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Jennifer L. Aaker and Andy Smith: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Co–authors of The Dragonfly Effect, Jennifer Aaker and Andy Smith live in Lafayette, California, with their three children. A social psychologist and marketer, Jennifer Aaker is the General Atlantic Professor of Marketing at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Her research spans time, money and happiness.

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The Ultimate Leadership Tip (From a Trend Too Compelling to Ignore)

Terry Starbucker

Aaker , entitled “ Millennial Searchers “ This was the key passage that caught my attention (my bolding for emphasis): Millennials appear to be more interested in living lives defined by meaning than by what some would call happiness.

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StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 59 – An Interview with David Aaker, author of Brand Relevance

Strategy Driven

Special Edition 59 – An Interview with David Aaker, author of Brand Relevance explores the creation of offerings so different that they create unique categories within which customers perceive no other product or service alternatives. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website.

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Transcend Your Mistakes: The Power of Personal Growth

Skip Prichard

” — Jennifer Aaker Stanford’s Jennifer Aaker once stated that stories are remembered 22 times more than facts. However, rather than presenting my findings as dry data or statistics, I chose a more engaging medium – storytelling. “Stories are remembered 22 times more than facts.”

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Business is a Laughing Matter

Lead Change Blog

That’s what you’ll find from Stanford Graduate School of Business professors Jennifer Aaker and lecturer Naomi Bagdonas who teach a class “ Humor: Serious Business. ”. Imagine a business class in which you have guest lecturers from firms such as Apple, Spanx, and IDEO all talking about how they use laughter in leadership.

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The Dragonfly Effect: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways to Use Social Media to Drive Social Change Jennifer Aaker and Andy Smith with Carlye Adler Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2010) In this book written with Carlye Adler, Jennifer Aaker and Andy Smith explain how to “leverage the power of the new social media to do something that [.].

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Brand Portfolio Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Aaker Free Press (2004) Note: I read this book when it was first published and recently re-read it. If anything, Aaker’s insights are even more valuable now than they were then. Aaker has earned and deserves his renown as an expert on branding. [.].

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