
Category: bonehead moves
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2009, bonehead moves, culture, nonsense, trend spotting, twitter
Hamthrax Mania – Part 1

2009, account planning, adaptation, arrogance, bad management, bonehead moves, brand culture, brand erosion, brand insights, brand planning, brand relevance, brand strategy, brand valuation, brands, broken brand, bullshit, bureaucracy, business, clueless, collaboration, common sense, compensation, competition, corporate culture, customer relationship, denial, differentiation, efficiency, employee morale, expectations, growth, idiocracy, incompetence, innovation, leaders, leadership, management, management lessons, market disruption, mediocrity, nepotism, nonsense, opportunity, performance, poor leadership, product design, product development, promises, purpose, relevance, setting goals, steve jobs, success, T-shaped, tactics, team building, the death of a brand, the great dumbing-down of America, value proposition, vision, vs., when things go wrong, wisdom
Killing America’s brands, one lousy C.E.O. at a time.

2009, bonehead moves, search engines, social media
How to lose your job in 140 characters or less

bad ideas, bad management, bonehead moves, brand consciousness, brand erosion, broken brand, bullshit, clueless, cowardice, customer relationship, ethics, idiocracy, idiots, karmic feedback loop, mediocrity, nonsense, politics, poor leadership
Flashback to December 2005: A letter to Ford

arrogance, bad customer service, bad management, bonehead moves, brand consciousness, brand culture, brand elevation, brand erosion, brand insights, brand ownership, brand promise, brand relevance, brand strategy, brand valuation, broken brand, building value, bureaucracy, commitment, commoditization, corporate culture, corporate ecosystem, cowardice, customer experience, customer relationship, customer service, deceptive practices, denial, employee morale, ethics, fresh ideas, happy customers, happy employees, human interactions, idiocracy, incompetence, Inequity, insanity, integrity, karmic feedback loop, leadership, management, management lessons, mediocrity
101 Ways To destroy your brand – a primer by Ed Welch

bad management, bonehead moves, clueless, horrible marketing, poor leadership