Very interesting post by Tim Kitchin: Corporate Identity Theft
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.
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Unhurried marketing
I’m experimenting with marketing less and listening more
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!
Customer-centricity: is it the answer?
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?
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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Podcast: Shadow in Organisations (part 2)
Here’s part 2 of my podcast conversation with Annette Clancy and Matt Moore. You’ll find part 1 here. Our chat about the shadow side of organisations branches off here into
8 October 2007
Marketing language (again)
Thanks to John Moore (US) for pointing to this – Get Real by David Weinberger. My favourite bit: The military mentality that pervades marketing and customer service is a result
6 February 2004
Knitting
There’s an interesting discussion on Roland’s post about avoiding boredom at innovation conferences. In a comment Roland suggests thinking of innovation as a process “that helps knit the organisation together
4 February 2013
Valuing the free
Hilarious performance by Ira Glass on a pledge drive for public radio, which is good listening for anyone wondering how to get people to value what is given away free….
1 April 2004
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