When major CEOs begin framing succession around AI, it signals something larger than a changing of the guard. It suggests that the leadership model itself is being redefined in real time. This is not about becoming more efficient with new tools. It is about whether today’s leaders can redesign work, decision-making, and value creation for a world shaped by intelligence at scale. Recently, two iconic CEOs announced that they’re stepping aside and called for a new genre of leader in…
Brian Solis Quoted in Reference to Effective Coca-Cola Campaign In South African Article
Solis is quoted in reference to a successful Coca-Cola marketing campaign in an article by Tiisetso Maloma on the South African website Biz Community called “The Two Most Important Quotes in Marketing – Becoming and Authority and Expert in Customers’ Eyes.” The article reads: “In 2015 it was estimated that the campaign increased Coke sales by 7% among young adults in Australia, and by 2% in the USA. The campaign is a success because it leaves people feeling something…
Marketing to Generation Z starts by unlearning traditional marketing principles
Guest post by Connor Blakley (@BlakleySpeaks), a serial entrepreneur, adviser, speaker, and youth marketing/branding strategist. He’s also a teenager and someone whom I mentor. Connor was named as the ¨#1 High School Entrepreneur to Watch in 2016¨” by StartUp Grind Generation Z, America’s youngest generation (Born in 1996 or later) has never lived in a time when the barrier to real-time information and communication has been nearly nonexistent. By 2020, Gen Z will account for 40% of all consumers, making it more important…
Brand-Jacking: Social disaster or the highest form of flattery?
Guest post by Ekaterina Walter, a social media strategist at Intel. She was recently elected to serve on the Board of Directors of Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA). Follow her on Twitter With the growth of social media and all the two-way channels of communication open to organizations, brand identity is potentially stronger but more at-risk than ever. Losing control of your brand’s ‘voice’ can be hugely damaging. And companies who have been brand-jacked, that is, had their brand…