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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.

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Waterfalls and chaos

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.

Passion branding

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.

Medinge Moments

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

The volatile chemistry of trust

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!

What brand are you?

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

Just Undo It?

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

Putting humanity into branding

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

New Abbey

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”)

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Emotional debt

Releasing the hidden costs of pent up frustrations

Aliveness

Finding the aliveness below the surface of stuck

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Gee, thanks…

Ton Zjilstra reports: Katrina: Foreign Aid 95% Unclaimed Ton makes a great point here: The Washington Post uses the word ‘allies’ where I would write neighbours friends and/or empathizing and

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To focus or not to focus?

Several bloggers are talking about Focus today. And Elevator Pitches. Sometimes focus is good, but there’s a lot to be said for peripheral vision. This entry explores that idea with a lot of references to other folks. And concludes the answer is proably
: Yes, And

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More on brand narcissism

I thoroughly enjoyed Alan Mitchell’s latest two part rant on brand narcissism. I’m sure Mark will especially enjoy his rip-roaring pisstake of the idea of neuroscience giving clever admen the

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Group hug, anyone?

Andrew Sullivan found this nugget in a New Scientist (£) article on the effects of Oxytocin. Jennifer Bartz from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, found that it