Think piece

Are marketers hedgehogs or foxes?

Reflecting on the 20th anniversary of Market Leader, Judie Lannon, founding editor, wonders what makes a marketer.
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10 things we learned this winter

Available flavours of KitKat in Japan include baked potato, soybean, apricot seed and red bean paste sandwich. In 2011, Toyota announced that the official plural of Prius was Prii. In 1959, the first commercially success
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Four things about creative productivity

Productivity within the ‘vaguely creative industries’ (which is how I think of marketing) is a subject soaked in unresearched hypothesises. Here are four more:
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10 things in our Clubhouse: Feb 18

From tribes to women in power to creative productivity.
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We don’t need no education!

The Behavioural Architects, on how feedback trumps financial education in improving financial capability.
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Why financial services are deluding themselves over the strength of their brands

Whether you speak to a retail bank, private bank, asset management firm or insurance provider, they will all readily admit that their industry is struggling to maintain relevance with customers.
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The five factors that drive a high performance brand

Giles Lury questions whether being a high performance organisation equates with being a high performance brand
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The Big Growth Mistake

The fundamental misunderstanding of consumer behavior that prevents many companies from growing profitably – and what your company can do about it.
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The consumer isn’t a moron. She is your dog.

Roll over humans; it’s a dog’s life.
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