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How to ship better ideas by shaping how your team decides
November 2, 2023
Leadership
,
Strategy
What is positioning for B2B tech?
September 21, 2023
Messaging
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Positioning
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Storytelling
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Strategy
How to apply “release early, release often” to build a better brand
July 26, 2023
Open Source
6 signs your company needs a new name
July 25, 2023
Naming
New Kind is a Certified B Corporation
December 9, 2022
New Kind News
Aren’t all agency relationships open and collaborative?
November 9, 2022
Company Culture
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Open Source
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Strategy
Helping a higher purpose take flight
November 1, 2022
Company Culture
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Messaging
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Positioning
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Storytelling
Putting the “kindness” in New Kind
October 12, 2022
Company Culture
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New Kind News
Will COVID-19 turn us all into experience designers?
May 7, 2020
Leadership
,
Strategy
,
UX
How to preserve tech brand equity after an acquisition
April 28, 2020
Leadership
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Open Source
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Positioning
,
Strategy
Why having a clear voice is crucial for tech companies
April 7, 2020
Messaging
,
Storytelling
,
Strategy
Are you missing a big opportunity with your event experiences?
January 27, 2020
Identity Design
,
Messaging
,
Strategy
It’s time for a proof-of-purpose blockchain
December 17, 2019
Brand Community
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Storytelling
,
Strategy
Introducing the New Kind Brand Diagnostic
December 3, 2019
New Kind News
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Positioning
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Research
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Strategy
How your product brand strategy shapes your overall brand reputation
November 14, 2019
Strategy
What’s a tech CMO really buying when working with an agency?
November 7, 2019
Leadership
,
Strategy
5 reasons tech messaging fails at scale
October 8, 2019
Messaging
,
Startup Branding
How to pick a fight with your in-house teams
September 27, 2019
Strategy
Five of our favorite ways to roll out your new brand
September 12, 2019
Strategy
Why brand is more valuable than ever in a data-rich SaaS world
August 20, 2019
Strategy
5 strategies to build buy-in for your new brand
August 14, 2019
Strategy
Modular messaging: the tech marketer’s Swiss Army Knife
July 26, 2019
Messaging
Five ways to use humanity to build your brand
July 2, 2019
Positioning
,
Storytelling
,
Strategy
How to run collaborative brand projects like a pro
June 13, 2019
Leadership
,
Open Source
,
Strategy
Why your messaging strategy should be both foundational and fluid
May 17, 2019
Messaging
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Open Source
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Startup Branding
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Strategy
4 signs your high-growth company needs brand development
May 10, 2019
Strategy
Blockchain has a branding problem
April 24, 2019
Strategy
How to choose better names in tech: Bridge the familiarity gap
April 17, 2019
Naming
,
Strategy
Don’t settle for a tagline. Get a big brand message.
April 5, 2019
Positioning
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Storytelling
,
Strategy
How to stay grounded as you scale
March 29, 2019
Leadership
,
Startup Branding
How to stand out when every tech company says the same thing
March 21, 2019
Storytelling
Branding vs. marketing vs. public relations (and why you need all three)
March 12, 2019
Strategy
Want differentiation? Hunt for contrast.
March 7, 2019
Identity Design
,
Positioning
,
Strategy
How to work the open source way
November 26, 2018
Brand Community
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Company Culture
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Open Source
,
Strategy
Use the visual organizing principle to design an authentic identity
September 28, 2018
Identity Design
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Open Source
,
Strategy
3 ways that developing your open source brand benefits your customers and community
September 17, 2018
Brand Community
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Identity Design
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Open Source
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Research
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Strategy
An open source approach to company vision
September 12, 2018
Company Culture
,
Open Source
Talent in tech part II: How to create great company culture
August 9, 2018
Company Culture
,
Leadership
4 proven tips for defining your company’s values
July 31, 2018
Company Culture
,
Strategy
Master your brand voice in 3 simple steps
July 26, 2018
Storytelling
,
Strategy
4 guidelines for building a global brand
July 10, 2018
Brand Community
,
Identity Design
,
Positioning
,
Strategy
Talent in tech: 3 challenges facing today’s HR leaders
June 28, 2018
Company Culture
,
Leadership
Overcoming blind spots, a key to mindful leadership
June 7, 2018
Leadership
What goes into a branding project?
May 24, 2018
Identity Design
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Positioning
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Research
,
Storytelling
,
Strategy
Brand Layers: A Simple Step-by-Step Guide to Build an Authentic Brand
May 23, 2018
Brand Community
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Positioning
,
Research
,
Storytelling
,
Strategy
Adventure Guide: The Fundamentals of Storytelling for Building Memorable Brands
May 10, 2018
Storytelling
Adventure Guide: The 4 Critical Building Blocks of Great Brand Positioning
May 10, 2018
Positioning
,
Strategy
6 ways to crush your next sales kickoff presentation
May 3, 2018
Storytelling
,
Strategy
Naming a startup that scales, Part 2: Picking a winner
April 26, 2018
Startup Branding
,
Strategy
How to get the most out of your brand personas
April 18, 2018
Brand Community
,
Research
,
Strategy
Naming a startup that scales, Part 1: Strategic brainstorming
March 29, 2018
Startup Branding
,
Strategy
On tech branding and the myth of the indifferent developer
March 27, 2018
Brand Community
,
Company Culture
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Open Source
,
Strategy
The Leader’s Choice: Recognizing fear in the workplace
March 9, 2018
Company Culture
,
Leadership
Welcome Danielle Souder to New Kind
March 9, 2018
New Kind News
Company naming: What approach should you take?
February 28, 2018
Identity Design
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Research
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Startup Branding
,
Strategy
The first question of leadership: “Who are you?”
February 20, 2018
Leadership
Why your brand should align story and design
February 15, 2018
Identity Design
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Storytelling
,
Strategy
A four-step guide to creating a unified brand story
January 31, 2018
Positioning
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Research
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Storytelling
,
Strategy
A fond farewell to 105 Brooks Avenue
January 18, 2018
New Kind News
Why your brand needs a unified brand story
January 4, 2018
Brand Community
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Company Culture
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Storytelling
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Strategy
Powerful Questions
December 21, 2017
Company Culture
,
Leadership
Video: Hopscotch Design 2017 Speaker Spotlight: Mike Rigby
December 11, 2017
Brand Community
,
Identity Design
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Leadership
,
Storytelling
How to create an employer value proposition part two: Research
December 5, 2017
Company Culture
,
Research
,
Strategy
How to write a mission statement that matters
November 29, 2017
Company Culture
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Positioning
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Storytelling
4 brand research tips to help you connect with your audience
November 28, 2017
Positioning
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Research
,
Strategy
If you’re a technology marketer, you’d better be a good storyteller. Jonathan Opp explains why.
October 30, 2017
Storytelling
How to decide when to hire an agency to help you build your brand
October 26, 2017
Strategy
Video: The Leader’s Choice
October 23, 2017
Company Culture
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Leadership
,
Strategy
Tools and techniques for conducting brand research
October 6, 2017
Brand Community
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Positioning
,
Research
Three first steps to becoming the leader of your own life
October 3, 2017
Leadership
5 ways research helps you build a more powerful brand
September 19, 2017
Positioning
,
Research
,
Strategy
Three signs your tech company is badly positioned (and what to do about it)
September 4, 2017
Positioning
,
Research
How to create an employer value proposition part one: Strategy
August 27, 2017
Company Culture
,
Strategy
Simplify tech product naming by building a brand architecture diagram
August 24, 2017
Positioning
,
Strategy
The brand and economic advantages of the Docker / Moby split
May 16, 2017
Brand Community
,
Positioning
How top tech brands mastered awareness and consideration (and you can too)
February 20, 2017
Positioning
,
Research
In-house vs. agency branding: 5 benefits of each approach
January 30, 2017
Identity Design
,
Strategy
7 ways to create a more powerful mindset
November 22, 2016
Company Culture
,
Leadership
Amazing stories can come from anywhere
November 10, 2016
Storytelling
The story behind our Get Out the Vote poster for AIGA
November 7, 2016
Identity Design
How we dedicated an entire day to cultural alignment and activation
October 31, 2016
Company Culture
5 great entrepreneur biographies to inspire your startup
October 24, 2016
Company Culture
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Leadership
,
Strategy
Hopscotch 2016 Reflections
September 30, 2016
Uncategorized
Why going through a rebranding project is kind of like taking yoga classes
September 15, 2016
Brand Community
,
Identity Design
3 keys to developing your organization’s story openly
September 1, 2016
Brand Community
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Open Source
,
Positioning
,
Storytelling
My 2016 Hopscotch Design Festival must-see list
August 29, 2016
Uncategorized
5 questions with designer and artist Ekene Ijeoma
August 24, 2016
Uncategorized
5 questions with ‘Made to Stick’ author Dan Heath
August 22, 2016
Research
5 questions with artist and filmmaker Michelle Higa Fox
August 19, 2016
Uncategorized
5 questions with Invisibilia’s Lulu Miller
August 15, 2016
Storytelling
4 lessons for running a mission or values project openly
July 26, 2016
Brand Community
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Company Culture
,
Strategy
Creating an open city: reflecting on the 2016 AIGA leadership retreat
June 30, 2016
Brand Community
,
Leadership
Leading the tribe: AIGA and the future of design leadership
June 29, 2016
Leadership
Startup branding checklist: 10 things to do before you launch
June 27, 2016
Identity Design
,
Positioning
,
Startup Branding
Using research to engage your community
June 7, 2016
Brand Community
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Research
,
Strategy
Avoiding ‘BrandyMcBrandface’ issues when running projects openly
June 7, 2016
Brand Community
,
Company Culture
The unchanging nature of leadership in the midst of change
May 31, 2016
Leadership
A Sim-ple fact, Chris Sim joins the New Kind design team
May 26, 2016
Company Culture
Introducing New Kind Coaching with David Burney
May 19, 2016
Leadership
,
Strategy
7 Story-driven Campaigns that Show The Power of Story in Action
May 17, 2016
Storytelling
Storytelling: A Powerful Tool for Successfully Leading Change
April 28, 2016
Brand Community
,
Storytelling
,
Strategy
Dear Ping-Pong Table: An Open Letter to the Façade of “Fun” Office Culture
April 27, 2016
Company Culture
How to Effectively Position Your Technology Brand Part IV: The Brand Mantra
April 25, 2016
Positioning
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Startup Branding
,
Strategy
Announcing ‘The Power of Story’ Workshop on June 15th
April 20, 2016
Storytelling
Port of Raleigh: How Utility Shapes Design
April 18, 2016
Brand Community
Too Close to Home? Dan Lyons and the Evisceration of Hubspot
April 11, 2016
Company Culture
Hello, World. Meet Anchore.
April 6, 2016
Brand Community
,
Open Source
How to Effectively Position Your Technology Brand Part III: Points of Parity
April 4, 2016
Positioning
,
Startup Branding
,
Strategy
Glossier and the Beauty of a Community-Focused Brand
April 1, 2016
Brand Community
NGINX Releases Results of First Study on the Future of Application Development and Delivery
March 29, 2016
Brand Community
Kill Extra Brand Names to Make Your Open Source Project More Powerful
March 22, 2016
Strategy
Design Process: Creating an Adaptable Identity for Home Fragrance Brand Diamond Candles
March 21, 2016
Identity Design
How to Effectively Position Your Technology Brand Part II: Points of Difference
March 15, 2016
Strategy
A Frank Observation: We Review an Exclusive Typeface from Digital Typefoundry Milieu Grotesque
March 14, 2016
Identity Design
How To Effectively Position Your Technology Brand Part I: Competitive Frames of Reference
March 7, 2016
Strategy
How to Choose the Right Brand Architecture for Your Open Source Project
February 29, 2016
Strategy
How to Choose a Brand Name for Your Open Source Project
February 22, 2016
Strategy
Brand Positioning: The Crucial Code Top Technology Brands Must Master
February 13, 2016
Positioning
,
Strategy
Culture of Color | A New Kind Visual Podcast
January 28, 2016
Identity Design
“Mobile-First” Matters
January 21, 2016
Strategy
Performance and Brand Perception
January 12, 2016
Strategy
New Kind’s 5 Best of 2015
December 23, 2015
Company Culture
New Balance Breaks the Mold for Promoting their New 3D-Printed Midsole Sneakers
November 20, 2015
Identity Design
Pascale’s Triangle: Creativity, Relationship Building, and Motherhood
November 11, 2015
Company Culture
Join Us for The AIGA Raleigh Studio Tour
October 28, 2015
Brand Community
,
Identity Design
Brand Positioning Week Recap
October 22, 2015
Positioning
Test Your Brand Positioning
October 16, 2015
Positioning
Kevin Keller’s Five Favorite Brand Mantras
October 15, 2015
Positioning
Brand positioning tip: a brand mantra is not a tagline
October 15, 2015
Positioning
The brand mantra
October 15, 2015
Positioning
Your positioning jujutsu move: Points of parity
October 14, 2015
Positioning
Finding Your Competitive Frame of Reference
October 13, 2015
Positioning
Where will brand positioning take me and why does it matter?
October 12, 2015
Positioning
Welcome to Brand Positioning Week
October 12, 2015
Positioning
Acting with Intent: Reflections on the second year of Hopscotch Design Festival
September 24, 2015
Uncategorized
What’s your favorite source of design inspiration in the Triangle?
August 21, 2015
Brand Community
Congratulations to Mary Elizabeth Lovelace
August 6, 2015
Brand Community
Welcome to our newest sherpa
July 27, 2015
Company Culture
Case story: Branding the Heart of the Modern Web with NGINX
July 22, 2015
Identity Design
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Positioning
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Research
,
Storytelling
We’re hiring: Seeking a writer with a passion for technology
July 14, 2015
Company Culture
New Kind is hiring a Junior Designer
June 1, 2015
Company Culture
,
Identity Design
Reflections from a Storyteller
May 7, 2015
Storytelling
Walking the line and storytelling
April 15, 2015
Storytelling
Which local brand stories inspire you?
April 10, 2015
Brand Community
,
Storytelling
Who are your storytelling heroes?
April 8, 2015
Storytelling
It’s New Kind Storytelling Week: Share your story, win a scholarship
April 6, 2015
Storytelling
We’ve launched New Kind Workshops
March 18, 2015
Company Culture
,
Strategy
New Kind is Hiring a Relationship Manager
March 16, 2015
Company Culture
Looking for a Senior Front-End Web Developer / Technologist
March 10, 2015
Company Culture
Happy Sixth Birthday, New Kind!
February 4, 2015
Company Culture
What’s your beautiful question?
February 2, 2015
Storytelling
Words of inspiration
January 30, 2015
Storytelling
Shifting To A Catalyst Mindset
January 29, 2015
Strategy
Looking ahead
January 27, 2015
Strategy
What’s got your wheels turning in 2015?
January 23, 2015
Company Culture
What does the New Year mean to you?
January 20, 2015
Company Culture
Major League Soccer: User-powered content
January 15, 2015
Strategy
NC State College of Design presents Alexander Isley
January 13, 2015
Leadership
Happy New Year
January 5, 2015
Company Culture
A Festival for Intent
October 28, 2014
Brand Community
Sharing in the play
October 22, 2014
Company Culture
What’s more boring than making creativity boring?
October 2, 2014
Leadership
,
Strategy
Building community from Aspen to Raleigh
August 20, 2014
Brand Community
Help us shape the future of New Kind
August 8, 2014
Brand Community
,
Company Culture
,
Strategy
Are You Curious?
July 29, 2014
Strategy
Here’s how to reconnect with a community you love
July 14, 2014
Brand Community
We’re hiring a writer
July 7, 2014
Company Culture
Journey to Understand the Importance of Community
June 10, 2014
Brand Community
Meet the people designing the future
June 5, 2014
Brand Community
Introducing New Kind’s Newest Stars
June 3, 2014
Company Culture
Leading by Community
May 27, 2014
Brand Community
,
Leadership
The Four Spirits of New Kind
May 8, 2014
Company Culture
The spark that inspires: Progress announces new brand identity
October 16, 2013
Identity Design
Share Early, Share Often
March 7, 2013
Company Culture
,
Identity Design
,
Storytelling
Management Innovation eXchange
February 26, 2013
Brand Community
MIX Hackathon: Communities of Passion
February 25, 2013
Brand Community
CAM Raleigh: Building a brand for a new contemporary art museum
February 15, 2013
Identity Design
New Kind Helps ‘Reimagine’ North Carolina
January 29, 2013
Leadership
,
Strategy
Pathways to Opportunity Tour | Report
January 29, 2013
Identity Design
,
Research
,
Storytelling
NCSU Centennial Campus | Report
January 29, 2013
Identity Design
,
Storytelling
North Carolina New Schools Project | Report
January 29, 2013
Identity Design
,
Research
,
Storytelling
MDCinc.org
January 29, 2013
Identity Design
,
Storytelling
Institute for Emerging Issues | Visual Identity System
January 29, 2013
Identity Design
,
Storytelling
,
Strategy
RedwoodsGroup.com
January 29, 2013
Identity Design
,
Research
,
Storytelling
,
Strategy
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas | Storytelling
January 29, 2013
Storytelling
,
Strategy
Protect All North Carolina Families
January 28, 2013
Uncategorized
Protect All NC Families | Visual Identity System
January 28, 2013
Identity Design
,
Storytelling
,
Strategy
Innovate Raleigh | Collaborative Facilitation and Engagement
January 28, 2013
Strategy
Innovate Raleigh | Report
January 28, 2013
Identity Design
,
Research
,
Storytelling
Designing A Year
January 18, 2013
Company Culture
Dave Mason Joins New Kind
November 29, 2012
Company Culture
Branch: Information Overload
August 28, 2012
Brand Community
How to Thrive in the Social Era
August 10, 2012
Company Culture
The (new) Social Ecosystem
July 26, 2012
Brand Community
The innovative power of communities
July 3, 2012
Brand Community
Final report from the the Management 2.0 Hackathon now available
June 18, 2012
Leadership
Want to increase autonomy in your organization? Consider a freedom / accountability swap
June 7, 2012
Company Culture
New Kind’s Role with Amendment One
May 19, 2012
Brand Community
,
Identity Design
Brand tip: Call a duck a duck, and a giraffe…uh… Giraffey?
April 25, 2012
Positioning
,
Storytelling
How do you collaborate without leaving introverts behind?
April 22, 2012
Positioning
,
Strategy
Elizabeth Atkins joins New Kind
March 29, 2012
Company Culture
Creating Green, Smart, and Just Cities
March 19, 2012
Brand Community
Introducing the New Kind Board of Advisors
March 8, 2012
Company Culture
,
Leadership
Update from the MIX Management 2.0 Hackathon
February 26, 2012
Brand Community
What ‘Default to Open’ Looks Like at New Kind
February 23, 2012
Brand Community
#NCGenZ and Generation Flux
February 8, 2012
Uncategorized
Susan G. Komen and the Anatomy of a Social Media Wildfire, including a guest appearance by @rachelsklar
February 8, 2012
Uncategorized
College rankings and the dark matter of reputational precision
February 2, 2012
Uncategorized
Social Media Decision Making
January 25, 2012
Uncategorized
Branding tip: Calling a duck a duck, Bahamas-style
January 18, 2012
Uncategorized
Nation Hahn Joins New Kind
January 17, 2012
Uncategorized
A Nobel Prize winner takes on Jim Collins and the business book industry
January 11, 2012
Brand Community
HP: How to (accidentally?) launch a new brand identity the right way
December 14, 2011
Brand Community
Some thoughts from the Eisenhower Fellowships event
December 12, 2011
Brand Community
How to connect to key communities with the help of brand ambassadors
December 8, 2011
Brand Community
Sprint #1 of the Management 2.0 Hackathon starts today
December 1, 2011
Brand Community
Hey, oil companies. Stop using advertising to tell us you don’t suck.
November 20, 2011
Strategy
Designer As Catalyst
November 16, 2011
Uncategorized
Closed for Business?
November 15, 2011
Uncategorized
I hate (most) taglines. There, I said it.
November 15, 2011
Strategy
What is a brand story and why does it matter?
November 6, 2011
Strategy
Seven great books for people interested in branding their small businesses
October 30, 2011
Strategy
A review of the new Jim Collins book "Great By Choice"
October 26, 2011
Uncategorized
Betrayed by the brand: How Moleskine made enemies of the people who loved it most
October 25, 2011
Brand Community
How to test your brand positioning: is it desirable, deliverable, and differentiated?
October 24, 2011
Strategy
12 design thinking rules from David Burney
October 20, 2011
Uncategorized
Google PR team: I salute you for defaulting to open
October 19, 2011
Uncategorized
Ally Bank shows there’s a right time for even ad-free brands to advertise
October 16, 2011
Strategy
Kevin Keller’s five favorite classic brand mantras
October 13, 2011
Strategy
How to Thrive in the Social Era
October 10, 2011
Brand Community
How to *really* help the communities your brand interacts with
October 7, 2011
Uncategorized
Think Different. Thanks Steve.
October 6, 2011
Uncategorized
Dear CEO—Read this…
October 3, 2011
Uncategorized
Why is Google putting so many ads on TV?
October 3, 2011
Strategy
Quail Ridge Books and the dark matter of customer experience
September 29, 2011
Strategy
Where should you focus brand efforts? Community or customer?
September 27, 2011
Strategy
How is your organization faring in the war of control vs. freedom?
September 26, 2011
Uncategorized
To establish brand positioning from the inside out, think like a conductor
September 23, 2011
Strategy
In Cuba, ad-free brands are the rule, not the exception
September 20, 2011
Strategy
Mozilla: A study in organizational openness
September 15, 2011
Uncategorized
How open and transparent can a public company really be?
September 12, 2011
Uncategorized
The Ad-Free Brand tip #3: The community is more than just customers
September 8, 2011
Strategy
The Ad-Free Brand tip #2: Don’t think like Tom Sawyer
September 7, 2011
Strategy
A short video intro to The Ad-Free Brand
August 31, 2011
Strategy
Can an open, collaborative approach still work when not everyone has opted in?
August 30, 2011
Uncategorized
Three approaches to designing brand positioning for ad-free brands
August 25, 2011
Strategy
In a tough job market, your open source experience may be an asset in more ways than one
August 16, 2011
Uncategorized
Synthesizing your positioning research
August 9, 2011
Strategy
Where can you find the data that will inform your brand positioning?
August 2, 2011
Strategy
New Kind featured in The News & Observer
July 21, 2011
Uncategorized
Thoughts from the HCI Engagement and Retention Conference in Chicago
July 14, 2011
Uncategorized
The ever-changing tradition of Disney
July 8, 2011
Uncategorized
IBM’s thoughts on how to achieve long-term success
July 5, 2011
Uncategorized
Attracting top creative talent through culture
June 24, 2011
Uncategorized
Why traditional thinking may be the riskiest strategy of all
June 23, 2011
Uncategorized
The low-cost, high-value approach to brand positioning research
June 21, 2011
Uncategorized
Don’t hate us because our office is beautiful
June 15, 2011
Uncategorized
Are the "Best Companies to Work For" really the best companies to work for?
June 15, 2011
Uncategorized
Three tired marketing words you should stop using
June 13, 2011
Uncategorized
The four questions your brand positioning research must answer
June 8, 2011
Uncategorized
Want people to embrace the open source way? Don’t talk, do.
May 25, 2011
Uncategorized
Thoughts on Long-Wave theory and Mayans: Is now the time for new kinds of organizations?
May 20, 2011
Uncategorized
Why does brand positioning matter and what must change?
May 12, 2011
Uncategorized
Mitsubishi’s gift to the community of people affected by the Japan earthquake
May 11, 2011
Uncategorized
The astrophysics of building a brand from the inside out
May 3, 2011
Uncategorized
How do you sell a community-based brand strategy to your executive team?
April 27, 2011
Uncategorized
Who will be the new face of openness at Google?
April 12, 2011
Uncategorized
Some authenticity advice from the Avett Brothers
April 5, 2011
Uncategorized
Does your organization think like Ptolemy?
March 28, 2011
Uncategorized
When authenticity matters most
March 25, 2011
Uncategorized
Cost savings in The Netherlands: Now you see it, now you don’t
March 23, 2011
Uncategorized
Interested in reinventing management? Come help me out.
March 11, 2011
Uncategorized
Which one of these is not like the other? Congressional Research Service and Transparency
March 10, 2011
Uncategorized
Of the community, not above the community
March 7, 2011
Uncategorized
This one goes out to the fence painters
March 1, 2011
Uncategorized
Lend some code to your local representative
February 28, 2011
Uncategorized
User-led innovation can’t create breakthroughs. Really?
February 16, 2011
Uncategorized
Five questions about open source and branding with Alina Wheeler
February 14, 2011
Uncategorized
Your open source management approach: Red Team or Blue Team?
February 7, 2011
Uncategorized
Time to chase a new kind of dream
February 1, 2011
Uncategorized
What does Google’s management change say about the open source way?
January 26, 2011
Uncategorized
A State of the Union address delivered the open source way?
January 25, 2011
Uncategorized
Is your brand out of control?
January 20, 2011
Uncategorized
I’m writing a book
January 3, 2011
Uncategorized
Studio H: A real-world experiment in design-based education
December 22, 2010
Uncategorized
Does WikiLeaks damage the brand image of wikis?
December 8, 2010
Uncategorized
De-bucketizing the org chart
December 6, 2010
Uncategorized
Avoid the tool trap when building communities
November 15, 2010
Uncategorized
Diversifying Saudi Arabia through open source and its university-by-design
November 10, 2010
Uncategorized
BetterMeans: a new app for running your organization the open source way
November 8, 2010
Uncategorized
Open innovation and open source innovation: what do they share and where do they differ?
November 1, 2010
Uncategorized
My newest hobby: Hacking management
October 26, 2010
Uncategorized
Apple, Google, and the open vs. closed positioning war
October 20, 2010
Uncategorized
What open source community?
October 18, 2010
Uncategorized
A community-building perspective on the Gap logo controversy
October 14, 2010
Uncategorized
Five questions about open innovation, open source, and NASA with Molly Dix of RTI
October 6, 2010
Uncategorized
Evaluating TEDx as a brand strategy
September 29, 2010
Uncategorized
The open source organization: Good in theory or good in reality?
September 27, 2010
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Brand positioning tip #13: Embedding positioning internally
September 22, 2010
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Are you building a community or a club?
September 15, 2010
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Want to reinvent management? Start with the managers.
August 30, 2010
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Reflections on Matthew Szulik and closing the ‘executive gap’
August 27, 2010
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New Public Spaces 2: Practical Design Guidelines
August 26, 2010
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Five questions about open innovation with Stefan Lindegaard
August 25, 2010
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Institutional innovation, Mark Twain, and John Seely Brown
August 19, 2010
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The official New Kind policy on policies
August 18, 2010
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Does your organization need a “no policy” policy?
August 17, 2010
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Ignoring the Law of Ownership gives hope for Alzheimers victims. And all of us.
August 13, 2010
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Planning ahead for a new breed of “public” spaces
August 9, 2010
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The King is dead; long live the king.
August 5, 2010
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OpenIDEO: A new experiment in open innovation
August 5, 2010
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Is your culture made of gold or fool’s gold?
August 4, 2010
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Quit marketing now tip #1: Default to personal communication
August 3, 2010
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Brand positioning tip #12: Don’t get hung up on the words
July 23, 2010
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MIX: Gary Hamel’s experiment in reinventing management the open source way
July 20, 2010
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Yesterday. All my troubles seemed so far away.
July 15, 2010
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The first strategic question
July 14, 2010
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Do you aspire to build a brand community or a community brand?
July 13, 2010
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The grasshoppers’ revenge
July 12, 2010
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The open source way: Designed for managing complexity?
July 8, 2010
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Two tips for meeting survival in an entrenched bureaucracy
June 21, 2010
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How to find a community’s cheeseheads when they aren’t wearing foam hats
June 21, 2010
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Trust: The catalyst of the open source way
June 7, 2010
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Five questions about authenticity and the open source way with Jim Gilmore
May 25, 2010
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Blinded by the plan
May 24, 2010
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Who moved my crystal ball?
May 17, 2010
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Toyota gives customer-driven design the green light
May 3, 2010
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Is the word “community” losing its meaning?
April 21, 2010
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Which is better: Efficient markets or efficient communities?
April 19, 2010
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Why the open source way trumps the crowdsourcing way
April 15, 2010
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Community-building tip: Surprise is the opposite of engagement
April 8, 2010
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Five questions about building community with Chris Blizzard of Mozilla
March 30, 2010
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Can truly great design be done the open source way?
March 22, 2010
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Is Jaron Lanier just a hater, or should we be paying attention?
March 16, 2010
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The Wikimedia Foundation: doing strategic planning the open source way
March 11, 2010
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Love, hate, and the Wikipedia contributor culture problem
March 8, 2010
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Five questions about the future of music with David Pakman
March 2, 2010
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Three tips for escaping the creativity peloton without giving up on collaboration
February 25, 2010
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A handbook for the open source way, written the open source way
February 22, 2010
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What if politicians innovated the open source way?
February 17, 2010
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Is the traditional business world at war with creativity?
February 11, 2010
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Building a practice out of building communities
January 27, 2010
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Design policy presentation and video featured on Slideshare
January 27, 2010
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Chris Grams Joins New Kind
January 25, 2010
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Open sourcing, crowd sourcing, and commodities
January 13, 2010
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Roasted Crow; recipes of the season
December 21, 2009
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Matthew Muñoz selected to participate in 2009 Design Policy Summit
November 24, 2009
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ChangePapers.org partner, Leslie Boney, named to North Carolina Innovation Council
November 18, 2009
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Georgia Tech Launches Center for Innovation in Local Government
November 10, 2009
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Trumping Innovation
November 9, 2009
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New Kind partners with the Institute for Emerging Issues
October 30, 2009
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The next challenge for open source
October 28, 2009
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Muñoz 20/20
October 15, 2009
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Machiavelli and Our New Challenge
October 15, 2009
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Burney Recognized As 2009 AIGA Fellow
October 14, 2009
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Look Who’s Talking too…
August 26, 2009
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Harvard Business Review and One Trend Designers Knew About
August 26, 2009
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Look who’s talking about design thinking and management
August 24, 2009
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Regional design groups like New Kind collaborate, innovate
August 12, 2009
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Dark matters and tribal matters: Grams v Godin
July 24, 2009
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Community building — branding, networked media and open sourcing
July 23, 2009
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Less fear and more determination
April 16, 2009
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Kiss it. It’ll stick better.
March 11, 2009
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Just who exactly is Matt Muñoz?
March 10, 2009
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With apologies to Garrison Keillor
March 10, 2009
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What would Henry Ford have to say about all this?
March 5, 2009
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Designer Obama
March 3, 2009
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Loyalty, shmloyalty
February 26, 2009
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That word again — Mavericks (Argh)
February 25, 2009
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