The Identity Circle Blog

Say 'hello' to the Societal Brand

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on Jul 28, 2009 @ 02:00 AM | No comments

The economic crisis has managed to shine a bright light on the fact that business and life are utterly intertwined. What does that mean for branding? It means that it’s not just about the customer anymore.

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Keywords: brand, Einstein, General Motors, society, Walmart

What's your personal anthropology?

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on May 13, 2009 @ 09:07 AM | No comments

Over the past year, we’ve been slammed by a blinding economic crisis that’s taken the wind out of many people’s sails, including mine. it’s gotten me to think about what matters - and what I believe at my core. Call it my personal anthropology. Here it is for the record. What’s yours?

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Keywords: 21st century, anthropology, Community, economic crisis, God, human, soul

What Africa taught me about us

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on Apr 07, 2009 @ 02:58 AM | Comment (2)

If you think we really know who we are, and have life all figured out, think again...After almost 3 weeks in Tanzania, I’m here to tell you we don’t.

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Keywords: Africa, Community, God, Hadza, human being, hunter-gatherers, Serengeti

What do we call the financial mess we're in?

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on Jan 02, 2009 @ 07:25 AM | Comment (4)

It may seem trivial at first, but what we wind up calling the economic meltdown will mean everything years from now - for better or for worse. The Great Depression, the Renaissance, the Holocaust, the Enlightenment all capture their respective moments. What’s distinctive about where we are today?

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The Financial Crisis - A Case of Pendulum Pandimonium

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on Oct 07, 2008 @ 01:41 AM | No comments

We’ve lost our bearings. The financial crisis has become a crisis of confidence not just in core asset values, but in ourselves and what we have built over time. In one sense, the insanity of the moment suggests that we no longer know we are. And so, what do we do? We swing all the way to the other end of things.

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