The Un-Conference: Keeping Brands Human
Today’s marketers must strive to eliminate the distance between brands and humanity.
NEW THINKING
Today’s marketers must strive to eliminate the distance between brands and humanity.
Economics is about deciding what’s valuable.
With somber accuracy Futurist Alvin Toffler once predicted; “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” Who among us represents today’s illiterate? At the present pace of change, certainly more marketers than we can imagine. We are either part of the old or part of the new.
Strategic thinking is a natural inclination – something I think you’re born with. In many business schools you can learn the principles of strategic thinking, but like learning to play the piano, you won’t be very good at it unless you have the innate talent to see things strategically. Are you a strategic thinking marketer? Here are six characteristics.
It’s an exciting time to be in the brand development business. Ideas are now more powerful than process. The conversation with customers can no longer be based on product attributes, but rather on experiences. There is a metaphysical aspect to creating experiences consumers love to engage in. There is a explosive drive to create value on a higher level.