How to Avoid a Boeing-type Crisis

Wreckage of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302  (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)

Brands must establish trust in order to survive. How do you regain trust in your brand when it has been lost? There is no doubt a plethora of people at Boeing asking that question today.  By now, billions of people around the world are aware of the crisis that Boeing, a leader in aerospace engineering […]

What Can You Do When Your Entire Industry Is In Jeopardy?

Industry-blog

By now, most people are aware of the benefits promised by the transformation of transportation systems that’s already underway. Whether it’s the electrification of automobiles, subscription services, driverless cars, or mobility as a service (Lyft, Uber, etc.), the way we move around is becoming vastly different from how we moved around just a few short […]

Reebok Chooses To “Be More Human”

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Early in 2013, Reebok approached our team with the need to develop a deep, emotional understanding of the motivations of fitness customers and the context of fitness activity in 6 countries. Our team spent 6 weeks on a round-the-world journey to uncover the common beliefs, values and motivators for hard core fitness enthusiasts in order […]

A Letter from James Cash Penney to JCPenney

Golden Rule Store

In recent weeks, the saga over the fate of JCPenney has been all over the media and advertising industry trade publications, most recently with a warranty spat involving a customer unhappy with a defective engagement ring. We’ve been tracking the situation and decided to dig into the history of the brand and its founder, James […]

Elections, CSR, Hurricanes and Common Threads

US Presidential Election

The US electorate has been locked into a bitter divide over the Presidential election for the past year and a half, and while voters can get caught up in issues of the moment, in some ways, it really doesn’t matter who wins. The basic realities of the global market will continue to come into sharper […]