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9 Critical Traits of Successful Leaders Who Revolutionize Their Industry

9 critical traits of successful leaders

Wouldn't it be great to have the shortlist of the critical traits of successful leaders? I thought this would be useful, so I compiled a list of qualities I ...

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Filed Under: Inspiration for Growing Companies, Leadership Tagged With: B2B Branding, brand strategy, CEOs, David Brier, innovation, marketing, startups

Why Am I in the Netflix Bestseller Alongside Richard Branson and Steve Jobs?

The Netflix Bestseller

The Netflix Bestseller written by the CEO of Netflix and Erin Meyer was remarkable in a number of ways. In my Fast Company column, innovation is a ...

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Filed Under: Leadership, Seen on Fast Company Tagged With: David Brier, fast company, innovation, Netflix, richard branson, steve jobs

This is The Best Business Advice for Entrepreneurs

The Best Business Advice for Entrepreneurs

This is the best business advice for entrepreneurs. Especially in these challenging times. The Best Business Advice I Could Share with You Today It was ...

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Filed Under: Branding, Leadership, Portfolio Tagged With: best advice, brand strategy, branding, innovation, leadership, video, youtube

Did This Video Really Inspire the Harvard Business Review?

The Harvard Business Review Meets David Brier

Recently, the Harvard Business Review published a terrific article entitled, "We Need Imagination Now More Than Ever." In this article, Jim Loree, the CEO of ...

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Filed Under: Inspiration for Growing Companies, Leadership, Storytelling Tagged With: branding, David Brier, imagination, innovation, rebranding, youtube

The 4 Pillars of Growth: Branding. Innovating. Disruption. Success.

Branding. Innovating. Disruption. by David Brier

Ask any company and you'll find four things they all seek to master: Branding. Innovating. Disruption. Success. Amongst the best marketing strategies for ...

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Filed Under: Brand Leadership, Podcasts Tagged With: brand leadership, branding, david brier interview, influence, innovation, podcast interview, youtube

Why Certain Designs Work and Others Fail? (in 60 seconds)

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Companies and brands struggle with (and often wonder) why certain designs work. There’s an art and science to design. Getting it wrong loses you more than ...

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Filed Under: Design, Storytelling Tagged With: branding, david brier interview, differentiation, innovation, leadership, one minute wednesdays

How Busy Brands (Really) Fail—in 60 Seconds

Busy Brands with David Brier

Busy brands. Frantic lives. Overfilled inboxes. Exhausted lifestyles. My friend Daymond John wrote something brilliant in describing his new book, Rise and ...

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Filed Under: Brand Leadership, Storytelling Tagged With: branding, David Brier, innovation, leadership, marketing

How to Know If Your Brand is Playing to Your Strengths?

Branding and Jazz

Below is Episode 13 of One Minute Wednesday and it has everything to do with making a measurable dent, intelligently playing to your strengths, maximizing your ...

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Filed Under: Brand Leadership, Storytelling Tagged With: branding, david brier interview, innovation, leadership, one minute wednesdays

What is Innovation? (and the Problem with History and Old Habits)

What is innovation, Feature

Several years ago, I wrote and narrated a video called "What is Innovation?" Years later in this newest episode of One Minute Wednesdays, I state, "History ...

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Filed Under: Branding, Social Media Tagged With: branding, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership, marketing, one minute wednesdays

The 5 Secrets to Disrupting Your Industry in 60 Seconds

disrupting Your Industry_Episode 6

While "disrupting your industry" has just about become a cliche, there is truth to the concept. I'll explain. I love the lists that Vala Afshar of Salesforce ...

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Filed Under: Brand Leadership, Social Media Tagged With: branding, innovation, interview, social media

How to Innovate Like a Billionaire (As seen in Fast Company)

innovation and einstein

How to innovate? It's what keeps any CEO or founder worth their stock options awake at night. After all, innovation. It's not a four-letter word. Crap is ...

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Filed Under: Seen on Fast Company, Social Media Tagged With: branding, design, innovation

Innovation Hell: Saving Good Ideas From Premature Death

Innovation Hell

Why is it that so many ideas grow weaker during the exact process that is theoretically designed to bring them to life? It’s a painful but true phenomena ...

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Filed Under: Branding Blog, Uncategorized (Indecision at its Finest) Tagged With: brand strategy, branding, Entrepreneurship, innovation

Slideshare’s Best Business Presentation of 2014?

2014 by David Brier

The audacity! The presumption of greatness! And it's still the last day of 2013.... If you innovate, this new presentation is for you. If you do ...

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Filed Under: Branding Blog, Inspiration for Growing Companies Tagged With: branding, innovation, presentation, quotes, seen on slideshare, slideshare

The Secret CEO Technique To Repel Stupid Brand Mistakes

The Beatles and David Brier

Branding mistakes are awful. Some are worse than others and hard to live with. The Beatles, Western Union and Steve Jobs The famous guy who said "No" to ...

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Filed Under: Branding Blog, Inspiration for Growing Companies Tagged With: brand failure, branding mistakes, innovation, marketing, success, The Beatles

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For over 30 years, David Brier has worked with large and small companies and startups that refuse to blend in and want — not only a brand that has something to say but — a brand that demands to be heard: to defy gravity and rise above the noise. Read More…

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