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Brand Surgery ? excerpts from my Marketing Magazine article | In.

In the CEO Afterlife

Brand Surgery – excerpts from my Marketing Magazine article. by John • February 5, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. Now my accountant, my lawyer, my portfolio manager and even my neighbour talk to me about brands. A vast number of famous brand names need brand surgery.

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Avoid the Improvement Hype Cycle

Harvard Business Review

Tailoring a process improvement initiative — i.e., borrowing from several religions and making a tight fit with your core brand, history, strategy, and culture — will decrease the chances that your organization rejects foreign ideas. Eradicate process lingo. For example, you could use "continuous improvement" instead of "kaizen."