The Big Idea

The Big Idea

by RobertJones (Author)

Synopsis

Nowadays anyone can copy your product, or even your business model. What they can't copy is your worldview, your attitude, your special way of doing things. So in the future, the war in the marketplace will be a war of ideas. "The Big Idea maps" this new territory and shows how big ideas make great companies. Unlike business models, product ideas or the catchphrases of management gurus, a big idea is emotional. And unlike corporate ideologies, vision or brand, it is shared between customers and employees alike. Customers don't just buy from these companies, they buy into them - they choose them not through economic logic, but through emotional logic. As products and services become more and more similar, emotional logic will become the single most important business driver. The benefits of appealing to it can already been seen: Orange has a much lower turnover of customers than Cellnet and Ikea operates in over 23 countries while MFI only does business in Britain. Based on the author's interviews with CEOs and his experience shaping big ideas at companies such as Andersen Consulting and the National Trust.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: New edition
Publisher: HarperCollins Business
Published: 03 Sep 2001

ISBN 10: 0006532349
ISBN 13: 9780006532347

Media Reviews
'An interesting and useful book.' Business Age
Author Bio
Robert Jones was born in Gloucester in 1957 and read Philosophy and English at Cambridge University. He is a director with Wolff Olins, one of the world's most respected brand consulting firms, and has worked as a consultant in corporate communication for 16 years, with companies such as Andersen Consulting, Cameron McKenna and the National Trust. He also lectures at Oxford Business School on the marketing of professional service firms.