I’ve been asked to explain what has been my approach during this crisis time regarding the Brand strategy. So, since sharing is caring, let us summarise some thoughts and directions that I am taking now. The crisis exist and will exist for next months, this is now clear and not less scaring for everyone. An…
Virtual leadership. Why many were so sceptic?
One of the opportunity created by this huge crisis is the use of smart-working on large scale. It is nothing new. Since years we envision a new way of working thanks to digital technology, but many companies and managers were still very sceptic about this new way of managing the professional daily life. The home-office…
“Next Normal” could be a better world
It is my eight week of quarantine, sitting in my apartment close to Milan, one of the most affected areas of Covid19; I am working the whole day to push further the narrative of the company in this very strange time. Ethic and Empathy are part of our daily life now as never before. Staying…
The Brand can be the real game changer
One of my major challenge of the last years has been to move the Brand positioning of the company from a pure B2B “technical” approach to a “consumer insights” approach. The Brand has been crucial in this process in order to push the organization to define in a new way its own “reason why”. In…
Moving the mountain
Moving the mountain is a motto that I like very much and I use a lot: According to dictionary, moving mountain means Achieving spectacular and apparently impossible results. Make every possible effort. Without 2. you cannot get 1. And here is the approach… This was the starting point of my speech during the conference CMCX…
C’era una volta Esselunga …
Era un caldo pomeriggio di inizio agosto quando fui contattata in urgenza dalla Direzione del Personale di Esselunga. Lavorare per un’azienda così prestigiosa era considerata allora una fortuna inestimabile! Il direttore del personale organizzò nel giro di due giorni un secondo colloquio con il Dottor Giuseppe Caprotti e, all’inizio di settembre, entrai negli uffici di…
Sabrina Colantoni 