by Anne Bahr Thompson | Jul 21, 2020 | Brand Citizenship®, Featured, Movements, Trends and cultural shifts
As featured in Medium on 16 June, 2020. 2020 prologue In June 2018, I had the honor of giving the opening keynote at the Beauty of Sourcing with Respect Conference in Paris hosted by Union for Ethical Biotrade (UEBT). The conference, which was attended by a wider...
by Anne Bahr Thompson | May 7, 2020 | Brand Citizenship®, Brand leadership, Featured, How we live, Movements
In just a few short months COVID-19 has radically altered the landscape around us, bringing into sharp focus the importance of balancing purpose and profit, the importance of what I call Brand Citizenship, a concept I’ve advocated for years. More so than before, it is...
by Onesixtyfourth | Dec 13, 2018 | Brand Citizenship®, Featured
Purpose is powerful, responsible, and fiscally smart. Purpose. With investors increasingly focused on long-termism and corporations signing on to the UN’s Sustainable Development goals, it’s the hot topic of the moment. More and more, many business leaders view...
by Anne Bahr Thompson | Oct 19, 2018 | Brand Citizenship®, Employee Engagement, Featured
by Anne Bahr Thompson and Kim Essency Pillari* Over the past five years, sentiment about work and workplaces has evolved notably. Today, companies of all sizes are focused on employee engagement and employee well-being as the landscape in which businesses operate...
by Anne Bahr Thompson | Aug 6, 2018 | Brand Citizenship®, Brand experiences, Brand loyalty, Featured, Reputation management
We’re all adept at seeing through crafted messaging, political rhetoric and marketing hype. After all, social media has done an excellent job of training us to curate our images and craft ‘authentic’ profiles. We stylize our Facebook posts, Instagram pictures,...