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The Brave Brand

Essays, frameworks, and insights on brand strategy, design, and the future of menaingful work.

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Brand Foundation Series

The Space Between Briefs: On Thought Partnership and the Work That Truly Moves Us

Exploring why the best creative relationships aren’t built on deliverables, but on depth of thought.

The Caring Machine

Frameworks & Tools

The Multiplier Effect of Communication Clarity

Brand Foundation Series

Why Most Brand Projects Start with the Wrong Question

Archive

Brand Foundation Series

Why Your Breakthrough Idea Isn't Breaking Through

Your innovation could change the world. So why can't you explain what makes it matter?

A Unified History of Brand vs Marketing vs Design

From the first human marks to AI integration: how meaning, persuasion, and beauty evolved across cultures and millenia

Brand Foundation Series

How Much Should You Invest in Branding?

A practical guide to brand investment for mission-driven founders navigating growth, regulation, and stakeholder complexity

Frameworks & Tools

The Triangle of Remarkable Decisions

How Courage, clarity, and coherence build brave brands

Brand Foundation Series

Where Most Brand Projects Fail (And How to Succeed)

Four hidden pitfalls undermining your brand investment

A Brave Brand Interview: Music as a Human Right

In Conversation with Rawkstars founder Jonathan "JJ" Jacobs