Nearly eight years ago Eric Ries released The Lean Startup – now considered the blueprint for how businesses can succeed by failing fast and smartly. A fair amount of the thinking wasn’t new. Ries cites Toyota, not always associated with radical innovation, throughout the book. Yet when I read it as a junior internal communications […]
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Leading from the front means playing a good game, not just talking one.
A good friend of mine recently bought in his five year-old daughter an oboe, and signed her up to a year’s one to one tuition. He wants her to learn an instrument, convinced it will lead to a more a fuller life with greater opportunity, and instil a bit of discipline at the same time. […]
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Internal identity: Consistency vs. coherence?
Businesses with powerful external brands are often of the opinion that preserving that brand’s look and feel, in all environments, is essential to its integrity and success. I beg to differ. The requirements of a brand internally differ fairly dramatically from their requirements externally. In the way that we wouldn’t choose an estate car to […]
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Communicating on Purpose
I was recently given a glowing report of life at one of the major supermarket chains by a budding communications professional, following her experience of working on a graduate programme. She didn’t have a bad word to say about them, and would, given the right opportunity, go back there at the drop of a hat. […]