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Successful brands understand that customers have unlimited choices, and a two-way relationship keeps you top of mind with consumers. This is not far-fetched or unrealistic when brands approach it by solving real challenges that their clients have, and…

2: #2 Your Brand is more than a Logo

As Jeff Bezos famously said, “your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.” While much effort is spent on logos, brand guidelines, and messaging structures, if your brand doesn’t resonate with your audiences, they will write…

1: #1 Your Brand is a Vocabulary

How do you create a vocabulary that people inside and outside your organization will want to adopt and use to talk about you? If you create it well, it will be something that employees are able to easily use, and something that is meaningful to your…

Return on Creativity is Blue Chip

What if the art and design students teamed up with engineers, business majors and programmers to tackle issues in banking and health care? What if scientists using data for biocomplexity and behavioral research tapped creative thinkers for breakthrough results? What if your creative ‘side hustle’ is now contributing to a $6billion online sector? And what if the competitive advantage in a 104-year-old blue chip ‘startup’ company is a big team of creatives?