Category: Branding
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The Only Thing That Will Save Us Is Our Brands
Barry Diller said something recently that has become my new rallying cry. He was on The Knowledge Project podcast, answering the host’s question about how companies are navigating marketing in the age of AI. Diller chuckled and said: “The only thing that will save us is our brands.” I wrote it down immediately. It’s posted…
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Using AI for Your Brand? Start with Knowledge Files
AI gets confused quickly when it has too much information to sort through. Without clear direction, it starts making things up or gives you inconsistent results. If you’re using AI for brand work, building knowledge files is one of the best things you can do to keep your efforts on track. A knowledge file is…
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You Don’t Have a Marketing Problem, You Have a Branding Void
Your campaigns aren’t landing. Your messages feel scattered. Different teams are pulling in different directions, each trying something new, making different promises. You’re pouring resources into marketing, but nothing quite sticks. How to Know If You’re Facing a Branding Void A branding void exists when your company lacks a clear, consistent brand foundation. Signs include…
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How to Collaborate with AI as a Creative Director
Flowers sprouted out of the stapler. Not because I asked for it, but because somewhere between my rambling thoughts about “delightful creative abandon” and Mae’s (my AI illustrator) interpretation of my vision, magic happened. This was collaboration at its most surprising. When I first started playing with how to collaborate with AI as a creative…
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The AI-Amplified Brand Strategist
The best brand deck I ever created fits in a text file. No design flourishes. No gradient backgrounds. No carefully kerned typography. Just words, arranged simply, teaching an AI exactly what a brand stands for. This shift from a visual approach to knowledge-based approach represents more than a format change. I believe it’s the difference…
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Brand Hallucinations & Knowing Who You Are
So this happened: New York City launched an AI chatbot to help small business owners navigate regulations. Five months later, it was telling restaurants they could serve cheese nibbled on by rats and advising employers they could fire workers who complained about sexual harassment. What did the city do? Kept it running. This isn’t a…
