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Playful Brand Strategy
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Training
Formation
Writings
Écrits
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À propos
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Contact
Playful Brand Strategy
Playful Brand Strategy
Training
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Exploring consumer purchase journeys with a game hack
Brand Strategy, Game design Willem van der Horst 12/05/2025 Brand Strategy, Game design Willem van der Horst 12/05/2025

Exploring consumer purchase journeys with a game hack

Using inspiration from a roleplaying game to leverage in a workshop exercise to better understand purchase decisions, or in this particular case, the underlying emotional states and motivations of a university graduate to pursue a particular career or accept a role in a given company.

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Early design diary: in the shoes of a global brand leader
Brand Strategy, Game design Willem van der Horst 30/04/2025 Brand Strategy, Game design Willem van der Horst 30/04/2025

Early design diary: in the shoes of a global brand leader

A design diary with early thoughts about an immersive training exercise, or ‘serious game,’ thoughts. The idea would be to play out global leading mobile phone brands after the first iPhone was launched in 2007, and until Nokia lost their global leadership in 2013.

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Noam Chomsky’s ice cream cone thought experiment
Brand Strategy Willem van der Horst 17/02/2025 Brand Strategy Willem van der Horst 17/02/2025

Noam Chomsky’s ice cream cone thought experiment

Noam Chomsky often used a thought experiment involving a child eating an ice cream cone, and it being stolen by an adult.

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Ambiguity and brand strategy utopia
Brand Strategy Willem van der Horst 18/06/2024 Brand Strategy Willem van der Horst 18/06/2024

Ambiguity and brand strategy utopia

A few thoughts about Ursula LeGuin’s The Dispossessed, utopia and strategic ambiguity as it may apply to brand strategy.

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Explaining the job of a brand strategist
Brand Strategy Willem van der Horst 13/06/2024 Brand Strategy Willem van der Horst 13/06/2024

Explaining the job of a brand strategist

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Invest in beautiful web design for your brand value
Brand Strategy Willem van der Horst 11/06/2024 Brand Strategy Willem van der Horst 11/06/2024

Invest in beautiful web design for your brand value

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I'm not a [buzzword] expert
Brand Strategy, Marketing Willem van der Horst 10/06/2024 Brand Strategy, Marketing Willem van der Horst 10/06/2024

I'm not a [buzzword] expert

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Alleviating feelings of uncertainty
Brand Strategy Willem van der Horst 04/06/2024 Brand Strategy Willem van der Horst 04/06/2024

Alleviating feelings of uncertainty

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Asymmetric brand strategy challenges
Brand Strategy Willem van der Horst 03/06/2024 Brand Strategy Willem van der Horst 03/06/2024

Asymmetric brand strategy challenges

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Revealing thoughts on the concept of an insight
Brand Strategy, Teaching and training Willem van der Horst 19/02/2022 Brand Strategy, Teaching and training Willem van der Horst 19/02/2022

Revealing thoughts on the concept of an insight

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The Notion of Play in a Time of Crisis
Brand Strategy, Play Willem van der Horst 30/04/2020 Brand Strategy, Play Willem van der Horst 30/04/2020

The Notion of Play in a Time of Crisis

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Playing with the Creative Briefing
Play, Brand Strategy Willem van der Horst 31/03/2019 Play, Brand Strategy Willem van der Horst 31/03/2019

Playing with the Creative Briefing

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Applying the 80-20 Pareto Principle to Writing a Creative Brief
Brand Strategy Willem van der Horst 22/12/2015 Brand Strategy Willem van der Horst 22/12/2015

Applying the 80-20 Pareto Principle to Writing a Creative Brief

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