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WHERE BRAND MEANS BUSINESS

We believe any business can create greater value by building a Whole Brand.

Perspective Is A Powerful Business Tool

It’s important to see

THE WHOLE PICTURE

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But Brands Have Become Myopic

We are seeing the
‘tacticification’ of strategy and the ‘commsification’ of marketing

That’s Why We Exist

To Unlock Greater Value By Creating A Whole Brand

We believe that creating a Whole Brand enables any business to unlock greater value for its customers, stakeholders and the wider community. It’s why the world’s most valuable brands are Whole Brands.

But too many businesses fail to realize their brand potential.

That’s why our Whole Brand Scorecard strategic practice and Whole Thinking consulting process are designed to unleash the growth potential in your business.

The Whole Picture

What’s your why and why should anyone care?

  • Does your business understand and act with a persuasive purpose?
  • Do you own a relevant, compelling and differentiated ‘position’ in your consumer’s mind?
  • Have you elevated your everyday proof into distinctive brand superpowers?

Marketing is a zero sum game; so where is your business coming from, or going to?

  • Can you reframe choice to drive buyer behavior for your brand?
  • Do you think like a challenger brand, regardless of market share?
  • Have you built a consistently distinctive and distinctly consistent brand experience?

Is your business defined by what your customers want or what you currently do?

  • Can you unlock new demand by re- designing your category?
  • How do you redefine the rules to win bigger?
  • Who is your category king and can they be overthrown?

Is everyone inside your business empowered to embody the brand, everyday?

  • Is your culture your product?
  • How do you create the everyday behaviours that deliver your brand promise?
  • Are your team able to unleash their whole person at work?

Whole Business Thinking

1.DISCOVER

Explore & understand to agree the biggest growth opportunity:

Inside View
Outside View
Whole View

EMPATHETIC THINKING

2.DEFINE

Analyse & reframe to identify the transformational challenge:

5C Insights
Growth Opportunity
Transformational Challenge

COGNITIVE THINKING

3.DEVELOP

Ideate & iterate to unlock the growth strategy:

Whole Blueprint
Driving Insight
In Everything We Do

VISUAL THINKING

4.DELIVER

Collaborate & activate to unleash the power of the whole:

Whole Ideas
Whole People
Whole Experiences

ACTIVE THINKING

Radical Collaboration

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Our Collaborations – Hear From Them

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What value is your business leaving on the table by not seeing the whole picture

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I believe that creating a Whole Brand enables any business to unlock greater value; for customers, stakeholders and the wider community.

It’s no coincidence that the world’s most valuable brands are Whole Brands; they are built On Purpose, they Make Their Market, are Competitive By Design and build their brand from the Inside Out.

But too many businesses fail to realize this brand potential.

That’s why our Whole Brand Scorecard strategic practice and Whole Thinking consulting process are designed to help clients unlock greater growth by creating a Whole Brand.

These strategic tools have been inspired by my experience working with innovative businesses in challenging categories including; Clemenger BBDO, VCCP, DDB, Cadbury, New Zealand Transport Agency, Vodafone, Kiwibank, Yellow Pages, New Zealand Post, Absolutely Positively Wellington, Foxtel and ING.

I’m grateful to them all for the lightbulb moments and the long dark nights of the soul, both of which have shaped my belief in the power of seeing The Whole Picture.

So let’s see what where your business is leaving value on the table by not seeing The Whole Picture.

Andrew Holt, Founder

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