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Fast Company: 28 Leaders Share Their Most Effective Uses for Video

17. FOR BRAND CHANGES AND POSITIONING Branding is ultimately about storytelling, and few formats tell a story more effectively than video. We find it especially useful when a brand is...

Fast Company: 44 Leaders on Whether AI Belongs on the Team

40. A RESEARCH ASSISTANT ROLE Absolutely I consider AI as a team member, but more in the role of a research assistant than an executive. When we’re working with a...

Fast Company: 41 Leaders Debunk AI Myths

16. AI CAN DO EVERYTHING YOUR BRAND NEEDS I’d like to debunk the myth that AI can do everything your brand needs. It’s great for research and first drafts. But...

How to Fix Oscar Mayer: Figure Out What Consumers Want

Yet, doing nothing could be the biggest risk to the brand, said Bruno Benedini, co-founder of Taillight. “If Oscar Mayer is already losing relevance, doing nothing carries its own arguably...

Fast Company: 38 Truth Bombs More Executives Should Say Out Loud

28. I WAS WRONG It’s human to make mistakes—we all do it. But good leaders don’t shift the blame, nor should they pretend to be infallible. Assume responsibility, address the...

Fast Company: What’s in a name (change)?

Despite Juliet Capulet’s assertion that names are meaningless, a lot has changed about names in the past 400 years. In the business world, name changes are more common than people...

The AI Journal: Rethinking Brand Positioning in the Age of AI

Brand positioning thrives in nuance, understanding, judgement and creativity. When Nike told you to just do it, you didn’t wonder, “Do what?” When you found out Red Bull gave you...

Private Equity Firms Acquiring Healthcare Companies Shouldn’t Underestimate the Value of a Sound Naming Strategy

When private equity firms purchase healthcare companies, it’s easy for those individual entities to lose their identities. This could be the first domino that leads to a fall in value....

Trademark Scrutiny Is Rising: What Brand Builders Need to Know

The trademark landscape is evolving rapidly. Across industries, brand owners are encountering increased scrutiny from examiners who are interpreting “related” goods and services more broadly and applying a higher standard...

Food52: Why So Many Restaurants Are “Blanding” Even When Customers Don’t Want It

There are few things as nostalgic as spotting a Cracker Barrel sign peeking over highway hills on a summer road trip. For many, it wasn’t just the food—the chicken and...

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