ignore trends

Rolling right along in the series of posters of brand-building principles from my new book, What Great Brands Do, we have: Great brands don’t chase customers; they attract people to them.  Great brands know that if you stand for something clearly, some people will love you and some will hate you, but the ones that love you will […]

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Eliminating co-pilots; offering standing-only cabins; asking customers to work the baggage conveyor belt – these are the things Michael O’Leary dreams of.  As CEO of Ryanair, O’Leary loves to propose provocative potential developments for his airline. Does he do it because he’s a rabble-rousing PR machine or because he’s a shrewd businessman – or both?  […]