Lego & Gatorade: Innovation as “Dating” Your Customers, Not Fighting Competitors

12 November 2017

With guest David Robertson - Author and MIT Sloan Lecturer

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David Robertson, MIT Sloan Senior Lecturer, speaker, and author explains why any innovation success – whether it’s a sports drink or a plastic brick toy – is cyclical and requires looking both inward, at the brand’s essence, and outward, at customers.

Listen to this episode to learn:

  • How Lego, Gatorade, and GoPro have overcome adversity by innovating around their core brand offerings
  • The key question every brand must ask themselves before innovation
  • Why brands must look at innovation as “dating not fighting” – “dating” your customers not fighting your competitors
  • How to innovate within the boundaries of the brand

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