Brand Building and Online Marketing Blog

Category: vision

August 12, 2009

|

being fearless, being the best, courage, culture, vision

What won’t you compromise (and compromise on)? – Inspired by Amber Naslund

Okay, I don’t usually borrow post titles or topics from other people, but today I’ll make an exception. Amber Naslund… READ MORE
July 2, 2009

|

adaptation, advice, being fearless, being the best, brand culture, brand planning, brand relevance, brand strategy, change, change agent, competitive edge, corporate culture, culture, design thinking, differentiation, discipline, discovery, efficiency, evolution, excellence, fresh ideas, hybrid thinking, ideation, IDEO, innovation, insight, inspiration, kicking ass, leadership, lessons, management lessons, market disruption, market research, Nike, opportunity, passion, perfectionism, performance, product design, product development, progress, relevance, routine, smart business, strategy, success, triathlon, vision

You are ALWAYS in Beta.

You’re always in beta. Always. If you think you aren’t, you’re already falling behind and bleeding relevance. What does being… READ MORE
March 31, 2009

|

2009, account planning, adaptation, arrogance, bad management, bonehead moves, brand culture, brand erosion, brand insights, brand planning, brand relevance, brand strategy, brand valuation, brands, broken brand, bullshit, bureaucracy, business, clueless, collaboration, common sense, compensation, competition, corporate culture, customer relationship, denial, differentiation, efficiency, employee morale, expectations, growth, idiocracy, incompetence, innovation, leaders, leadership, management, management lessons, market disruption, mediocrity, nepotism, nonsense, opportunity, performance, poor leadership, product design, product development, promises, purpose, relevance, setting goals, steve jobs, success, T-shaped, tactics, team building, the death of a brand, the great dumbing-down of America, value proposition, vision, vs., when things go wrong, wisdom

Killing America’s brands, one lousy C.E.O. at a time.

How “Black Widow” C.E.O.s and Caretaker Managers are choking the life out of the world’s most profitable brands: Fellow brand… READ MORE
September 17, 2008

|

strategy, tactics, vision

Vision, Strategy and Tactics: A Primer

You would think that we wouldn’t need to bring this up anymore, but I have noticed recently that some folks… READ MORE
May 11, 2008

|

fun with creativity, graphic design, movies, speed racer, style, vision

Critics who kill Speed Racer are morons.

Come to think of it, let’s just call movie critics as a whole “morons.” How about this: Go see movies… READ MORE
October 3, 2007

|

leadership, management, mba, vision, wisdom

A Management Lesson from Craigslist’s Jim Buckmaster

Below is some pretty delicious advice from Jim Buckmaster (CEO of Craiglist), courtesy of Lucy Kellaway, via AdPulp, from an… READ MORE

Recent posts

August 2, 2013

Facebook Graph Search Explained In 15 Seconds
July 11, 2013

Game Change: Moneyball And The Reality Of Social Business.
June 14, 2013

Advertising isn’t dead.

Quote of the week

"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby

Brand Building and Online Marketing Blog

About

A passionate baseball fan blog celebrating America's favorite pastime.

Topics

Follow Us

Website Powered by WordPress.com.

Design a site like this with WordPress.com