Posts Tagged ‘fastcompany’

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Thinking Outside the Box is a Lousy Brand Strategy

Friday, July 27th, 2012

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This week in FastCompany our head of Strategy, Austin McGhie reveals how convention can be on your brand’s side.

“In my experience, creative ideas are easy to come by and linear strategic ideas are the all-too-common, safe fallback. Meanwhile, ideas that deliver the strategy in a highly creative, intriguing way are few and far between–and all the more valuable because of their rarity.
Again, your task is to create innovative and fresh ways to punch the edges of that box from the inside out. Hit those edges hard. This is the only way to make that box bigger, the only way to actually change its shape. After all, who says it needs to be a box in the first place?”
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“In my experience, creative ideas are easy to come by and linear strategic ideas are the all-too-common, safe fallback. Meanwhile, ideas that deliver the strategy in a highly creative, intriguing way are few and far between–and all the more valuable because of their rarity.

Again, your task is to create innovative and fresh ways to punch the edges of that box from the inside out. Hit those edges hard. This is the only way to make that box bigger, the only way to actually change its shape. After all, who says it needs to be a box in the first place?”

>>Read the full article

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Next Up! On Design Matters…

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Debbie welcomes Linda Tischler, Senior Editor at FastCompany to the podcast. Always at the crux of business and design, Linda shares some stories and insights she’s picked up working as, and working with the foremost experts in design. Tune in this Friday at 3pm @ Design Observer!

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