Practical articles on naming, renaming, brand strategy, stakeholder alignment and the cost of getting the name wrong.
Practical criteria for separating "this is interesting" from "this can carry a brand for ten years."
Read article →How to preserve useful equity from the existing name and decide what to leave behind.
Read article →A rename changes the word customers say. A rebrand changes how the business expresses itself. Choosing wrong wastes the budget.
Read article →The compounding effect of a name the whole team can use without flinching.
Read article →The patterns that turn internal naming sessions into circular debate.
Read article →The line between strategic theme and literal name ingredient, and how to walk it respectfully.
Read article →Parent brand, sub-brand, descriptor or stand-alone. What the architecture asks of the name.
Read article →The right name builds trust, cuts friction, supports growth, and creates internal pride. The wrong name quietly taxes every part of the business.
Read article →Not all brand equity is good equity. When a name carries the wrong associations, keeping it isn't protecting value. It's protecting a problem.
Read article →BackRub to Google. New Amsterdam to New York. Facebook to Meta. Kentucky Fried Chicken to KFC. Why the great renames worked.
Read article →How Coles, Qantas, Westpac, and Telstra used strategic renaming to modernise, expand, and redefine themselves in the Australian market.
Read article →Eleven in-depth articles live now. More being added as the practice grows.
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