by Carla Johnson | Aug 17, 2021 | Branding, Marketing
August 17,2021 On most hot summer days, young entrepreneurs-in-the-making set up shop on front lawns and in driveways. Their mission? Rehydrate their local communities with cold cups filled with lemonade. Their marketing tactics include cardboard signs, word-of-mouth...
by Carla Johnson | Feb 14, 2019 | Business, Change Management, Employee Engagement, Innovation
February 14, 2019 It’s not easy to create an innovation track record like Amazon or Google. But companies that hope to outperform their competitors and shake up their industries are pouring money into innovation programs – labs, hubs and design thinking...
by Carla Johnson | Jun 5, 2018 | Corporate Culture, Innovation, Marketing, Sales
June 5, 2018 by Carla Johnson Between bosses and teams, we’re caught in a conundrum. Bosses tell their teams, “I want to see more creativity! More innovation! Where’s all the great ideas?? Our competition is killing us!” Teams say, “I bring you great ideas five times...
by Carla Johnson | Apr 26, 2018 | Leadership, Marketing
April 26, 2018 by Carla Johnson From the theme of the Marketo Summit next week to calls I’ve gotten in the last few days from CMOs about how to amp up their teams, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it takes to create a team of fearless marketers. “Fearless” isn’t...
by Carla Johnson | Apr 17, 2018 | Creativity, Customer Experience, Marketing
April 17, 2018 by Carla Johnson I spent last week at Oracle’s Modern Customer Experience conference in Chicago. One of the refreshing things about the work I do is being able to lift my head from my desk and spend time with really groups of people who focus on...
