LINK: Award-Winning Whirlpool Campaign Showed How Clean Clothes Can Dramatically Affect Students’ Success A case study of a project from Whirlpool from Adweek: The goal: provide students with clean clothes in order to boost their confidence, reduce truancy,… Continue Reading →
LINK: Why Reflective Leadership Is the Key to a Successful Purpose Transformation Adam Fridman, Founder of Mabbly, writes for Inc.: Perhaps more than any other generation, purpose is what inspires younger generations of workers to engage and put forth their… Continue Reading →
I came across this article in The November 2017 issue of Inc Magazine. It had stories about how travel was a source of inspiration for big ideas. It included stories from Tatcha, Lyft, TOMS, and Warby Parker. What caught my… Continue Reading →
WeWork’s mission: Create a world where people work to make a life, not just a living. Their values: Inspired Authentic Grateful Entrepreneurial Tenacious Together
Just learned Fiasco Gelato from The Society of Cult Brands. Fiasco was added to their list of Emerging Brands. Here’s how they introduced Fiasco Gelato: The purpose driven team at Fiasco stands by its mission to enrich people’s lives. They… Continue Reading →
I’d gone through my notes from 2017 and here are info and insights from 2017 that I think you’ll find helpful. White Paper / Report Purpose with the Power to Transform Your Organization (Boston Consulting Group) If I had to… Continue Reading →
Brought to you buy Imperative and NetImpact, the Purpose 2030 conference will be held in October this year in Phoenix. Their goal: BY 2030…we are setting out to ensure the majority of our workforce is fulfilled. Leaders from around the… Continue Reading →
Just came across this white paper from The Boston Consulting Group. Published this year in May, it covers why purpose matters so much today, the definition of purpose, and how an organization can bring it to life. Found the use… Continue Reading →
From the overview on their website: At Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, all of our Cast, Crew and Imagineers across the globe share one vision — to give our guests opportunities to create memories with their friends, families and loved… Continue Reading →
Creativity, Inc. is such a great book. I was looking through it again and found this wonderful nugget about George Lucas: George Lucas liked to imagine his company as a wagon train headed west – its passengers full of purpose,… Continue Reading →
During his visit to JRE Group of Institutions a few years ago, Dr. Philip Kotler spoke about the 5th P of marketing: I’ve added to the 4ps a new p. you know the 4p’s is what marketers put together in… Continue Reading →
Whole Foods’ Purpose as described in Conscious Capitalism: The stores are our canvas upon which we can paint our deeper purpose of bringing whole foods and greater health to the world. I love how they describe their store as their… Continue Reading →
Link: A four-part series on how harnessing purpose can make your company great. Our brand purpose consultant Justin was recently interviewed regarding the role of purpose in marketing. Find out the details in the 4-part series over at Nippon Marketers… Continue Reading →
A great talk by Roy Spence, chairman of GSD&M, which helped create Southwest Airlines’ famous purpose-driven marketing program centered around the freedom to fly. It’s an hour and half long talk, but contains loads of inspirational advice on life as… Continue Reading →
Purpose is not just for big corporations. Nick talks about harnessing the power of purpose at his two pizza restaurants in his TED talk below. He has a great explanation on the difference of “Purpose” and “Mission and Vision” (around… Continue Reading →
Chapter 3 in Conscious Capitalism is all about purpose. Highly recommend reading this section on purpose. Here’s how purpose is defined in the book: Why do we exist? Why do we need to exist? What is the contribution we want… Continue Reading →
Throughout our history we have been where the growth is, connecting customers to opportunities. We enable businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, helping people fulfill their hopes and dreams and realize their ambitions. This is our role and purpose…. Continue Reading →
From their website: Everything starts with Purpose. And here’s their Purpose.
Mark Zuckerberg explains the mission of Facebook in this article from Fast Company: Five years ago, before Facebook’s IPO, Mark Zuckerberg posted what he called a “founder’s letter” that spelled out the company’s philosophy for prospective investors. “We don’t wake… Continue Reading →
Here is a great book: The Method Method: Seven Obsessions That Helped Our Scrappy Start-up Turn an Industry Upside Down. We love the beginning of their last chapter:
Great quote from Deloitte Global CEO: An organization’s culture of purpose answers the critical questions of who it is and why it exists. They have a culture of purpose beyond making a profit. An organization’s culture of purpose answers the… Continue Reading →
Gary Hamel, the originator of the concept of core competence, said on his Wall Street Journal blog in 2009: Ensuring that managerial work serves a higher purpose. Management, both in theory and practice, must orient itself to the achievement of… Continue Reading →
In Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras: the Disney film studio languished for nearly fifteen years after his death as Disneyites ran around asking themselves, “What would Walt do?” Perhaps the more fitting question is not what… Continue Reading →
Lots of great info about purpose and brand in Millward Brown’s annual publication in 2013. Here are some highlights: Purpose change. But sometimes a company’s purpose has to change because the world around it has changed, as when 20 years… Continue Reading →
Esther Dyson, chairman of Adventure Holdings, on what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur: The best entrepreneurs have a sense of purpose that drives them. You can pivot better if you have a purpose, because then you have something… Continue Reading →
P&G former CMO, Jim Stengel, shares the lessons he learned in marketing, branding, and life with P&G at a session for Association of National Advertisers Masters in 2008. The five lessons: To put people at the center of what we… Continue Reading →
In Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul, the CEO explains that they once strayed from their mission. He also explains how he views the relationship of mission and purpose: Starbucks’ mission statement had never been… Continue Reading →
Khan Academy’s Mission Our mission is to provide a free, world‑class education for anyone, anywhere. This is how they describe their story: What started as one man tutoring his cousin has grown into an 80-person organization. We’re a diverse team… Continue Reading →
As described by Ikea Group CEO Peter Agnefjäll in a FORTUNE article: We’re guided by a vision to create a better everyday life for the many people. That is what steers us, motivates us—that is our role. Recommend the article… Continue Reading →
Some may think surveys aren’t the most exciting thing in the world, not for the people at SurveyMonkey. The mission of SurveyMonkey is simple and straightforward. As stated on their website: We want to help you make better decisions. That’s… Continue Reading →
Here’s a great video explaining airbnb’s big idea and what their logo represents: And I like how they articulate their mission on their blog: We asked ourselves, “What is our mission? What is the big idea that truly defines Airbnb?”… Continue Reading →
When you’re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible. – Howard Schultz
A great read over at FORTUNE on how to build the perfect workplace. By looking at the 100 best companies to work for, he finds that they focus on four elements of culture: mission colleagues trust caring When it comes… Continue Reading →
Another great read from FORTUNE. This one is from Laszlo Bock, SVP of people operations, Google. He offers 10 steps to transform your company to a “high-freedom” environment. First thing on the list is, give your work meaning: Work consumes… Continue Reading →
“We believe” provides the context for your Purpose. In communicating your Purpose to employees and customers, it is important to also have what we call the “We Believe” statements with it. By telling your audience what you believe and what… Continue Reading →
Here’s a great article from CMO.com about General Mills and how they are embracing purpose-driven marketing. Some highlights: Outlining a brand’s purpose and then shaping brand engagement around that purpose is the key to effective marketing. Seek to serve the… Continue Reading →
BrightHouse has a list of 11 wonderful resources for marketing. The list includes a selection of insightful and inspiring videos, studies, articles and books. From the list, these are our favorites: How P&G, Google and Southwest Learned to Sell With… Continue Reading →
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