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In the best of all possible worlds, you’d have a team comprised of star players working within a superior system. You’d win Super Bowls, collect industry accolades and generally kick every potential competitor to the curb. If only it were that easy. It isn’t. But the conversations that circle this balancing act are fascinating and I’d […]

“This Sentence Has 5ive Words: Eigen Values, Creating Truisms + the Future of  Marketing” is being voted on for publishing at ChangeThis! Will you help publish this e-book? Click “yes, publish it!” HERE.   This Sentence Has 5ive Words. Last Friday’s Kaizenblog Tweet Chat discussed Eigen Values, self-defining brands and the power of consistency. We had […]

Hello, marketers. Look at your AC Nielsen data. Now back at me. Now back at your data. Now back to me. Did I ever tell you that I spent much of my formative years neck-deep in AC Nielsen data, judging year-over-year, month-over-month, weekly, SKU-level and key account level sell through data? I did. It wasn’t the sexy […]

   Welcome #Kaizenblog! “This sentence has five words.” Is there any rational person out there who wants to debate this point? Probably not. It’s self-defining. It’s obvious. When we say, “This sentence has five words,” we are presenting our listener with a truism. It is, by its own definition, correct. This is an Eigen Value, […]

Hello, marketers. Look at your ad. Now back at me. Now back at your ad. Now back to me. Sadly, your ad didn’t sell anything. But if it stopped trying to be comedy and remembered that ads were supposed to sell stuff, it could act like me. Look down. Back up. Where are we? We’re […]