For Be Meaningfully Different, the key question to ask is how Meaningful and Different your brand is, relative to your competitors:
Brands that are Meaningful but lacking Difference need to find ways to stand
apart. They are likely to be successfully meeting broad category needs today, but by cultivating perceived, relative difference on things that matter, could build stronger predisposition.
Brands that are different but lacking in Meaningful need to break through the ‘growth ceiling’ by broadening the scale of their appeal and avoiding becoming too niche or specialist.
Brands that lack both Meaningful and Different perceptions might require more-revolutionary change. Sometimes these are new brands not disrupting enough to grow. Or they could be one-time leader brands that lost relevance and edge. Either way, a thorough diagnosis is the next key action.
Brands that are already Meaningfully Different can move forward to the first growth accelerator: although maintaining Meaningful Difference matters, there are more important next big questions for the brand to ask.
Teacher: Arnaud Tasiaux