Twenty years ago, Branding Strategy Insider began with a straightforward ambition: create a place where people serious about building brands could find thinking that made them better at it.
A Conversation With Dr. Derrick Daye on Positioning, AI and the Brand Work That Matters. Dr. Derrick Daye has spent more than two decades helping leadership teams connect brand strategy to business performance. As Founder and Managing Partner of The Blake Project and Publisher of Branding Strategy Insider, he has advised more than 250 B2C and B2B brands and organizations across more than 40 industries, including Abbott, Coca-Cola, Intel, Nestlé, Deloitte AI, EA Sports, LexisNexis,...
Corporate jargon is pretty miserable. Executives use euphemisms and empty phrases to cover up the truth. Reading an earnings report is sometimes the equivalent of nails scratching on a blackboard. The generic puffery of language – employed to dull our senses and calm our expectations – is numbing.
It is difficult to avoid politics these days. Right now, both political brands are becoming parties that do not stand for anything but stand against everything or stand for everything. Having a relevant, differentiated brand promise applies whether you are a political entity or a packaged goods offering.
Most leaders understand positioning. They know their brand needs to stand for something clear, relevant, and defensible in the minds of the people most important to its future. That is clear. However, problems arise when an organization drifts from its core strengths or when those strengths are now weaknesses.
