Navigating Venus

navigating V E N U S PATTERNSNAVIGATING VENUS Queen For A Day 01 Flexible Imperfectionism 02 Back To Mother Earth 03 Embracing Mars 04An in depth exploration into the ever (r)evolving woman.

navigating Navigating Venus is an in-depth research study and exploration on how women V E N U S are acting, reacting and rede ning themselves today. e study identi es 4 emerging patterns of womanhood and implications for brand strategies in both communication and innovation. For more information, please visit our website www.navigating-venus.com. 01Queen For A Day THEMES e sexual revolution and its resulting consequences have le manywomen with a hangover. e race for equality and gaining access to Hyper Femininitymale dominated elds le them exhausted and disappointed because Women are dropping the blue suits and the comfortable heels and are embracingwomen were asked to leave their femininity behind. Political correct- femininity like never before.ness le them all frustrated and walking on egg shells. e time has nally come to acknowledge and articulate that ‘women are di erent’and for many, the di erence comes with special characteristics. ey Beauty As Currencystart again to celebrate female behavior and embrace romance and Beauty has become the new socialnostalgia. Women are still seeking equal opportunities, yet if they currency used to gain success, acknowl- edgement and a competitive advantage -don’t win the ght, on some level they want at least some of the old women are exploiting their beauty asperks of “being a girl” back. never before.OPPORTUNITY SPACES Romance Nostalgia A new independence has also lead to a1. How can your brand create a counterpart to the queen? new need for ‘strong shoulders’ from2. How can your service make customers feel like a queen? men...or from other means.3. How can you gender separate your brand?4. How can your brand take on noble elements from the past?5. How can your brand beautify everything around the queen? His & Hers6. How can you “pink up” the functionality of your product? Women ‘demand’ some of the advantages7. How can you add elements that help women to self improve? that came in an ‘unequal’ world - men as bread winners, gentlemen, payers of8. How can you create a more female friendly environment? dinner bills, but also the special perks that9. How can you beautify everything around your brand? came with being a girl.

navigating Navigating Venus is an in-depth research study and exploration on how women V E N U S are acting, reacting and rede ning themselves today. e study identi es 4 emerging patterns of womanhood and implications for brand strategies in both communication and innovation. For more information, please visit our website www.navigating-venus.com.Flexible 02Imperfectionism THEMESWomen have undergone a series of transitions since the sexual revo-lution when they broke out of the expected molds and norms. What’s Imperfect Meremained unchanged is certain expectations and demands. that still We are seeing a new imperfect beauty rising and with it the beginnings ofdominate perceptions and actions. Now in all aspects of life, women backlash against plastic surgery and ageare snacking, sampling and just making it up as they go along refus- rage driven by the desire to simply be real.ing to accept that there is only one way to be a woman and to live awoman’s life. ey are creating their own looks and styles rather thanfollowing standardized approaches to beauty. ey are creating new M.O.M.S. (My Own Motherhood Solutions)careers and professional opportunities rather than force tting them- More and more mums move towards a relaxed and intuitive motherhood,selves into established systems and they are nding their own way to instead of aiming at being perfect moms,motherhood and lifestyle in general – a liberation from expectations. breeding ideally adjusted genius kids.OPPORTUNITY SPACES My Way Women are embracing patchwork1. How can you add exibility to products and services? lifestyles from relationships to interior2. How can you help women to solve time issues? design, open to the idea that the future is something you exibly make up while3. How can you strengthen self esteem among your female customers? moving on.4. How can you mash up your brand?5. How can you relieve tensions with a sense of playfulness?6. How can your customers remix your brand, products and services? Flexible Rules7. How can you challenge assumptions of perfection? As the economy opens new opportunities, women enjoy a business landscape8. How can you reward the black sheep? that is more open to career concepts like9. How can you make your brand more exible and agile? freelance, part time or entrepreneurship.

navigating Navigating Venus is an in-depth research study and exploration on how women V E N U S are acting, reacting and rede ning themselves today. e study identi es 4 emerging patterns of womanhood and implications for brand strategies in both communication and innovation. For more information, please visit our website www.navigating-venus.com.Back To 03Mother Earth THEMESWomen are re-discovering their motherly and earthy sides and astrong longing for all things natural. is pattern can be found in Fashionista Hippiemany parts of life - on the fashionable surface we see the return of the Women are again in love with being a hippie: owery dresses, beeds & braids,hippie style, but this goes much deeper. Naturalness and a connection long skirts. All aiming for natural looksto the earth and the self are growingly important on many levels. & eco-friendly materials.Even though women enjoy all the possibilities that technology givesthem, it should feel as natural as possible. In general there is a stronglonging for cooking and baking, re-discovering the skills of mothers Digging Earthinessand grandmothers. A trend towards the desire to be a mother, o en a Connecting with the earth in a true sense, tactile experiences like gardening are partstay at home mom shows the recognition of motherhood being the of womens lives again - on their ownnatural order of things, albeit sometimes later in life. patch or in the mid of the city.OPPORTUNITY SPACES Natural Motherhood Well educated older mothers aim at1. How can you add a tactile experience to your brand? caring and nurturing the natural way.2. How can you expose the nurturing side of your brand? From pregnancy to childcare, women want to feel much more connected to3. How will your brand behave hippie-ish? Sharing, community, social? nature again.4. What other dimension can t the naturalness of your brand?5. How can you not restrict but reward nature friendly behavior?6. How can you add an element of self made and DIY to the brand? Inner Nature7. How can you add a sense of cra manship to the brand experience? Nature in a health & spiritual sense - the rise of natural health practitioners, the8. How can you make your brand more authentic? love for yoga & a growing number of9. In what way can you inject your brand with positive karma? vegetarians among women.

navigating Navigating Venus is an in-depth research study and exploration on how women V E N U S are acting, reacting and rede ning themselves today. e study identi es 4 emerging patterns of womanhood and implications for brand strategies in both communication and innovation. For more information, please visit our website www.navigating-venus.com. 04Embracing Mars THEMESFemales are not only from venus anymore – they have acquired manyskills that are needed to get ahead in a male dominated world. On the Let’s Get Physicalway they have also taken up male iconography, hobbies, sports and Women are discovering their physical strength. A rise of active females in maleleisure behavior. ey have become signi cantly physically stronger – dominated sports is proof as well as awithout completely losing their femininity. Feminism 3.0 for example growing rate of physically aggressive women.takes up a rather provocative tone of voice, playing with sexuality andself-con dence on a new level, claiming everything for themselvesand seeing the world as their playground. e countertrend is de - Alpha-Girls & She-Geeksnitely the “pinki cation” as in Queen For A Day: strong emphasis of Business is becoming more female - and women are tech savvy: already equalall things feminine and a rise of classical romanticism as well as the regarding higher education, they are evenreturn to clear gender roles. catching up in tech domains.OPPORTUNITY SPACES Dark & Demanding Females adapt male iconography and1. How can you add functionality, strength and muscle to your brand? roles: not just the biker look but the bike2. How can you use a more explicit language as a brand? itself, having le the role of the hunted, becoming the hunter themselves.3. How can you balance and/or mash up mars with venus?4. How can you add competitiveness and/or alpha to your brand?5. How can you reinterpret male symbols in female style?6. What punching bag can you give her? Feminism 3.07. How can you “unpink” your brand and make it more male? Feminism today is more physical, provocative & playful. Not shy to speak8. How can you make technology and features not feel like technology? up and play with sexuality - but still be9. How can you add intellect and rationality to your brand? conscious of stereotyped gender models.

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