Thought Doodles

Lessons From a 3,000-Year-old Brand Strategist.
In a punch-drunk world fawning over CAC dashboards and AI-generated copy to fake intimacy between brands and consumers, maybe it’s

Three ways to avoid suffering from Elephant Thinking
Let’s clarify some things here, before we expose another dirty little secret highlighting the shortcomings of the influence business. One

Why doing good is good for business.
Gordon Gekko, take a hike. Blake Mycoskie is here. Blake Mycoskie, the creator of TOM’S, just won the LionsHeart Award

Creating your own road to success. 3D thinking in action.
Kenneth Cole, the shoe company, created their own road to success by thinking 3-dimensionally. At the onset, Kenneth knew he was

The Beauty of an Unpolished Brand
The inclination to disguise ourselves is more potent today than ever. Most of us build fake fortresses through social media

Why Nothing Is Harder Than Simple
This world of ours spins faster every day. Relative time, “living time,” is now sliced up into little pieces, and

When Strategy and Execution Are Incompatible, Magic Happens
Magic? Isn’t it more like mayhem? Have no doubt about it; a clash between individuals responsible for creative ideation

The 50-year anniversary of interactive advertising. Wait. What?
The digital-age did not give birth to interactive advertising. Just as selfies did not introduce the world to hand-held photography.

Looking for a solution? Look inside the problem. 3D thinking is here.
Sometimes, the best way to find a solution is simply to redefine the problem. Start by looking at it inside

The Birth and Death of a lifestyle brand
When a lifestyle brand is born a core following finds an interesting point of difference that’s relevant to them and