When selecting a primary source to produce your product overseas, you must ensure that the “core” compentancies/capabilities of the factory match the “vision” of the Design team and brand as a whole. This many times is where brands fall short, and compromise happens, whether in construction, materials or both. In falling short, you risk alienating […]
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Product Vision vs Reality…
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Driving Brand Value
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Driving Brand Value has many ingredients and each is built around the key principles of which the brand was founded. As you evolve and grow these principles can be adjusted, but not from the main positioning objective that are the origins of the brand. To stick with what made you “stand for” is difficult at […]
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Artificial Intelligence…Emotion vs Data
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With the development of Artificial Intelligence you would think Big Data would continue to sharpen the logical reasoning of AI, but providing more data does not make AI better, human reasoning and logic is the next evolution of AI. When this happens, you will find a slow, then rapid deployment of AI on roles you […]
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Out-Innovate yourself First…
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The ability to out-innovate yourself is a managed skillset carefully crafted into the mindset of truly “product driven” companies. This is neither a want or need, but a “must have” if you are to be an “authentic” leader within your product category. Many companies find this mindset difficult, if not impossible to follow through […]
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Product Vision…to REALITY..
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When selecting a primary source to produce your product overseas, you must ensure that the “core” compentancies/capabilities of the factory match the “vision” of the Design team and brand as a whole. This many times is where brands fall short, and compromise happens, whether in construction, materials or both. In falling short, you risk alienating […]
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Make a Difference…
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Many people say when the timing is right I will serve. However, if you wait for the right time you may never serve for a greater purpose. Recently I had the privilege and honor of learning I will serve on the Board of Directors for the “Make A Wish” foundation (www.wish.org). This is an organization […]
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Failure to Learn…
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Everyone at some point in their career will have a failure or should have a failure, learning how to deal with this inevitable reality will be the difference between learning and succeeding, or failing and never letting go. Successful leaders move on, and learn from these failures. Others can never seem to get over the […]
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