Posts Tagged ‘brand strategy’
Listening To Lead
The promise of the digital age was the ability to more cheaply and rapidly raise awareness of our value, our message, or our cause. Digital media levelled the playing field and gave all of us the chance to spread our ideas. In some cases, the desire to quickly spread ideas has led to the misbelief…
Read MoreConsistent, Persistent And Patient
The slim woman dressed in activewear, in line at the cafe next to the gym, orders a black coffee. As she’s handing over her card when the barista asks her the question he’s asked every single customer who ordered a takeaway coffee that morning. ‘Would you like a glazed doughnut for just $2 to go…
Read MoreThe Advantage Of Not Knowing For Sure
Success is as unpredictable as failure. Nobody knows for sure what will be a hit or a miss. Every runaway success is only obvious with hindsight. And yet we expend so much of our creative energy trying to be successful to our detriment. When you liberate yourself from the pressure of having to win, you’re…
Read MoreCare Most
We mistakenly believe that we are powerless to make a difference in an all is lost moment when in fact the opposite is true.
Read MorePerfect Timing
An ideal audience isn’t just one that’s available—it’s one that’s receptive.
When we say something is just as important as how we say it.
Needs And Wants
If we are to do our best work, we must also be intentional about the kind of business and life we want to build. We often default to prioritising our needs while neglecting our wants.
Read MoreA Question Of Choices
Our choices not only determine our priorities, plans and results—they are also clues about what matters to us.
Read MoreBy Heart Vs. With Heart
We have the opportunity every day to work by heart or to choose to do it with heart.
The more often we choose the latter the better for all of us.
Growing Small
I remember landing my first ‘real’ job like it was yesterday. One of the big British supermarket chains was opening a huge store not far from where I lived in Dublin. It was good news for the hundreds of people who would be employed there—more jobs, more choice for consumers—a win-win. At fifteen, I thought…
Read MoreLike The Weather
Often the thing we can’t control distracts us to the point of getting in the way of the things we can affect and change.
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