When Focus Hurts Brands
February 27, 20153 min
I remember it like it was yesterday.
NEW THINKING
I remember it like it was yesterday.
Top tier marketers today have made one career-changing decision that has extended the reach of their success. They’ve elected to lead rather than manage. Those seven words represent the new requirement for high performance in an age where the customer drives the conversation about brands and where the proactive thrive.
A few years ago, I was working as a consultant for a luxury brand.
There is absolutely a place for models. Great structures deliver us frameworks for thinking.
We talk a lot about the pressures on brands to perform and about the difficulties of staying competitive in huge and rapidly changing markets.