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Why Does Brand Succession Become Difficult When Founders Leave?

Weak transition plans are dangerous See how mastering brand succession turns ordinary firms into success.

Rajnish Kumar · 4 November 2026 · 3 min read

Brand Thinking

Positioning, architecture, and the long argument a brand makes with itself.

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Campaign Thinking

The work itself: ideas, media, and what actually moved.

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Career Thinking

Craft, promotion, and the politics of doing good work inside real companies.

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CMO Playbook

Budgets, boards, and operating a marketing organisation under scrutiny.

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Marketing Fundamentals

The basics, argued properly: positioning, pricing, recall, and the things that never stopped working.

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Consumer Thinking

Behaviour, psychology, and why people buy what they say they would not.

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Industry Insights

Money, consolidation, and where the discipline is drifting.

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Contributors

Guest writing from practitioners, argued from inside the work.

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