Your core values can’t simply be words on your website or on a poster in your office; they must be used. Learn how Amazon uses its core values in my new post on LinkedIn: Do You Use Your Core Values Or Just Talk About Them? related: Do Your Core Values Have Teeth? Fusion: How Integrating […]
To change your strategy – your what – you need to change your how – your culture. And you need to change your culture first – because your culture is what will ensure your organization is able to execute on your strategy. In my new Brand+Culture Series post on LinkedIn, I show how to use […]
(“brand book bites”, a new blog feature of mine, are book reviews that highlight the most interesting brand stories in the latest best-selling books. Subscribe to my feed so you don’t miss these regular bulleted briefings on the books I recommend you read.) – the book: Monster Loyalty: How Lady Gaga Turns Followers into Fanatics […]
Last week, I had the pleasure of hearing Walter Robb, Co-CEO, Whole Foods speak about purpose, values, and culture, and brand relevance and evolution, at the UCLA Extension Restaurant Conference. Here are some of the thoughts he shared: Whole Foods for Thought by Denise Lee Yohn from Denise Lee Yohn, Inc. related: Brand Experience Brief (video): Whole […]
Last week at the Fast Casual Executive Summit, I introduced “Level 5 Relevance,” a framework for re-thinking corporate social responsibility. The framework outlines how companies can become a force for positive change while enhancing their customer appeal and long-term competitiveness. […]
(Three hundred industry leaders gathered at the Women’s Foodservice Forum Executive Summit last week in Phoenix. The conference featured educational content from industry leaders and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management faculty. The caliber of the presentations was so high, I wanted to pass along some of the key learnings. So beginning today and for […]
Jim Stengel’s book Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World’s Greatest Companies presents brand-building through the lens of ideals. This is very much in line with the benefits of the brand-as-business(tm) management approach – that is, how to use your brand platform as a management tool to fuel, align, and guide every […]
brand-as-business bit: I got a response to my last “brand-as-business brief“, Value and Values, that I just have to share with you. It’s from Kevin Knight, who along with his wife Heather, run Anjou Bakery, a “a thriving incubator of good taste in food” in Cashmere, WA (about 2 hours East of Seattle.) Kevin writes: […]
brand-as-business bit: “Do well by doing good” has become the ultimate rallying cry for corporate social responsibility (CSR) – and case studies from Walmart to Nike to Timberland prove it is possible to benefit society and the bottomline. What’s more, CSR programs can make companies more innovative: According to research featured in April’s Harvard Business […]
BurgerKing, Volvo, Coke, LEGO, and ShoeDazzle were some of the brands in my recent conversations. Peruse this recap of my content this month to see what you might have missed: […]