A word is on the whiteboard. Someone wrote it at last year's strategy offsite, and one year later it's about to be covered with another. Last year it was "healthcare." This year it's "lifestyle." Maybe "tech." The word changes; the company sells the same products, runs the same stores, meets the same customers. What's actually changed is a word, plus a fresh stack of decks redrawn around it. I've watched this scene more times than I can count over twenty-three years. When the first page of the strategy deck reads differently every year, the company is probably in a category trap. Category traps surface late. There's no early signal — no sliding revenue, no shaken share — so the surface looks fine. Until one day, five different employees give five different answers to "What kind of company is this?" Marketing, sales, R&D, finance, and the CEO's office turn out to be working at five different companies. Series 1 ...
Brand Strategy and AI Marketing — field notes from a 23-year veteran. 브랜드 전략과 AI 마케팅: 23년차 현직 전략가의 필드 노트.