CPG
Upcycled food helps brands, consumers combat waste
As food waste becomes a significant issue for consumers, the upcycled food market is set to grow by 15% over the next decade.
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Inspiration
Don’t let your means betray your ends
Even the best of intentions in business can be undermined if your means betray your desired outcomes, writes Steve McKee.
Inspiration
A heuristic to judge leadership effectiveness
A handy heuristic to judge your leadership effectiveness is if you're stalled, stuck or stale, writes Steve McKee, who provides advice for all three states.
Workforce
In hard times, make the candidate experience easy
Companies that make the candidate experience pleasant by communicating with them in a clear and timely manner are best position to hire top talent.
Marketing
Why brands need to stop being afraid of social activism
Studies show consumers want to see social activism from brands. Here are two ways to ensure it’s done effectively.
Leadership
Why it’s sometimes faster to slow down
Companies must act fast in some areas of business, but Steve McKee writes that it's often best to slow down to produce the best results.
Leadership
There is no easy button
Leaders wish they had an "easy button" when mapping out strategy, but the ability to improvise when obstacles arise is where real leadership is found.
Digital Technology
3 ways the metaverse is reshaping e-commerce marketing
How is this virtual reality shaping brands' approach to e-commerce marketing.
Leadership
How intersections can help you find business direction
Strategically identifying the intersections your business sits at can help leaders find the right direction and actions to pursue.
Marketing
Brands experiment with audio ad interactivity
How audio is helping marketers turn audience heads.
Digital Technology
4 ways blockchain technology is transforming marketing
Blockchain in marketing is changing the industry through NFTs – and three other ways.
Communication
Leadership’s magic word
Does leadership have a magic word? More than one? Steve McKee shares one of the words he finds most effective.
Leadership
100% remote work? Not even a remote chance
Come together. Right now. Because working remotely isn't nearly as effective as working in person. Steve McKee explains why.
Brands & Campaigns
Connections matter. What consumers want from brands
The pandemic, inflation and a just need for some fun have each changed the way people connect to brands.
Marketing
Gift card branding offers a marketing opportunity
Vericast’s Josh Hatcher talks gift card design and branding.
Sponsored
Report: Lux Retail Sales to Continue Healthy Growth
This piece is sponsored by Colliers. A Colliers report says luxury fashion retail has emerged from an initial pandemic malaise with more revenues, an...
Brands & Campaigns
PepsiCo, Pizza Hut team up on mobile game
PepsiCo and Pizza Hut are the latest brands to engage audiences through mobile games and online sports content.
Leadership
No more onboarding
Onboarding is the wrong term to use for fulling welcoming and integrating employees. Let's think about immersion, instead.
Marketing Strategy
3 reasons why brand consistency matters
Brand consistency is essential as content marketing becomes a more common tactic.
Marketing
Brand enthusiasts back beliefs, not products
For effective word-of-mouth marketing, brands need to consider the "primal branding" model.
Leadership
Businesses that tighten up get hurt
Companies age, just like people, and they'll tighten up unless they have the right planning, the right exercises and the right precautions.
Digital Technology
How to boost your brand awareness online
Is your digital brand awareness affecting your sales? If your branding seems to be misaligned or misunderstood, try these tips from Rashan Dixon to give it a refresh.
Marketing
Brand voice: 3 steps to success
What's your brand's voice? Do you know? Discover three ways to develop your brand's voice.
Leadership
The power of a singular strategic objective
What's your singular strategic objective? Aim for that instead of getting lost in a pile of strategics, tactics and objectives.
Marketing
How to implement effective DEI marketing strategies
Marketers play a central role in company diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and more brands are investing in DEI initiatives. What are some of the hurdles companies face when it comes to implementing effective DEI marketing strategies? And how can they overcome them?
Leadership
A new take on planned obsolescence
Planned obsolescence has a deserved bad reputation, but it's also a strategic mindset every company needs if it's to stand the test of time.
Sponsored
Idahoan Foods takes omnichannel approach to appeal to today’s shoppers
Idahoan Foods Director of E-commerce Chuck Coyle and Vice President of Retail Marketing and Business Development Ryan Ellis share key takeaways from the company’s growing direct-to-consumer business that can help other brands craft a successful e-commerce strategy.
Public Relations
Commentary: Why the ICCO World PR Report is a wake-up call
Sarah Evans looks at how public relations pros typically measure earned media – and makes a call to action for new metrics that don’t use ad value equivalents.
Digital Technology
Video measurement must evolve with changing privacy regulations
Video measurement must adapt to changing data privacy regulations and Accuity’s Seraj Bharwani makes the case for using data based on user-initiated behaviors like branded search and branded video viewership.
Management
The secret of great companies is chemistry, not alchemy
Leaders can't dictate corporate culture, but employee chemistry isn't alchemy! Learn why corporate chemistry is within your control, unlike Rumpelstiltskin's alchemy.
Strategy
AI vs. humans, part 1
AI and the metaverse won’t make humanity better; they will augment and intensify what we all already are, for good and for ill. Here's what that means for leaders and companies.
Brands & Campaigns
How a DEI commitment can innovate your marketing
An ethnically and culturally diverse marketing campaign starts with an inclusive creative brief, writes Rikki Roehrich, who offers steps on how to ensure your next campaign incorporates a DEI mindset.
Strategy
The dangers of strategy myopia
Leaders need to define their strategy, regularly revisit it and avoid the perils of win/lose thinking.
Strategy
“Day one” of succession planning
Founders and CEOs alike need to plan their succession -- and they likely need more time than they're alloting. Learn from a business owner who's done succession.
Marketing Strategy
3 things missing from your D&I marketing
Emerald-Jane (EJ) Hunter of myWHY agency explains three mistakes commonly made in a company’s diversity and inclusion marketing efforts -- and how to fix them.
Strategy
The beauty of contrast
Contrast is how we discover new ideas and move forward. Embrace the contrast between you and other people in your work and life.
Sponsored
How to build empathetic leadership teams
Here are some suggestions for developing more empathetic leadership teams in your organization.
CPG
Brand relevance today: The role of “brand” in guiding shoppers’ choices
Brands are working harder than ever to gain attention and loyalty, regardless of whether they are national, name brands or a retailer’s own private brand.
Management
Mongers wanted: Why expertise plus calling equals success
"Monger" is a unique combination of knowledge and passion that is rare to see and intoxicating to experience. Here's why being a monger might be a worthy career goal.
Digital Technology
The right marketing tech stack helps build trust
Sarah Evans talks about the lack of trust marketers have -- and how a marketing tech stack and rebuild that trust and what it should include.
Public Relations
Think of your business online as a “general store”
Marshall Communications’ Nancy Marshall offers advice on how to keep our digital presence from becoming impersonal, along with four ways for PR practitioners to grow their love of their profession.