Brand vision to Action: Aligin & energize your team David Taylor  Founder & Managing Partner
What we do Energise and focus teams to help them achieve their brand & business ambitions One service: inspiring vision and action plans to turn it into growth
Teams we’ve coached Ambitious teams with the capacity to make change happen, including big corporate brands
Conventional consultancy As partners (at Added Value), 50%+ of our time was on “managing the factory” We left to spend  all our time  on branding and marketing Founders/Partners Directors Managers
Coaching network = no factory Coaches with 15-20 years experience Working on 2-3 projects at a time  Founders/Partners Directors Managers
Ideas-centric company No management = time for R&D
Coaching, not consulting  “ Building strategy & innovation  with  you, not  for  you” Category & brand expertise Selecting/leading the team Co-creation & ownership of strategy  Implementing the action plan Your team “ Mental sparring partner” Brand vision experience on 100+ projects, across sectors Process design: team journies to build energy Facilitation Brand coach
“ Dreamworks” team: flexible, fast, best in class Trends Semiotics Stimulus Qualitative  Quantitative Omnibus studies Marketing capability Internal engagement
brandgym coaches David Taylor P&G INSEAD/ McKinsey Founder/MD Added Value France brandgym since 2000: leads brand vision Bass guitarist and novel writer David Nichols OC&C MD Added Value UK brandgym since 2005: leads invention Writer and producer of musicals Diego Kerner Marketing at Diageo, Coke Global Marketing Director for Cadbury brandgym since 2004: leads 360 insight Martial arts expert and psychology student
Core belief: “brand-led  business ” Helping you change your business, not your logo Brand-led Business Brand as “image wrapper”
“ Sizzle”  and  “Sausage”  “ SAUSAGE”:  Real people 24 hours a day, text alerts before going overdrawn “ SIZZLE”: Cool black, modern, aspirational, intelligent humour
Our process: vision + invention loop Bring the vision to life with innovation and marketing ideas: Vision to Action VISION ACTION CRAFT INVENT INSIGHT

Brand Vision to Action

  • 1.
    Brand vision toAction: Aligin & energize your team David Taylor Founder & Managing Partner
  • 2.
    What we doEnergise and focus teams to help them achieve their brand & business ambitions One service: inspiring vision and action plans to turn it into growth
  • 3.
    Teams we’ve coachedAmbitious teams with the capacity to make change happen, including big corporate brands
  • 4.
    Conventional consultancy Aspartners (at Added Value), 50%+ of our time was on “managing the factory” We left to spend all our time on branding and marketing Founders/Partners Directors Managers
  • 5.
    Coaching network =no factory Coaches with 15-20 years experience Working on 2-3 projects at a time Founders/Partners Directors Managers
  • 6.
    Ideas-centric company Nomanagement = time for R&D
  • 7.
    Coaching, not consulting “ Building strategy & innovation with you, not for you” Category & brand expertise Selecting/leading the team Co-creation & ownership of strategy Implementing the action plan Your team “ Mental sparring partner” Brand vision experience on 100+ projects, across sectors Process design: team journies to build energy Facilitation Brand coach
  • 8.
    “ Dreamworks” team:flexible, fast, best in class Trends Semiotics Stimulus Qualitative Quantitative Omnibus studies Marketing capability Internal engagement
  • 9.
    brandgym coaches DavidTaylor P&G INSEAD/ McKinsey Founder/MD Added Value France brandgym since 2000: leads brand vision Bass guitarist and novel writer David Nichols OC&C MD Added Value UK brandgym since 2005: leads invention Writer and producer of musicals Diego Kerner Marketing at Diageo, Coke Global Marketing Director for Cadbury brandgym since 2004: leads 360 insight Martial arts expert and psychology student
  • 10.
    Core belief: “brand-led business ” Helping you change your business, not your logo Brand-led Business Brand as “image wrapper”
  • 11.
    “ Sizzle” and “Sausage” “ SAUSAGE”: Real people 24 hours a day, text alerts before going overdrawn “ SIZZLE”: Cool black, modern, aspirational, intelligent humour
  • 12.
    Our process: vision+ invention loop Bring the vision to life with innovation and marketing ideas: Vision to Action VISION ACTION CRAFT INVENT INSIGHT