by Tamara Norman| June 13, 2025

For decades, many leaders have viewed “creative” as a defined role, department, or end product for a campaign. In today’s rapidly changing environment—where tech-fueled disruption runs rampant and where expectations for business outcomes keep growing—creativity is, in fact, not a role – it’s a mindset. It’s everyone’s job, and it needs to be everywhere, embedded and nurtured in every corner of the organization, permeating the enterprise.

Opportunity, disruption, and Ketchum’s vision for AI creativity