This newsletter was put together in collaboration with Streative.
Streative Branding is a boutique strategic design and trend intelligence agency based in Amsterdam. Streative products and services include tailor-made, consumer insight-driven reporting in the form of magazines, blogazines and their trademarked Digital Street Feeds. Their future focused consumer insights lead to high level brand consulting, design collaboration and management , lectures, and the development of large and small-scale innovation events for Bacardi, O2, Nike, Philips, Telefonica, Estee Lauder, Zon and several other global brands. Straight from the street, Streative's Moles are a unique global network of independent influencers, thinkers, cynical risk-takers and multi-taskers who inform and inspire Streative's insights and movements from all over the world. For more information see www.streativebranding.com or drop a note to Kim Atkinson at k.atkinson@streativebranding.com |
Corporate Transformation - by John McLaren
Personal career development is crucial to becoming your best, and is even more vital in a post-recession job market. But how an individual goes about this is based entirely on his or her own methods and personality. Good advice can be applied in various ways, but here are some thoughts about how you can strengthen your personal relevance within your area of expertise. 
When the economy lurches to a halt, it seems like the first instinct should be to also stop in your tracks. History shows that investing and innovation shouldn't take place only during the good years. In fact, a recession is often the best time to take risks, go in a new direction and test new grounds. 
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