It’s the beer talking
Kernel Brewery was started in 2009 by Evin O’Riordain, a man who had no experience of beer making and learnt ...
Articles
The Trouble with Insight
Adam learns a lesson from his sons about the difference between truth and insight.
Betabrand: 99% fiction, 1% fashion
Some refections from Mark on what we can learn from the Betabrand model.
Boom! Act One
Tom Ford shares the secret of silent storytelling with Adam and gives us some lessons in catwalk communication.
1+1=10
Adam looks at ten ways to tell a challenger story.
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What is Outlooking?
Hugh explores Outlooking – as a behaviour we can practice that has benefits for our brands and businesses.
From PowerPoint to Piracy
Lynne Vandeveer talks about her experience launching Stride gum as a Challenger brand within Cadbury and explains the personal qualities, te...
Getting your Pirate’s License
It’s all very well for the likes of Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, and Sir Richard Branson, but how can I be a challenger and why would anyone ...
The Underdog and the Power of Two
Adam shares some powerful reasons to celebrate our Challenger status, encourages us to actively use it to engage our audience and explores w...
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Guitar Man vs Music Machine
Liv meets Jont, a musician behaving very difficult to challenge an industry which is not only famously difficult to break into but is famously broken itself.
The Opposite of an App
Adam and family survive 90 degree heat and melting tarmac in a car hire queue in the South of France to learn some valuable lessons about convenience, usefulness and generosity in digital age.
Football, Fame and Fortune
Depressed but determined, Liv learns some local lessons for National success from Astrologer Russell Grant and our Jude from eatbigfish.
Community and Vegetables
Guy Watson, founder of Riverford Organic Vegetables, charts the perils, pitfalls and payback of building a community over the last 10 years.
The Big Fish Inside
Mark spends an evening with four Challenger CMOs and two CEOs.
Common Cause
Liv addresses our current brand obsession with community, explores its real world meaning and learns some lessons for the brand, business and campaign world.
Only Connect
Ruth Coughlan from Camper celebrates the Mallorcan brand’s culture of collaboration and embraces the contradiction it brings.
Fairest of All
Founder of Dilmah tea, Merrill Fernando, shares his own beliefs about the true meaning of Fair Trade in today’s global tea market.
The Cult of Zappos
After a visit to Zappos HQ in Las Vegas Mark explores 'The Cult of Zappos', its roots in rave culture, and how it might transform capitalism!
Words, Weapons and a Wooden Horse
Brett explores how Chinese Challenger Li-Ning is taking on the two global sports giants.
Only Connect
Joanna Yates, founder of Spark London Theatre group, explores how storytelling brings us together.
Saying IS Doing
Gill Ereaut from Linguistic Landscapes argues that Saying is Doing - and that understanding the way your language habits are constraining you can free you up to think and act differently.
Getting The Word Out
How Challengers seize the opportunity in digital media by Mark Barden