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Before you can truly talk about Change Management, you have to focus on achieving clear vision20 comments

Olivier Blanchard wrote 3 weeks ago: I love the fact that the comments my readers leave on the BrandBuilder blog are an endless source of … more →

Tags: account planning, Adaptation, Bad Management, being the best, brand consciousness, brand culture, Brand Planning, Brand Strategy, Business

Follow up on Harvard Business Publishing Voices Blog on Effectiveness and Focus1 comment

Lilly wrote 3 months ago: Following a Twitter posted link yesterday, I found the blog post entitled The Key to Effectiveness-F … more →

Tags: Diversity, knowledge, Strategy, Systems, Effectiveness, focus?, harvard, Harvard Business School, Ideas!

Why R.O.I. Best Practices for Social Media might just save the world as you know it.14 comments

Olivier Blanchard wrote 3 months ago: Let’s go over a few things: 1. Social Media is good for you, you know it, and you know why. 2. … more →

Tags: building value, Business, leadership, Management, Management Lessons, ROI, Smart Business, Social Media, social network

Systems Thinking in Public Sector -has the time for application finally come?1 comment

Lilly wrote 4 months ago: It started with the Stefan Stern article in the Financial Times ‘Change the way you work … more →

Tags: Civil Service Reform, Government, Letters, News, Systems thinking, Vision, Financial Times, John Seddon, stefan stern

Time to get into startup mode again: Part 211 comments

Olivier Blanchard wrote 4 months ago: Part 2 of 2. In case you missed it, read Part 1 now. For those of you catching this post on a mobile … more →

Tags: 2009, account planning, building value, Business, leadership, Management, Management Lessons, manifesto, Market Disruption

Time to get into startup mode again - Part 16 comments

Olivier Blanchard wrote 4 months ago: The insanity of knowing what the problem is, and doing nothing to address it. “The definition … more →

Tags: account planning, building value, Social Media, Adaptation, being the best, 2009, brandbuilder, Olivier Blanchard, Smart Business

Embracing Obstacles: A Leadership and Project Management Manifesto14 comments

Olivier Blanchard wrote 4 months ago: “Making it work” : Lessons from the real world of “do or die.” Sometimes, ev … more →

Tags: Innovation, hybrid thinking, agile creativity, flexibility of execution, Design Thinking, leadership, Management, experience?, Fresh ideas

Who exactly is driving the Social Media bus in the Enterprise space?49 comments

Olivier Blanchard wrote 6 months ago: I dig Jeremiah Owyang’s blog. The guy is wicked smart, usually spot-on with everything he says … more →

Tags: 2009, account planning, brand culture, brand insights, Brand Planning, Brand Strategy, Business, client partnerships, Common Sense

ROI vs. "Impact on X" - Understanding what Social Media ROI is and isn't.88 comments

Olivier Blanchard wrote 6 months ago: Don’t want to read the post? Watch the video. (It’s faster.) Note: That last little part … more →

Tags: 2009, account planning, Adaptation, brand consciousness, brand insights, Brand Planning, brand relevance, Brand Strategy, brand valuation

On finally fixing Marketing's R.O.I. Void19 comments

Olivier Blanchard wrote 7 months ago: http://wray-mccann.com What the heck is going on with marketing anyway? Marketing discussions lately … more →

Tags: Marketing, Mission Statement, account planning, corporate ecosystem, Customer experience, marketing leadership, expectations, Business, Bureaucracy

Designers as Leaders7 comments

Olivier Blanchard wrote 8 months ago: Fellow blogger, cyclist, design-thinking guru and good friend James pointed me to this great little … more →

Tags: Brand Planning, brand relevance, Creative Types, Brand Strategy, account planning, Design Thinking, Customer experience, Creativity, building value

Academic spat about the role of women managers/leaders in the current economic climate and the real influence

Lilly wrote 8 months ago: It is interesting to watch academic spats spill into the quality daily press especially when they go … more →

Tags: Diversity, Economics, leadership, Letters, Deborah Kolb, development, feminised companies, Gender Studies, Herminia Ibarra

Turn Insight into Action

Olivier Blanchard wrote 9 months ago: Today’s bit of Marketing, Customer Experience, Design & Product Development advice comes f … more →

Tags: Brand Planning, Customer relationship, brand relevance, brand ownership, corporate ecosystem, Design Thinking, building value, Culture, brand consciousness

Dynamic new leaders making history every day3 comments

Olivier Blanchard wrote 10 months ago: Mike Tomlin. Photo: Peter Diana / Post-Gazette Mike Tomlin: The youngest coach to win a SuperBowl. T … more →

Tags: Business, Leaders, leadership, Management, Talent, brandbuilder, Mike Tomlin, Olivier Blanchard, Steelers

We All Have a Dream2 comments

Olivier Blanchard wrote 10 months ago: Martin Luther King - photo by Flip Schulke/Corbis Management lessons from the Rev. Martin Luther Kin … more →

Tags: Business, brandbuilder, Management Lessons, Martin Luther King, Olivier Blanchard

More calls for wisdom and integrity- Wall Street Journal and Peggy Noonan

Lilly wrote 11 months ago: As the time for inauguration of President-Elect Obama draws nearer, there are more reflections on th … more →

Tags: Strategy, leadership, News, US Elections'08, Government, Add new tag, obama, Noonan, WSJ

Why no successful business is an island.3 comments

Olivier Blanchard wrote 11 months ago: The value of communities to the well-being and growth of businesses and organizations which serve th … more →

Tags: Change Agent, change, Customer relationship, Brand Ambassadors, brand relevance, brand ownership, client partnerships, Anthropology, commitment

The expert fallacy3 comments

Olivier Blanchard wrote 12 months ago: Yesterday, we talked a little bit about the value of talent vs. the value of experience, and we esta … more →

Tags: Change Agent, Design Thinking, Talent, Arrogance, Curiosity, experience?, Denial, Bullshit, expectations

Robert Killick on the value of risk and true entrepreneurship.4 comments

Olivier Blanchard wrote 1 year ago: Robert Killick on the need for intellectual curiosity and courage in the face of “unknowns … more →

Tags: Innovation, hybrid thinking, Change Agent, brand relevance, Brand Strategy, corporate ecosystem, Design Thinking, leadership, Leaders


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