The past 18 months I’ve had an opportunity to test the BrandFoundations as never before: to integrate the cultures of multiple companies during a pandemic. The results have been magnificent. This is the story of that journey.
It seemed – at least at first blush – that air carrier Delta was taking a purpose-based stand, and that its purpose (or North Star) dictated that the company come down firmly on the opposite side of the NRA on this particular issue.
Cue the applause track for a corporation brave enough to stand on its morals, knowing full well that it’s going to take some incoming flack for doing so.
But don’t hit “play” quite yet.
Protecting your brand in today’s highly politicized landscape is a little like tip-toeing through a minefield. Luckily, BrandFoundations and Peppercomm recently teamed up with the Public Relations Society of America to produce a webinar on this topic called “Reputation Management in a Polarized Age.”
In this short webinar BrandFoundations and John Pancoast from Acquisition Solutions explore the role that culture plays at every stage of the M&A process, review two powerful tools that can be used to “de-risk” cultural integrations, and show how they could be applied to the ongoing Amazon-Whole Foods integration.
Kirenaga, an early-stage venture fund, chose BrandFoundation’s Purpose-Way-Impact (PWI) framework and workshop kit to help guide it through a recent messaging/positioning effort. The following interview with Dave Scalzo, shows the simplicity of PWI’s framework in action and the kinds of powerful statements that can emerge from it.
It seemed – at least at first blush – that air carrier Delta was taking a purpose-based stand, and that its purpose (or North Star) dictated that the company come down firmly on the opposite side of the NRA on this particular issue.
Cue the applause track for a corporation brave enough to stand on its morals, knowing full well that it’s going to take some incoming flack for doing so.
But don’t hit “play” quite yet.
Liberty Skis has pulled off one of the rarest branding achievements: creating a cult brand with universal appeal. In this interview with the Chairman and Co-Founder we learn the magic behind this incredible company and how its purposeful products, culture and brand are allowing it to take the ski industry by storm.
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