You can’t stick to the plan unless you make one. Why planning—not tactics—is the missing link between goals, strategy, and real momentum.
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Insights to Help You Build a Better Brand, and Business, That Works for You.
Ideas, observations, and practical frameworks to help founders and business owners make better decisions about brand, marketing, growth, leadership, and self-employment.
That’s a Wrap on 2025: A Decade In, The Year By The Numbers
Reflecting on a decade in business, this 2025 year-in-numbers recap shares insights, client work, lessons learned, and what’s ahead for 2026.
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BrandTherapy #2: Thankfulness and Your Brand Experience
A thoughtful, genuine thank-you is one of the strongest brand signals you can send. It creates emotional loyalty. It strengthens relationships. It builds trust. And it often leads to the kind of word-of-mouth that no ad campaign can buy.
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Taking the In-House Management Program to New Levels
HOW recently asked me and Ed Roberts about how we approached creating the 2015 lineup of speakers and sessions for the In-House Management Program at the HOW Design Conference. See more at.
Career Advice and More
I was interviewed by Melissa Mazzoleni for HOW recently about leading in-house teams, and how in-house creatives can get their careers moving forward. Below is an excerpt, and link to the original article. "...Managing a design business – or any business – just isn’t...
Here Comes ‘da Judge (of the In-House Design Awards)
I'm honored to have been asked to judge the 2014 In-House Design Awards for HOW Magazine. "...As the deadline for this year’s In-House Design Awards is just around the corner, we’re excited to announce the outstanding in-house experts who will act as judges for the...
Program Director, 2015 HOW Conference
I've been selected to be the co-program director for the 2015 HOW Design conference, In-House Managers program. With friend and colleague Ed Roberts, we'll be working with the directors of the other programs to develop a strong topic and speaker list.
Big Change for In-House Designers
I was interviewed by Bryn Mooth for HOW magazine about how In-House is changing. Below is an excerpt, and link to the original article. "...The in-house industry is maturing on a couple of different fronts. One, we’re seeing (especially now that the economy is...
4 Tips for Managing and Leading Creative Teams
Managing creative professionals requires more than assigning work and tracking deadlines. The most effective leaders act as coaches, create opportunities for growth, build trust, and understand the difference between managing processes and leading people. Here are four lessons I’ve learned from leading creative teams over the years.
5 In-Source Presidents Get Together
The 5 past and present InSource Presidents recently got together to talk about their experiences leading InSource, and reminisce about how they came to join the organization. The two-hour conversation lead to brainstorming, and reminiscing, and will be the topic of an...
Creative Start-up, Part 12: Failure is an Option
In-House Business Startup Journal Part 12 No, the title is not a mistake. Sometimes, you have to let things fail. I have started and lead 3 creative businesses in my career; 2 in-house, and 1 agency. I have also be part of a few business re-organizations in both...
Andy Brenits Named to People to Watch in 2013 list!
I’ve been named to Graphic Design USA’s “People to Watch in 2013″ list! More here.