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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Blogs under attack!
Looks like the Dinosaurs are striking back at Hugh. Meanwhile James’ daughter is already crawling over his blog. They’re lucky, you should see what’s been happening to mine And I
1 February 2006
Kathy Sierra continues to share
Kathy Sierra continues to share her first rate insights with her crash course in learning theory. Most of the principles she applies to learning… Learners are not “empty vessels” waiting
5 January 2006
Rebooting
James and I are off to Reboot 8 in Copenhagen this afternoon. Last year’s Reboot was excellent and I have high hopes for this one despite being part of the
31 May 2006
Words, words..
For those who occasionally imply that words don’t count the power of just one – sorry – is demonstrated by Gavin Heaton.
19 February 2008