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Allen Adamson On Seeing The How – This Week’s Six Pixels of Separation Podcast

Episode #901 of Six Pixels of Separation – The ThinkersOne Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to

Navigating the ever-shifting landscape of branding is challenging. Few understand this terrain better than Allen Adamson. With extensive experience in both corporate and academic settings, he offers a unique lens through which to understand the challenges and opportunities that today’s businesses face. Allen has contributed to the success of global players such as GE, Johnson & Johnson, and FedEx, with a focus on identifying and delivering what truly matters to audiences. His latest book is Seeing The How – Transforming What People Do, Not Buy, To Gain Market Advantage. Allen makes the compelling case for customer experience as a strategic differentiator. His insights arise from years of multi-sector experience, beginning in the supermarket aisles of Unilever, progressing through advertising firms, and culminating in senior leadership at Landor Associates. As an adjunct professor at NYU‘s Stern School of Business and Cornell University, Allen shares his insights by adding academic rigor to practical expertise. He’s not just a thought leader… he’s a practitioner dedicated to actionable solutions. His past books include, BrandSimple, BrandDigital, The Edge, and Shift Ahead. He serves as an expert witness in litigation concerning brand assets and has the trust of media outlets ranging from CNBC to The New York Times. Co-founder and managing partner of Metaforce, Allen brings together a consortium of top-tier industry talent, tasked with identifying and executing high-impact customer experiences. In this episode, we delve deep into the transformative potential of aligning customer experience with brand promise. It’s a conversation for anyone invested in the future of building a smarter business through branding and market leadership. Enjoy the conversation…

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Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.