Got a vision? Make it a moonshot.
Why is it that most vision statements aren’t all that visionary? More of a muddled stew of company-centric goals seasoned with some personal values.
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The view from Alto
Brand values: bullsh*t or beacon?
What is the value of brand values? Done wrong, they are nothing more than brand BS. Done right, they can be an essential plank of brand strategy, a beacon of clarity, unity and market differentiation. How do you get it right? Instead of thinking about the value, think about the cost.
Designing a career.
What influences the decisions made by young people while embarking on their career journey? And how could we redesign careers? Here’s some insights into the mind of a recent graduate.
Change one thing, change everything.
If you could change one thing today in education to make the most positive impact, what would it be?
The opposite of design thinking.
What are people doing if they’re not design thinking? Can anyone be a design thinker? And if so, does it put designers out of a job?
Where you look is where you go.
Whether you’re paddling a board, riding a bike, or running a business, where you set your sights is where you’re headed, and that’s been 100% true for our evolution as an agency in 2018.
New year, new opportunities.
As the new year rolls in, we set off to school, work, (or both), with a lunchbox full of fresh ideas and perspectives on how to be better in twenty-shine-teen. For educational institutes, a new year welcomes dazzling opportunities to shine bright and stand out from the deep sea of familiar faces. Here are the predicted trends in education branding we expect to see more of in 2019.
Avoiding the pitfalls of rebranding.
Like anything your brand needs to move with the times and respond to culture to remain relevant. Good brands evolve seemingly effortlessly. Others fail miserably. Here’s three ideas on how to avoid a rebrand blunder.
What's keeping you awake at night?
We thought it was high time we stopped talking and asked the question: what are you losing sleep over? It’s your turn to take the mic.
Content is not king.
It takes too long and too much effort to just create ‘content’. For it to be worthwhile writing and reading, it must be valuable for the writer and the reader. It must be words worth sharing. So, is it worth all the effort?