Rex Hammock tells us
One of my lovemarks is suing one of my cluetrain sources. No matter who wins in court, I know ultimately who will win.
’nuff said.
I linked to this paper on wicked problems the other day and Chris Corrigan commented “there’s a lot in that paper eh?”. Which is true.
I’m experimenting with marketing less and listening more
Passion brands bring people together based on common interests and excitements. I’m particularly interested in ones created from the bottom up, as opposed to driven by producers concerned mainly with profit.
Just back from another extraordinary gathering at Medinge where the community that has produced Beyond Branding meets each summer. I was planning to keep this
Interesting research from Stanford suggests that exciting brands get more trusted after making mistakes and putting them right whilst more “sincere” brands start with more trust but lose it more easily. Perhaps the sensible interpretation is that second-guessing customers can be a waste of time!
Michael Hammer’s new book, The Agenda, is about the rise of customer power. But is customer-centricity really such a good model for business and society?
Thanks to Matt Tucker at Smith Associates for telling me about What Brand Are You. It strikes me that lots of companies waste money on
We live in a world of too much marketing and too much branding. People’s faith in advertising has fallen to new lows as we simply
So the Abbey National is rebranding itself this morning. As I write this entry, they are revealing their new look, their shortened name (just “Abbey”)
The AntiBrand: blackSpot sneakers, a project by Adbusters attacks Nike directly. In doing so they take on what has become one of the great icons
Piers Young spots an interesting article in Wired: Roads Gone Wild. Here’s some of Piers’ summary… The trouble with traffic engineers is that when there’s a problem with a road
Entertaining comment from Will Davies in The Work Foundation’siSociety Blog Futurology hits the mainstream media at this time of year. Witness this from Peter York via the BBC: Trends which
GeekMedia: Record Companies Bands and the concept of value Good analysis of how the old business model of the music industry fails artists. I didn't realise how Spotify's business is
Last week I facilitated (with my friends at PolicyUnplugged) an Open Space for Channel 4 at their offices in London. They were inviting educators to help shape the way C4
