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The new Insider for BR-NDGraduation thesis by Josien PietersMarch 2012
Delft University of Technology
Master Strategic Product Design
Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering
Strategic Product Design
Delft University of Technology
BR-ND
Amsterdam
Dr. Ir. M.S. Kleinsmann
Ir. E. Roscam Abbing
A. Koene
March, 8th 2012
Josien Pieters
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The new Insider for BR-NDGraduation thesis by Josien Pieters
Who builds a brand? Is it the brand manager, his advertising agency, clients who talk positively
about the brand? All of the above, one might say. But then we are missing out on the most
important group of brand builders: the rich community of employees representing the brand on
a daily basis. No matter what any advertising campaign shouts out to the world, it’s the people
within the organisation who make or break the brand. They are the brand. They have to eat, sleep
and live it. Whether it’s in product development, human resources, communication, finance,
customer service or any other discipline, passionate employees, driven by a shared purpose,
ensure the best brand experience. So, why are they then so often not part of the brand creation
process? Corporate brand positioning, rebranding, visual identity development, in most companies
it is done by a select group of people on top management level, without input from the work floor.
Sometimes, another select group of lower level employees is consulted during the process. How
often is the receptionist one of the privileged? Exactly. Although he or she might just be the most
important brand touch point.
At BR-ND, we believe that all employees are as important for the company and its brand image
as the CEO. As they are expected to be the brand, why not involve them all in the brand creation
process? Ask for their input, find out what drives them, what their common purpose is, why they
go to work every day, what they love about it, and how they would love it even more. You would
be surprised how much human emotive capital is right there, waiting to inspire the creation of an
appealing brand. And, while they are involved, why not feed them back the choices made during
the process? So that those can be thought over, discussed, challenged, adjusted and improved? By
the time the new or refreshed brand is ready to reach the outside world, the inside world is ready
and able. And motivated! It is their brand after all. They created it. Together.
There is one problem in wanting to involve all employees in the branding process: how do you
reach them all at once, get their input and enthusiasm and continuously keep the dialogue alive?
The report of Josien Pieters you are about to read holds part of the answer. It has to do with
internal branding, social media and coffee beans. And it is going to become business practice soon.
Enjoy reading!
Kim Cramer PhD
BR-ND
The Appeal Company
Foreword
This thesis is the result of my graduation work as the
final part of the Master Strategic Product Design at the
faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of
Technology.
The project was carried out on behalf of BR-ND. BR-ND is
a small branding agency based in Amsterdam specialised
in guiding large organisations with complex challenges
concerning their brand. The company has a great amount
of expertise in the field of brand positioning strategy,
brand portfolio, brand symbolism (naming and design) and
engagement.
BR-ND has developed their own methodology, which forms
the foundation for their branding tools, these tools are used
to guide a company through a brand innovation process.
Such a process is performed in order to renew a brand on
one or multiple aspects such as the appearance, purpose or
strategy of a brand.
One of these branding tools is the Insider: this tool facili-
tates an organisation to participate in the brand innovation
process by revealing the current identity and future ambi-
tions of the organisation.
This tool has been successfully used in many projects,
however over the past ten years the Insider has been
active BR-ND has seen many changes both internally and
externally.
BR-ND has noticed a shift in the needs of its clients, no
longer only wanting to focus on measuring the identity of the
organisation but also facilitating awareness and discussion.
In order to anticipate on these changing needs the current
Insider needs to be reassessed: this project aims on creating
a future-proof Insider for BR-ND.
In figure 1 the structure of the report is visualised.
In chapter 1 an introduction of BR-ND and the graduation
project is given.
In chapter 2,3 and 4 the present situation from both an inter-
nal and external perspectives is analysed.
Next the future situation is sketched, again from an internal
(chapter 5) and external (chapter 6) point of view.
The findings of the present and future analysis are translated
into a design vision (chapter 7). This vision is used to guide the
ideation (chapter 8) and results in the final concept, explained
in chapter 9. In chapter 10 the implementation of the concept
is discussed. The new concept is evaluated, which results in
recommendations (chapter 11).
In chapter 12 the conclusions are presented, looking back at
the whole project and future steps are indicated.
1Introduction
2Brand
innovation process
3Insider
4External
5Internal
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Vision
8Ideation
9Concept
10Evaluation
11Implemen-
tation
12Conclusion
Internal
DESIGNFUTUREPRESENT
External
Fig 1: Structure of the report
Preface
Before diving into the report itself I would like to take the
opportunity to thank the people who have helped making
this project possible.
First of all I like to thank my chair and mentor Maaike
Kleinsmann and Erik Roscam Abbing for their support
and for sharing their knowledge with me throughout the
project. Our meetings have provided me with inspiring
and fresh perspectives, helping me to take my work to
the next level.
A special thanks goes out to Kim Cramer and Alexander
Koene of BR-ND for giving me the freedom to explore, for
inspiring me, for the great lunches, for taking the time to
share their expertise and helping me, even if it happen to be
on a weekend day. I appreciate your hospitality, you have
made me feel part of the team from day one.
In addition I like to thank the rest of the BR-ND team,
showing their interest and being great company during
the project.
I like to thank my friends and family who have supported
me during my project and who have made sure that I was
able to get my mind off things every now end then.
I especially like to thank my parents for always being sup-
portive and having confidence in me throughout my entire
studies.
I like to thank Roos-Marijn, my fellow graduate student,
for sharing our graduation journey together. I enjoyed our
numerous of coffee breaks and energising talks.
I like to thank Harmannus for his great job on reviewing the
report, Maggie for her thoughtfulness and delicious cup
cakes and Guus and Alan for “putting up” with me.
Last but not least I like to thank Brian for his endless
patience, helping me and believing in me at all times.
Executive summary This project has been carried out on behalf of branding
agency BR-ND, aiming at redesigning BR-ND’s Insider tool
to fit the changing market. The Insider tool is used to gain
input and engage the organisation during brand innovation
processes; a process performed by BR-ND together with a
client to renew a brand on one or multiple aspects such as
the purpose, strategy or appearance of a brand.
Present
As a start an analysis of both the internal and external
situation has been carried out to gain more understanding
about the current tool and its internal and external context.
The main findings of this analysis point out that a growing
need exists for tools that uses the brand for organisational
purposes, anticipating on the shift in branding moving
more towards organisational culture. Furthermore a com-
munication gap is revealed between the project team and
the organisation when feeding back results of the Insider
and during the rest of the brand innovation process. The
new tool should offer more transparency in this process
and should facilitate feedback. In addition more attention
should be given to content that stimulates engagement of
the employees in the process.
Future
Secondly a future analysis from both an internal and an
external perspective has been executed to reveal the needs
and wishes for the future tool and to define a future context
and field of focus. This analysis has made clear that the
current Insider needs to be completely renewed in order
to become a future proof tool. The Insider should become
a continuous platform along the entire brand innovation
process; this process has recently been extended with an
activation phase, this phase needs to be included in the new
Insider as well. Besides the external context factors: new
world of working, transparency, meaning and inside-out,
need to be implemented in the new Insider.
Design
Based on the present and future analyses the following
design vision has been formulated:
To create a platform that supports the brand innovation process,
forming the link between the project team and BR-ND, and the
organisation, through the use of the following elements:
• Invite: Easy & Accessible
• Motivate: Attractive & Rewarding
• Generate: Input, Feedback & Dialogue
• Trust: Transparency & Exemplary behaviour
• Change: Connect & Activate
A concept has been developed guided by the design vision,
incorporating the needs and whishes revealed by the pres-
ent and future analysis.
The concept for the new Insider consists of a continuous
platform facilitating two main services; one providing
predefined questions per phase to the organisation cor-
responding with the phases of the brand innovation process
executed in parallel by BR-ND and the project team. The
other service facilitating a dialogue between the project
team and the organisation and the organisation itself, in the
form of a micro-blog.
Executive summary Next to these two main services the platform offers trans-
parency to the organisation by means of visualising the
process in time. Furthermore gaming elements added to
motivate are incorporated by means of instant feedback,
virtual rewards and leader boards.
Besides content used as input for the brand innovation pro-
cess also content is included to stimulate engagement and
to create a connection between the organisation. The public
questions feature of the platform, where results of others
can be viewed, supports this.
An implementation plan is presented to provide guidance
to the development and proposition of the new tool.
In order to serve a broad range of clients the services are
offered to clients in modules, splitting up the predefined
content part together with the advice of BR-ND and the
service of the platform (including the dialogue part).
Set costs together with a subscription fee per employ
per month are charged for the services of the platform
together with a fixed amount per month for content and
consultancy.
A tool evaluation with an experts and clients has been
carried out to test the execution and relevance of the tool.
The most important findings show that the user-friendli-
ness of the tool needs improvement. Furthermore focus
should be given to the tailor-made possibilities of the
platform in regards to the services as well as the design.
In addition attention should be given to how to integrate
the services with the already present Intranet facilities of
clients.
Table of contentsIntroduction
Introduction of BR-ND
Introduction of project
1.1
1.2
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14
16
Internal:
Brand innovation process
Methodology
Tools
Process
Conclusion
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
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20
21
22
23
24
25
28
30
37
Internal
Generative sessions
Conclusion
External
Future context
Field of focus
Conclusion
5.1
5.2
6.1
6.2
6.3
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52
59
60
61
62
66Internal:
Insider
Insider tool
Case study: development over time
Interviews
Conclusion
3. Insider
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
External
Context
Field
Conclusion
4.1
4.2
4.3
38
39
40
48
49
67Summary Future
Summary Present
Present Future
Conclusion
Reflection
Future steps
12.1
12.2
134
135
137
Vision
Synthesis
Design vision
Design guidelines
Ideation
Idea generation
Concept development
Concept validation
Implementation
Business model
Implementation plan
Evaluation
Tool evaluation
Recommendations
Concept
Concept introduction
Predefined content
Dialogue
Overall features
Stakeholders journey
7.1
7.2
7.3
8.1
8.2
8.3
10.1
10.2
11.1
11.2
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
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78
79
83
85
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125
131
116
117
122
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89
91
100
107
108
Summary Design
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References 138
133
Appendices
Design
1
131Introduction The first chapter of this report provides infor-
mation to understand the company and what this
graduation project is about, this is needed as back-
ground information for the rest of the report. First
the company BR-ND will be introduced (paragraph 1.1).
After which, the project brief will be presented (para-
graph 1.2).
Introduction14
Philosophy
BR-ND strongly believes in their philosophy and tries to let
this reflect in their work. BR-ND’s mission is:
“To beautify the world by creating appealing brands that
touch people in their hearts”1
Below the three pillars BR-ND works with and believes in
are explained 1:
1. From greed to generosity
BR-ND believes that brands can contribute to creating a
better world. They like to move away from businesses that
are only interested in making lots of money. BR-ND believes
when brands can contribute to the world in a positive man-
ner, in the end will be rewarded with loyalty and love from
consumers. To accomplish this BR-ND helps clients to refo-
cus on the purpose of the brand and supports companies to
implement emotional values as drivers for the brand.
2. From ratio to emotive
BR-ND focuses on building brands with emotional appeal.
They believe that rational story follows up the emotional
meaning and human drives triggered by the brand. By
following a process that is guided by this emotional side,
BR-ND believes that they can step away from the ratio and
can create brands that are meaningful to people.
1.1 Introduction of BR-ND
BR-ND is a branding agency based in Amsterdam. Kim Cramer and Alexander Koene estab-
lished the company in 2010. Before they both worked at Positioneringsgroep, but in order
to pursue their love for innovation they decided to start their own company. Before joining
Positioneringsgroep Alexander Koene worked for several multinationals and Kim Cramer
has been active as a scientific researcher in the field of branding.
3. From Guru to cool tools
BR-ND likes to move away from the traditional expert
approach often seen in the field of branding and like to
involve people related to the brand during the process of
innovating a brand. The process and accompanying tools
are designed in such a way that clients participate in the
process, next to employees and stakeholders being asked
for their input.
Work method
BR-ND has much expertise in the fields of positioning strat-
egy, brand portfolio, brand symbolism (naming and design)
and engagement. Since 2005 they have been involved
with research on emotional brand appeal (see chapter 2.1).
Based on these studies various branding tools have been
developed, which form the foundation of their branding
methodology.
BR-ND is specialised in guiding large organisations with
complex challenges concerning their brand. These chal-
lenges concern matters such as a repositioning of the brand,
researching the internal and external perception of the
brand, reassessment of the brand portfolio or a full rebrand-
ing process. These challenges often arise when companies
are faced with major changes such as acquisitions, reorgani-
sations, mergers or new management.
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The tools developed by BR-ND help to facilitate such a pro-
cess of innovating a brand. The complete brand innovation
process is equipped for a full rebranding process including a
new name and design, however the tools can also be used
separately to fit the clients needs.
The current process of BR-ND consists of the following
phases (see chapter 2.1 for a more detailed description):
Analysis & inspiration phase
In the analysis & inspiration phase several tools are used to
get to know the client and to get a view of the brand from
an internal and external perspective. Here the Insider is used
to get internal input.
Strategy phase
The second phase consists of a strategy phase where sev-
eral tools are used to define the new purpose of the brand
and a new brand architecture that fits this new strategy.
Naming & Design
The last phase focuses on creating new brand symbolism
(name, logo) to strengthen the new brand.
Team
BR-ND works with a network of experts who can be
addressed when their expertise is needed. This network
includes experts in the field of market research, trademark
research, naming and design and even brainscanning.
Clients
The clients BR-ND works with are active in a broad range
of fields such as insurance, health care and fashion. Clients
they have worked with include Sint Antonius Hospital,
Veldhoven group, REAAL, and de Telefoongids & Gouden
gids.
Note: In 2010 Positioneringsgroep has split up in BR-ND and Positioneringsgroep. Kim and Alexander have
already started their research on emotional brand appeal during their time at Positioneringsgroep. The
tools and methods currently used by BR-ND are developed by Positioneringsgroep and now used by both
companies.
Introduction16
Assignment
The Insider has proven to be a powerful tool for BR-ND to
support their clients in their brand innovation process and
has already served in many projects. However questions
have been raised about the relevance of the tool within the
current and future context. Since the tool was first intro-
duced, the context of use has seen many changes. BR-ND
has noticed a shift in the needs of their clients: they no
longer want to focus solely on measuring the identity of the
organisation, but like to facilitate awareness and discus-
sion. The current Insider tool is not fully equipped to answer
these changing needs. Therefore the graduation assign-
ment is formulated as follows:
“Redesign BR-ND’s Insider tool,
to fit the changing market”
1.2 Introduction of project
One of the key tools that BR-ND currently has in its service portfolio is the “Insider”. This
tool facilitates an organisation to participate in revealing the current identity and future
ambitions of the brand. It is an online questionnaire offered to the entire organisation in the
beginning phase of a brand innovation process. The questions of the Insider focuses on four
different dimensions: individual level (what do they find important in their lives and how do
they see themselves), work level (what does their work context looks like and what are the
desired changes), organisational level (where should the company focus on in the future,
and how do they identify with the organisation) and brand level (how do they perceive the
identity of the company and what do they find unique about their organisation) 2.
Approach
Having little experience in the world of branding consultancies,
this project has given me the opportunity to discover a new field.
However it did not take long to become aware of the complexity
of the business and consequently the project, dealing with differ-
ent stakeholders, each with their own needs and wishes.
As reflected in the starting point of the project presented
above, the company allowed me plenty of room for my own
interpretation encouraging me to explore the unexplored and
determining my own approach for the project.
In order to get a grip on the project emphasise has been put
on the analysis phase, which decomposed the assignment
itself, as well as the market and the different stakeholders
needs. The choice has been made to divide this analysis
into a present and a future part. This was done because
BR-ND in its current formation is still a small and “fresh”
company: reactive and involved in what is going on around
them, hence the internal and external contexts do not
lay far apart. With this in mind it was relevant to first lay
down side by side the current situation of both internal and
external world and see the relationship between these two,
next creating a future context from an internal and external
perspective for BR-ND to react on.
The extensive analysis phase resulted in a clear vision,
laying down the foundation for creating a well-defined
concept. The hands-on characteristics of the end
result are a useful guide for the company to start the
implementation.
Because the complex nature of the project an iterative
approach has been applied, matching the methods I have
learned throughout my education as Industrial Designer. All
work has gone trough several iterations of reflection and
improvements, helping me to get a grip on the business
and the project and taking my work to a higher level. This
approach has allowed me to create a tool relevant for all
stakeholders and the zeitgeist we are living in.
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18 PRESENT: Internal 2Present Internal2. Brand innovation process3. Insider
4. External
Brand innovation process
19192 Chapter two covers the current brand
innovation process of BR-ND; a process performed
by BR-ND together with the client to renew a brand
on one or multiple aspects such as the purpose,
strategy or appearance of a brand. This chapter
provides information about the brand innovation
process, its underlying methodology and its tools
that BR-ND offers to their clients. This informa-
tion creates understanding about how the current
brand innovation process of BR-ND looks like,
what role the Insider has within this process and
what needs to be taken into account for the new
Insider. First the methodology used throughout
the whole process is explained (paragraph 2.1).
Secondly the tools of the brand innovation
process are explained (paragraph 2.2) and the rela-
tions between the different tools are discussed
(paragraph 2.3). Finally an overall conclusion is
presented (paragraph 2.4).
Brand innovation process
20 PRESENT: InternalPRESENT: Internal20
In order to be able to measure the drive profiles of brands
and people, these twenty-four drives are translated into
drivograms. Each of these drivograms consists of a card
containing four pictures and two words representing the
world of emotions, motivations and values behind the drive
domains 3.
The goal of using this methodology is to approach projects
from a more emotive perspective. 23plusone facilitates
focussing on the question “what drives us” as a person or
as a brand, which creates an emotive driven process fitting
with the philosophy of BR-ND.
23plusone forms the foundation throughout the whole
brand innovation process as almost all tools contribute
to making a well-considered choice for certain drives to
represent the brand and creating a strategy and design that
fits these drives.
2.1 Methodology
BR-ND handles a self-developed methodology called
23plusone that forms the foundation of BR-ND’s brand
innovation process (a process to innovate a brand on one
or several aspects, such as purpose, strategy or appear-
ance) and its tools. This methodology is based on scientific
research in the area of brand appeal. The research focused
on the emotional response brands evoke and how these
relate to brand appeal 3.
BR-ND has defined twenty-four human drives that influ-
ence how we feel about a brand. These twenty-four drives
are categorised into five groups: Basics, Vitality, Attraction,
Self-development and Ambition.
The research shows that when a brand simultaneously
triggers drives from different groups, the perceived
brand appeal becomes higher. Especially brands that
trigger “unexpected” drives, reach this result more eas-
ily. Unexpected drives are those that do not fall into the
category of drives related to category generic drives.
A good combination between these category related
drives and brand specific drives can create an attractive
tension 3.
Fig 2: Overview of the tools used within the brand innovation process
To see the 24 drivograms and to create
your own 23plusone drive profile visit
www.23plusone.info
Kick-o� Research Vision meetings Kitchen Trinity Brandheart BrandfanInsiderOutsider Brand symbolism
ANALYSIS & INSPIRATION STRATEGY NAMING & DESIGN
One of the questions asked in the Outsider4Stack of 24 drivograms One of the questions asked in the Insider5 Picture taken during a Kitchen workshop Example of the Trinity6 Explanation of the Brandheart7 Filled-in Brandfan for Nike8
23+1
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2.2 Tools
A full brand innovation process by BR-ND consists of three
phases: analysis & inspiration phase, strategy phase and
naming & design phase. Within these three phases several
tools are developed to support the process (see figure 2).
Analysis & inspiration phase
• Kick-off
Activity: meeting with the client
Goal: to get to know the client and vice versa, discussing
the upcoming plans and process
• Research
Activity: research the current situation of the brand
(preferably performed together with the client)
Goal: to understand the status quo of the brand
• Vision meetings
Activity: interviews with employees, clients and/or
stakeholders
Goal: to gain input from different parties on the brand
and its future developments
• Outsider 4
Activity: quantitative research among consumers and
stakeholders
Kick-o� Research Vision meetings Kitchen Trinity Brandheart BrandfanInsiderOutsider Brand symbolism
ANALYSIS & INSPIRATION STRATEGY NAMING & DESIGN
One of the questions asked in the Outsider4Stack of 24 drivograms One of the questions asked in the Insider5 Picture taken during a Kitchen workshop Example of the Trinity6 Explanation of the Brandheart7 Filled-in Brandfan for Nike8
23+1
Goal: to get an outside perspective on the brand to use
as input for the rest of the process
• Insider 5
Activity: quantitative research among all the employees
of the client
Goal: to gain input for the rest of the process and to
involve the organisation
Strategy phase
• Kitchen
Activity: one-day workshop with the project team of the
client (in some cases additional employees or stakehold-
ers join) where the drivograms are used in a game-like
setting
Goal: to determine the drive profile for the new brand
• Trinity 6
Activity: visualisation of the drives selected for the new
brand
Goal: to capture the brand drives and their mutual
relationships
22 PRESENT: InternalPRESENT: Internal22
• Brandheart 7
Activity: visualisation of the drives together with the
most important insights and validation
Goal: to provide a more extensive Trinity more suitable
for communication (to the organisation or an advertis-
ing agency)
• Brandfan 8
Activity: visualisation of the new brand portfolio and
brand architecture
Goal: to reassess and capture the brand portfolio and
architecture based on the new brand strategy
Naming & Design phase
• Brand symbolism
Activity: translation of the new strategy into design and
naming directions, trademark research of the selected
names and designs and implementation of the new
name and design
Goal: to create and implement brand symbolism for the
new brand.
Organisation
Project Team BR-ND
Kick-o�
Research Vision meetings
Kitchen Trinity Brandheart Brandfan
Insider
Outsider
Brand symbolism
ANALYSIS & INSPIRATION STRATEGY NAMING & DESIGN
Board / Company
2.3 Process
Figure 3 gives an overview of the relations between the
different tools, the flow of the brand innovation process and
the stakeholders involved. Clients can decide which part of
the brand innovation process they want to make use of. For
a substantiated process BR-ND strongly recommends their
clients to run at least the entire first two phases.
Analysis and inspiration phase
The kick-off meeting(s) is used to define what will be asked
in the Insider and Outsider. From that point the Insider
and the Outsider can be prepared and carried out and desk
research and vision interviews can be carried out as well.
In most cases the Insider and Outsider are carried out simul-
taneously. In both questionnaires participants are asked
(among other questions) to select the drives that they feel
fit the brand. During the Insider employees are also asked
to create a personal drive profile, here they indicate which
drives are most important for them personally. The results
of both the Insider and Outsider together with the insights
of the research and vision meetings are used as input for
the next phase. In this phase the new brand will be captured
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Organisation
Project Team BR-ND
Kick-o�
Research Vision meetings
Kitchen Trinity Brandheart Brandfan
Insider
Outsider
Brand symbolism
ANALYSIS & INSPIRATION STRATEGY NAMING & DESIGN
Board / Company
by means of defining six drives. Therefore the results of the
23plusone questions from the Insider and Outsider are most
leading for the rest of the process.
Strategy phase
All steps within this phase are carried out by the project
team, facilitated by BR-ND. The result of the Insider and
Outsider are discussed before or on the same day as the
Kitchen. At the end of the Kitchen workshop a Trinity model
(selection of six drives) should be completed that represents
the new brand. During this process the results of the Insider
and Outsider represent the internal and external perspec-
tive and are taken along in the process. This Trinity is in turn
used as the basis for the Brandheart.
The Brandfan does not directly refer to 23plusone but helps
to define the new brand architecture based on the new
strategy.
Naming and design phase
The steps within this phase are not defined in any tool. The
activities within this phase are carried out by BR-ND. During
this phase also external parties are involved, for instance a
Fig 3: Overview of the rela-tions between the dif-ferent tools and its stakeholders within the brand innovation process
party to perform consumer research to test the names and
designs (BR-ND has also experimented with using brain
scanning for the testing of the names and designs), lawyers
(trademark research), a company to facilitate the rebranding
process (supplying new business cards, stickers etc) and an
advertising agency.
2.4 Conclusion
This chapter shows that the brand innovation process of
BR-ND consists of many tools, which almost all function as
the starting point or as input for the next tool. This interde-
pendence of the tools is mainly formed by the 23plusone
methodology, that therefore plays a key role in the whole
process. This interdependence also counts for the Insider,
therefore it is important not only to have a closer look at
the Insider but also how the Insider relates to the rest of the
brand innovation process and what the role of 23plusone is.
This will help to define the context the Insider needs to con-
nect with. The next chapter addresses these matters from a
BR-ND and client perspective.
Stakeholders
During such projects BR-ND works together with a project team consisting of people
from higher or middle management representing various departments within the
organisation such as marketing, HR and communication. The project team is involved in
all phases and works together with BR-ND to run the process. Besides the project team
the board of the company, or another party to represent the company, is involved with
the project. They need to be kept up to date about developments and need to approve
decisions about the new brand. The Insider is the only tool that directly interacts with the
organisation.
24 PRESENT: Internal24 PRESENT: Internal3 This chapter provides more information about the
content, process, strengths and weaknesses of the current
Insider and how the Insider fits within the overall brand inno-
vation process as perceived by BR-ND and clients. This informa-
tion will help to understand the starting point of this project,
to determine what aspects of the current Insider will remain
and what needs to be changed and which context factors need
to be taken into account for the new Insider. This chapter will
first focus on the Insider tool and its developments over time,
in more detail (paragraph 3.1). Next the interviews done with
clients and expert are shared (paragraph 3.2). An overall conclu-
sion wraps-up this chapter (paragraph 3.3).
Insider
2525253 The Insider consists of four modules (see figure 4 on the
next page): individual, work context, organisation and
brand. Each of these modules consists of a question or ques-
tions relating to that module. The modules are not made
explicit in the questionnaire and the order of the questions
is not based on the modules. The overview of the Insider,
divided into four modules is used for BR-ND to explain the
content of the tool and what topics will be covered in the
Insider, to clients or potential clients.
On individual level employees are asked to create their personal
drive profile by determining how important each drive is to
them. This provides insight about the kind of people that work
within the organisation and what they find important in life 2.
3.1 Insider tool
The Insider is an online questionnaire that is distributed
across the whole organisation, at the beginning of a brand
innovation process, where they are asked to answer various
open and closed questions.
The Insider is used to learn more about the people who
work at the company, what they find important in their
lives, how they see the current organisation and brand and
how these should improve in the future. This information
generated by the research is presented to the client and
used as input when determining the drives and strategy
for the brand. Also by involving the organisation in an early
stage of the project, it is tried to generate support from the
employees for the brand innovation process so that when
the outcome is shared with the organisation they are more
willing to adjust to this new strategy.
Over the years BR-ND has collected the data of over 20.000
employees. All these results are stored in a database. This
makes it possible to benchmark relevant questions (especially
for the drive profiles) per organisation or in some cases even
per sector. This information enables companies to compare
their organisations to that of other companies or individuals
and this way find out about the identity of the organisation.
Content
For a demonstration of the
Insider visit:
www.br-nd.com/br-nd-
branding-tools/
and click on: Insider > demo
or typ this in your browser:
http://goo.gl/yCT1k
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predetermined competencies (see figure 3). Also the iden-
tification level is measured to see how much they identify
with the organisation and what their attitude is towards the
current strategy (likert scale) 2.
Finally on brand level inspiration is gathered for the future
brand. This is done by asking about the current and future
drive profile of the brand (selecting five drives that fit the
best), inspirational brands (multiple-choice with room for
explanation) for the company and the uniqueness of the
brand (open question) 2.
On work level, questions are asked regarding the work
context. Majority of the questions have a scientific and
rational approach and work with a likert-scale. There is one
question within this module that differs from the other
questions by asking about the atmosphere within the
organisation 2.
On organisation level, positive and negative associations
are gathered (open question). Furthermore attention is
paid to the future competencies the company should
focus on, where the participants can choose from eleven
individual
brand
work context
organisationidentity of the
organisation
Fig 4: Representation of the four modules together with example questions of each module 2,4
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Process
The average process of the Insider is visualised in figure 5.
First BR-ND and the client define the questions that will be
asked in the research. This content is based on the standard
Insider; on request questions are removed or added. When
BR-ND and the client have defined the content of the research,
the programming of the questionnaire can start.
The programming of the questionnaire as well as the gather-
ing and processing of the data is in most cases outsourced to
the online research expert Metrixlab. There is also an interim
solution possible for smaller scale projects where BR-ND
facilitates the questionnaire. For this BR-ND makes use of
Viewlet, a program to create online questionnaires.
Next to this a campaign is set up for the in -house promo-
tion of the Insider. This is optional, however strongly advised
by BR-ND to increase the effectiveness of the Insider. When
the programming and pretesting is finished, the announce-
ment of the research is done. This often involves a movie
of the CEO, or some other creative motivational activity.
Within a period of approximately two weeks, Metrixlab
collects the data. The data then needs to be interpreted
and visualised, to be able to communicate the results to
the client. BR-ND receives data files from Metrixlab already
containing processed results of the research, so Metrixlab
already provides a standard analysis of the data. This data
includes benchmarks of relevant questions with the database
of BR-ND. All this information is viewed by BR-ND. They will
then, based on their expertise and experience, select the most
insightful information that will be shared with the company.
Sometimes Metrixlab is asked to provide some additional
analysis that BR-ND feels could be of use. BR-ND than pre-
pares a presentation where the data is presented in a clear way.
All information is then fed back to the project group. After that
a summary of the information is communicated back to the
whole organisation. In the ideal case this is done in the form of
a game-like workshop or something else memorable.
L
BR-ND
Client
Metrixlab
Fig 5: Visualisation of the process of an aver-age Insider 9
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questionnaire distributed by the company’s Intranet. When
the research tool turned out to be a success and was used
more often in projects, the online research expert Metrixlab
was approached. In collaboration an online version of the
identity monitor was created. From then onwards Metrixlab
also facilitated the gathering and processing of the data.
For several years the tool was used in different cases. The first
adaptations were made when in 2006 when the 23plusone
research was performed and also implemented in the Insider.
This made it possible to benchmark different organisation
with each other. The last years BR-ND has noticed clients to
put less focus on the scientific questions, instead more focus
is put on involving the organisation by means of the Insider.
In 2007, Diana Jianu was added to the team and put in
charge of the Online Identity Monitor. With her help, the
Online Identity Monitor started moving away from being
purely a measuring tool, to also focussing on creating
awareness and involvement among the employees.
3.2 Case study: development over time
The first version of the BR-ND Insider, called the “Online
Identity Monitor (OIM)”, was developed in 2000 and was
created for the branding process of a large client. In that
time only internal and external vision interviews, desk
research and external market research was conducted.
Back then BR-ND believed that they could not change the
identity of an organisation. They only could help to highlight
a part of this identity to the outside word, by means of
brand positioning.
They realised that this organisation was too large to reveal the
identity of the whole organisation by just a few vision interviews
and decided to develop an internal market research to measure
the identity. The research tool was intended to reveal the iden-
tity of the organisation and to be able to use an aspect of this
identity in the brand positioning (see figure 6). The focus of the
tool was to make it as scientific approved as possible.
At this point the research tool was more or less a quantitative
Kick-off
Research Vision meetings
External market research
Insider
ANALYSIS & INSPIRATION STRATEGY
Organisation
By this time the Online Identity Monitor was used already
for 14 cases. The tool was still facilitated by Metrixlab,
although this caused a few difficulties. Metrixlab could not
meet every request regarding new questions, layout and
interaction that BR-ND proposed.
In 2008 the name of the Online Identity Monitor was
changed into BR-ND Insider and in 2009 experiments
started regarding a more fun and engaging way of commu-
nicating the insights back to the organisation. They started
with organising workshops and games to get the whole
Fig 6: Function of the first version of the Online Identity Monitor (Insider).It was used in the beginning of the pro-cess, to get input and inspiration for the ex-ternal brand position-ing. There was no fur-ther interaction with the organisation.
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company involved when sharing the results. The same was
done for the activation of the organisation before start-
ing the Insider’s research. Creative campaigns were being
introduced to get people curious and engaged. By this time
33 projects had already made use of the Insider. Also a shift
was seen in being commissioned by marketing department
exclusively to also moving towards the HR-department.
In 2010 efforts have been made to build an in-house version to
keep costs for the Insider lower. However this plan has not been
implemented, as the financial resources were not available.
Currently an interim solution is used. For this BR-ND makes
use of Viewlet, a program to create online questionnaires. This
program enables BR-ND to build an own Insider. However
some compromises have been made in the area of usability
and design since BR-ND is limited to the functions the software
offers. When BR-ND is commissioned to do an Insider for a large
organisation, Metrixlab is still approached to facilitate this.
Nowadays BR-ND experiences that more and more
Kick-off
Research Vision meetings
Kitchen Trinity Brandheart Brandfan
Outsider
Brand symbolism
FEEDBACK RESULTS INSIDER
CAMPAIGN TO INTRODUCE
INSIDER
REVEAL “NEW BRAND”
Insider
ANALYSIS & INSPIRATION STRATEGY NAMING & DESIGN
Organisation
companies come to them with questions regarding the
identity of the organisation. They ask for their support in the
process of behavioural change and transformation within
the organisation. BR-ND realises that they need to adapt
their instruments to these changing needs.
“First we told our clients to go to the HR-consultancy for internal
matters; we are for the brand, for the external world. We now
realise that we are a people focussed company and help
organisations to be meaningful again. This counts for the
internal and external world.” (Alexander Koene,2011)
Fig 7: Function of the current Insider. The Insider is still used at the beginning of the process, to get input and inspiration for the strategy phase. On various moments in the process there is additional interaction with the organisation.
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Participants
Expert
For the expert interview the person that was chosen has
been the most involved with the development of the Insider
and has the most expertise of the Insider. Kim Cramer has
worked as senior strategist at Positioneringsgroep. During
this period she was in charge of product development,
including the Insider.
Clients
The clients were selected based on the time of the project,
since these kind of projects are time consuming, between
half a year and year, it is likely that only more recent clients
will still remember enough to get relevant information.
People were selected that have been part of the project
team and have been actively involved with the project.
Furthermore people were selected that have affinity with
the organisational side of the project due to their role within
the company or their personal interest.
It is tried for each client to conduct interviews with more
than one person to get a broader perspective. Unfortunately
this was only possible for one of the three clients. Three
clients were selected who all have made use of a different
part of the brand innovation process (see figure 8).
3.3 Interviews
This paragraph shares interviews done with four people
representing different clients BR-ND has worked with or is
working for and an expert interview with Kim Cramer.
These interviews were performed in order to gain insight
in the strength and weaknesses of the current Insider and
how the Insider fits within the overall brand innovation
process as perceived by BR-ND and by clients. Below you
can first find the research goal and an introduction of the
participants. Furthermore the approach and results of the
interviews are presented.
Research goal
The goal of this research is to gain insights about how
clients and BR-ND experience the current Insider. This is
done by finding answers on the following questions; what
are the strength and weaknesses of the Insider perceived
by BR-ND and clients, what is the influence of the Insider on
the rest of the brand innovation process and what improve-
ments for the Insider are indicated by BR-ND and clients.
This information will help to determine what aspects of the
current Insider are important and what needs to be changed
or improved.
Kick-off
Research Vision meetings
Kitchen Trinity Brandheart Brandfan
Insider
Outsider
Brand symbolism
ANALYSIS & INSPIRATION STRATEGY NAMING & DESIGN
TELEFOONGIDS & GOUDEN GIDSREAALVELDHOVEN GROUP
Fig 8: Parts of the brand innovation process BR-ND has been commissioned for, for each client
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De Telefoongids & Gouden gids
At the time of the interview BR-ND and de Telefoongids &
Gouden gids were in the middle of Naming and Design phase
of a full rebranding process, including all the services of BR-ND.
People I have interviewed were:
• HR Manager
• Head Internal Communication and Corporate Social Re-
sponsibility
The HR Manager was interviewed because she is represen-
tative of the HR-discipline in the project team and therefore
has a strong link with the organisation.
The head of internal communication was chosen because
due to her function she also has a strong focus on the organ-
isation and has turned out to be one of the key members of
the project team, being strongly involved with the project
and the consequences of the project for the organisation.
REAAL
BR-ND has been commissioned by REAAL to create a
new brand strategy. No Naming and Design was included.
REAAL has just finished the process and is now working on
bringing the new strategy into the organisation.
The person I have interviewed is:
• Head Brand & Campaign Management and Studio Traffic
The head of branding has been chosen for the interview
because although he is responsible for the external brand com-
munication is very involved with internal branding, and for a
part of the project has been in charge of the project team.
Veldhoven Group
Veldhoven Group has commissioned BR-ND around two years
ago. A part of the analysis and inspiration phase and the strat-
egy phase was carried out, including the Insider and Kitchen.
The person I have interviewed is:
• Director Brand Marketing Strategy
This person has been selected because in that time he was
in charge of internal marketing and therefore interested in
the organisational impact of the project. Furthermore he
was most involved with the project and the contact person
of BR-ND.
Approach
For both the expert and client interviews a list of questions
was prepared beforehand (respectively appendix A and B).
The interviews were conducted in a semi-structured way
and took around one and a half hour. The questions were
used as guidance for the interviews but room was left for
extra questions or to go into more detail. The interviews
were recorded and later on transcripts of the interviews
were made (appendix C).
The interviews have been analysed by means of the tran-
scripts. All relevant information identified in each transcript
was written on post-its. These post-its have been clustered
to discover returning themes and relations between infor-
mation (figure 9).
Fig 9: Information from the interviews clustered on the wall
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The combination between science and creativity and being able to put this knowledge into practise is seen as BR-ND’s key asset. This combination is perceived as unique and is one of the main reasons for clients to commission BR-ND.
Science vs creativity
“Someone who approaches it from a scientific and practical point of view. That combination is crucial. The scientific side helps to support the story towards the organisation, but then also being able to make the translation to practise. Otherwise it just stays hot air.”
The method is seen as a visual and appealing way of making the emotional side of an organisation more clear and concrete, something that is not covered in HR-questionnaires. The cards simplify the process and people are able to identify with them.
Insight in emotions
“Branding has a lot to do with feelings, emotions and associa-tions that you have towards a certain brand. This makes it concrete and transparent, because you have twenty-four cards that can give an explanation to this. Makes it much easier to have a conversation about it, especially with less creative people.”
BR-ND feels that clients have little expectations concern-ing the Insider. They follow the advice of BR-ND when they advice to do an Insider.
Little expectations
“I sometimes believe that the clients does not have much expectations.
He trusts that when we advise something, that this is a good idea.”
23plusone forms the backbone of the entire process of BR-ND and represent the “scientific side” of BR-ND. The 23plusone plays a keyrole in attracting clients. 23plusone facilitates a well-underpinned story needed to create support of the board and the organisation.
Scientific support
“I felt it was a solid process, based on something. Based on fact and also creativity. You also need facts to convince. Good combination.”
All clients expected the Insider to provide insights in the experience of the employees and to engage them in the process. These expectations are also indicated by BR-ND.
Expect insights and engagement
“If they do have expectations they cover involvement of the people and getting the know more about the emotional side of the organisation. So really about the people.”
The clients of de Telefoongids & Gouden gids indicated that their expectations also included creating evidence to convince the board of the urgency of the project.
Expect reveal urgency
“One, to get solid support of why we are doing this, how our own people feel about our brand, to show the urgency. Everybody is talking about it but then you have it on paper how everybody feels about it.”
The results of the Insider give much confirmation about how people feel about the brand.
Results give confirmation
“The results are often a confirmation of things they already feel, sometimes there is also an eye-opener. But often more confirmation than eye-openers.”
The clients feel that the expectations of the Insider are met. The Insider creates enthusiasm and engagement among the organisation. The results of the Insider provide insights on the personal drives of employees and on how they feel about the brand, and what the gap is between those.
Expectations are met
“I could define these very existing brand values, but if people look at these with big eyes “I don’t know about this”, than it doesn’t work. So those were good insights.”
All clients indicate that the communications of the results of the Insider to the project team has been very good and clear. BR-ND indicates that it is important to engage the client in this process as well.
Good communication to project team
“They have made a presentation of it, with all piecharts and the most striking things. That was perfect for us.”
BR-ND likes to receive the results in a more standardised and visualised manner, so that they do not have to make this translation anymore themselves.
Standardisation of results
“That is also something for the future, you need to find a way that what you get out of it that this is directly standardised and visualised, that you can use this right away. Now it is always a translation of raw data to how we like to use it for the client.”
It is indicated by clients and BR-ND that the feedback of the results of the Insider to the organisation takes too long and is sometimes not done at all.
Weak feedback to organisation
“In my view, the time between completion and communication of the results takes too long. I could have been more on top of that myself, but now we were not able to communicate anything for a long time.”
Almost all question are benchmarked to the database, however the majority of this information is not used in the rest of the process. It especially stands out in the sales pitch, to build up credibility, and when presenting back information to the organisation. Benchmarking is especially valuable in the individual 23plusone context.
Benchmarking valuable for 23plusone
“It is especially important for the personal drives, because you can see how unique it is that some drives are high or low. In what way we really make use of it, good question. Nice to say “we never saw a company this pride, above the benchmark”. For the personal drives this are often the inspiration sources for the Trinity.”
In general the clients are positive about the Insider. They all appreciate the visual elements and feel that the Insider is attractive in comparison to other questionnaires.
Visual appeal appreciated
“As a kind of online questionnaire, but then slick. Not some horrible kind of tool, just slick with the logo “look in the mirror of your brand” and those cards. Very visual, that is how I would describe it.”
BR-ND feels that the visual appeal and the interface of the Insider are not up to date anymore and need to be brought to a more professional level.
Improvement visual appeal and interface
“If you look at the possibilities of technology these days, just considering audiovisual wise what is possible on a computer screen. We can keep saying, “it is brought in an inspiring manner”. It is still a good tool, but it does not match my quality and innovation standards anymore.”
Clients appreciate that the Insider is flexible, that questions can be added or removed. This is often not possible with other HR-like questionnaires.
Flexibility Insider appreciated
“In advance, we have taken a critically look at the questions. We were also involved in this, it was not like: “this is it and you can not change anything about it”. With research it is often annoying that you can not change or add anything because otherwise you ruin the whole investigation.”
In general the organisation is positive about the Insider. They are curious and pretty willing to participate.
Positive reaction organisation
“Positive, curious, fun, fun factor to fill it in. They also feel involved, “they also ask us”. Reasonably willing to participate, there is always a group that never participates. In general willing and the experience were fine, people are curious.”
23plusone, T-shirt are most remembered by both the clients and the organisation. 23plusone questions stick because they are most used during the rest of the process and the T-shirt question is often used to feed back to the organisation. The modules the Insider is built up from cannot be remembered by any of the clients.
23plusone and T-shirt questions most remembered
“I enjoyed the T-shirt question at the end, because these were hung up. Sort of feedback, T-shirt were printed and hung up in the hallway. That was fun. So we did do something with the results.”
Complaints of the organisation regarding the Insider usually cover the length of the questionnaire.
Complaints length Insider
“Is also a comment that you often hear back. Reactions are positive and if there is something less positive than it is “ costs too much time”.
One client indicates that the interface of the Insider is not that user-friendly and that she also received complaints of the organisation about this problem. This compliant is also indicated by BR-ND.
Complaints interface
“Did not find the Insider that user-friendly. You had to move those buttons. And internally I was told a lot that these buttons did not work. That could be more user-friendly or a clearer interface.”
The internal campaign that goes prior to the Insider and the communication of the results of the Insider to the organisation are not standardised. For each case it is separately determined what will be done which internal channels are used and whether this will be performed in-house or by BR-ND.
Campaign and feedback not standardised
“We use to have a measuring tool, than we pasted something in front “make sure that there is a campaign”. For the process after that we also say “do you need some text?”. It has not been figured out yet “what are the next steps”. Should also be a standardised process to support the client.”
Insider, Outsider, Kitchen and Trinity are the more heftier tools in the process as the first two provide a lot of input (especially 23plusone input) for the Kitchen and in the Kitchen the Trinity is determined which forms the bases for the new strategy.
Insider key tool in process
“Insider and Outsider are heftier in the process, and the determining of the Trinity, but for this you need the Kitchen.”
One of the clients and BR-ND indicate that it is not always clear how the result of the Insider contributes to the end result. BR-ND also points out that they find it hard to manage expectations since there is no guarantee in finding something interesting.
Influence Insider on process unclear
“There is of course no guarantee that somewhere in the results you will find that pearl, that will give inspiration. For some projects this is really clear “well this rolled out the Insider and is put directly in the Trinity”. But usually you can’t take it this literally”
After the Insider there is little transparency towards the organisation regarding the brand innovation process, which causes enthusiasm created by the Insider to fade away.
No transparency to organisation
“It was all nicely launched, and with the cards. But after that, nothing happened. Than it just fades away or people start to doubt whether anything is going to happen, while you can keep them enthusiastic. People are looking forward to it.”
The clients who have already finished their brand innova-tion process both indicate that they would like to see more emphasis on actually using the results within the organisa-tion and implementing the strategy in the organisation. They indicate that it is necessary to actually work with the results and repeat the message to create ambassadors.
More emphasis on implementation
“So many people, if you want everyone to adopt this you should get a lot of supporters to carry it. You need to put a lot of energy into this. Not just an In and Outsider, but also put effort in getting this in the organisation.”
The two clients that have finished their brand innovation process by BR-ND indicate a simpler and less scientific version of this process to make BR-ND future fit, this to be able to react quickly on changing circumstances. Also one of these clients indicates that a model should be considered that helps to check how the developments are going and whether adjustments are necessary.
Simpler and faster process
“See if there is a new form, in terms of a model, if there is a more simpler version, that it goes quicker. If you had told me in advance that this would take a year, I guess I would have really laughed. Six months is sort of the maximum horizon.”
The clients and BR-ND feel that it is necessary to match the internal and external world of their brand. Inside-out thinking is noticeable among the clients.
Inside-out thinking
“If you are planning to do a rebranding process you could also do a internal or cultural process simultaneously. If you are thinking about how to extend the service, this is an interesting topic. Maybe there is a way to involve more people with branding. And then not regarding the design, but more with the values.”
The clients indicate that the use of social media has potential for enhancing the branding process. They see possibility to use social media for creating a buzz and to start discussions, either for internal or external usage.
Social media
“You can always create a circle of interest, internally as well as externally. I think it certainly can contribute. Of course you cannot share confidential information but to create discussion, or rumours works also well. Whether they are true or not, at least they are talking about It.”
BR-ND
23PLUSONE
INSIDER
BRAND INNOVATION PROCESS
GENERAL
Experiences
Expectations Results Process
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3
2
4
5
6
INSIDER
clusters that have been identified. The cluster of the Insider
(green) has been divided into clusters. All findings are shortly
explained and supported by a quote.
Results
All clusters have been analysed and summarised in an overview
(fig 10), presenting the findings concluded from the interviews.
The different colours used in the overview indicate the different
Fig 10: Overview findings interviews
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The combination between science and creativity and being able to put this knowledge into practise is seen as BR-ND’s key asset. This combination is perceived as unique and is one of the main reasons for clients to commission BR-ND.
Science vs creativity
“Someone who approaches it from a scientific and practical point of view. That combination is crucial. The scientific side helps to support the story towards the organisation, but then also being able to make the translation to practise. Otherwise it just stays hot air.”
The method is seen as a visual and appealing way of making the emotional side of an organisation more clear and concrete, something that is not covered in HR-questionnaires. The cards simplify the process and people are able to identify with them.
Insight in emotions
“Branding has a lot to do with feelings, emotions and associa-tions that you have towards a certain brand. This makes it concrete and transparent, because you have twenty-four cards that can give an explanation to this. Makes it much easier to have a conversation about it, especially with less creative people.”
BR-ND feels that clients have little expectations concern-ing the Insider. They follow the advice of BR-ND when they advice to do an Insider.
Little expectations
“I sometimes believe that the clients does not have much expectations.
He trusts that when we advise something, that this is a good idea.”
23plusone forms the backbone of the entire process of BR-ND and represent the “scientific side” of BR-ND. The 23plusone plays a keyrole in attracting clients. 23plusone facilitates a well-underpinned story needed to create support of the board and the organisation.
Scientific support
“I felt it was a solid process, based on something. Based on fact and also creativity. You also need facts to convince. Good combination.”
All clients expected the Insider to provide insights in the experience of the employees and to engage them in the process. These expectations are also indicated by BR-ND.
Expect insights and engagement
“If they do have expectations they cover involvement of the people and getting the know more about the emotional side of the organisation. So really about the people.”
The clients of de Telefoongids & Gouden gids indicated that their expectations also included creating evidence to convince the board of the urgency of the project.
Expect reveal urgency
“One, to get solid support of why we are doing this, how our own people feel about our brand, to show the urgency. Everybody is talking about it but then you have it on paper how everybody feels about it.”
The results of the Insider give much confirmation about how people feel about the brand.
Results give confirmation
“The results are often a confirmation of things they already feel, sometimes there is also an eye-opener. But often more confirmation than eye-openers.”
The clients feel that the expectations of the Insider are met. The Insider creates enthusiasm and engagement among the organisation. The results of the Insider provide insights on the personal drives of employees and on how they feel about the brand, and what the gap is between those.
Expectations are met
“I could define these very existing brand values, but if people look at these with big eyes “I don’t know about this”, than it doesn’t work. So those were good insights.”
All clients indicate that the communications of the results of the Insider to the project team has been very good and clear. BR-ND indicates that it is important to engage the client in this process as well.
Good communication to project team
“They have made a presentation of it, with all piecharts and the most striking things. That was perfect for us.”
BR-ND likes to receive the results in a more standardised and visualised manner, so that they do not have to make this translation anymore themselves.
Standardisation of results
“That is also something for the future, you need to find a way that what you get out of it that this is directly standardised and visualised, that you can use this right away. Now it is always a translation of raw data to how we like to use it for the client.”
It is indicated by clients and BR-ND that the feedback of the results of the Insider to the organisation takes too long and is sometimes not done at all.
Weak feedback to organisation
“In my view, the time between completion and communication of the results takes too long. I could have been more on top of that myself, but now we were not able to communicate anything for a long time.”
Almost all question are benchmarked to the database, however the majority of this information is not used in the rest of the process. It especially stands out in the sales pitch, to build up credibility, and when presenting back information to the organisation. Benchmarking is especially valuable in the individual 23plusone context.
Benchmarking valuable for 23plusone
“It is especially important for the personal drives, because you can see how unique it is that some drives are high or low. In what way we really make use of it, good question. Nice to say “we never saw a company this pride, above the benchmark”. For the personal drives this are often the inspiration sources for the Trinity.”
In general the clients are positive about the Insider. They all appreciate the visual elements and feel that the Insider is attractive in comparison to other questionnaires.
Visual appeal appreciated
“As a kind of online questionnaire, but then slick. Not some horrible kind of tool, just slick with the logo “look in the mirror of your brand” and those cards. Very visual, that is how I would describe it.”
BR-ND feels that the visual appeal and the interface of the Insider are not up to date anymore and need to be brought to a more professional level.
Improvement visual appeal and interface
“If you look at the possibilities of technology these days, just considering audiovisual wise what is possible on a computer screen. We can keep saying, “it is brought in an inspiring manner”. It is still a good tool, but it does not match my quality and innovation standards anymore.”
Clients appreciate that the Insider is flexible, that questions can be added or removed. This is often not possible with other HR-like questionnaires.
Flexibility Insider appreciated
“In advance, we have taken a critically look at the questions. We were also involved in this, it was not like: “this is it and you can not change anything about it”. With research it is often annoying that you can not change or add anything because otherwise you ruin the whole investigation.”
In general the organisation is positive about the Insider. They are curious and pretty willing to participate.
Positive reaction organisation
“Positive, curious, fun, fun factor to fill it in. They also feel involved, “they also ask us”. Reasonably willing to participate, there is always a group that never participates. In general willing and the experience were fine, people are curious.”
23plusone, T-shirt are most remembered by both the clients and the organisation. 23plusone questions stick because they are most used during the rest of the process and the T-shirt question is often used to feed back to the organisation. The modules the Insider is built up from cannot be remembered by any of the clients.
23plusone and T-shirt questions most remembered
“I enjoyed the T-shirt question at the end, because these were hung up. Sort of feedback, T-shirt were printed and hung up in the hallway. That was fun. So we did do something with the results.”
Complaints of the organisation regarding the Insider usually cover the length of the questionnaire.
Complaints length Insider
“Is also a comment that you often hear back. Reactions are positive and if there is something less positive than it is “ costs too much time”.
One client indicates that the interface of the Insider is not that user-friendly and that she also received complaints of the organisation about this problem. This compliant is also indicated by BR-ND.
Complaints interface
“Did not find the Insider that user-friendly. You had to move those buttons. And internally I was told a lot that these buttons did not work. That could be more user-friendly or a clearer interface.”
The internal campaign that goes prior to the Insider and the communication of the results of the Insider to the organisation are not standardised. For each case it is separately determined what will be done which internal channels are used and whether this will be performed in-house or by BR-ND.
Campaign and feedback not standardised
“We use to have a measuring tool, than we pasted something in front “make sure that there is a campaign”. For the process after that we also say “do you need some text?”. It has not been figured out yet “what are the next steps”. Should also be a standardised process to support the client.”
Insider, Outsider, Kitchen and Trinity are the more heftier tools in the process as the first two provide a lot of input (especially 23plusone input) for the Kitchen and in the Kitchen the Trinity is determined which forms the bases for the new strategy.
Insider key tool in process
“Insider and Outsider are heftier in the process, and the determining of the Trinity, but for this you need the Kitchen.”
One of the clients and BR-ND indicate that it is not always clear how the result of the Insider contributes to the end result. BR-ND also points out that they find it hard to manage expectations since there is no guarantee in finding something interesting.
Influence Insider on process unclear
“There is of course no guarantee that somewhere in the results you will find that pearl, that will give inspiration. For some projects this is really clear “well this rolled out the Insider and is put directly in the Trinity”. But usually you can’t take it this literally”
After the Insider there is little transparency towards the organisation regarding the brand innovation process, which causes enthusiasm created by the Insider to fade away.
No transparency to organisation
“It was all nicely launched, and with the cards. But after that, nothing happened. Than it just fades away or people start to doubt whether anything is going to happen, while you can keep them enthusiastic. People are looking forward to it.”
The clients who have already finished their brand innova-tion process both indicate that they would like to see more emphasis on actually using the results within the organisa-tion and implementing the strategy in the organisation. They indicate that it is necessary to actually work with the results and repeat the message to create ambassadors.
More emphasis on implementation
“So many people, if you want everyone to adopt this you should get a lot of supporters to carry it. You need to put a lot of energy into this. Not just an In and Outsider, but also put effort in getting this in the organisation.”
The two clients that have finished their brand innovation process by BR-ND indicate a simpler and less scientific version of this process to make BR-ND future fit, this to be able to react quickly on changing circumstances. Also one of these clients indicates that a model should be considered that helps to check how the developments are going and whether adjustments are necessary.
Simpler and faster process
“See if there is a new form, in terms of a model, if there is a more simpler version, that it goes quicker. If you had told me in advance that this would take a year, I guess I would have really laughed. Six months is sort of the maximum horizon.”
The clients and BR-ND feel that it is necessary to match the internal and external world of their brand. Inside-out thinking is noticeable among the clients.
Inside-out thinking
“If you are planning to do a rebranding process you could also do a internal or cultural process simultaneously. If you are thinking about how to extend the service, this is an interesting topic. Maybe there is a way to involve more people with branding. And then not regarding the design, but more with the values.”
The clients indicate that the use of social media has potential for enhancing the branding process. They see possibility to use social media for creating a buzz and to start discussions, either for internal or external usage.
Social media
“You can always create a circle of interest, internally as well as externally. I think it certainly can contribute. Of course you cannot share confidential information but to create discussion, or rumours works also well. Whether they are true or not, at least they are talking about It.”
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relations or contrasts between different findings. The
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insights derived from the findings.
The numbers in the overview correspond with the num-
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The combination between science and creativity and being able to put this knowledge into practise is seen as BR-ND’s key asset. This combination is perceived as unique and is one of the main reasons for clients to commission BR-ND.
Science vs creativity
“Someone who approaches it from a scientific and practical point of view. That combination is crucial. The scientific side helps to support the story towards the organisation, but then also being able to make the translation to practise. Otherwise it just stays hot air.”
The clients of de Telefoongids & Gouden gids indicated that their expectations also included creating evidence to convince the board of the urgency of the project.
Expect reveal urgency
“One, to get solid support of why we are doing this, how our own people feel about our brand, to show the urgency. Everybody is talking about it but then you have it on paper how everybody feels about it.”
23plusone forms the backbone of the entire process of BR-ND and represent the “scientific side” of BR-ND. The 23plusone plays a keyrole in attracting clients. 23plusone facilitates a well-underpinned story needed to create support of the board and the organisation.
Scientific support
“I felt it was a solid process, based on something. Based on fact and also creativity. You also need facts to convince. Good combination.”
The results of the Insider give much confirmation about how people feel about the brand.
Results give confirmation
“The results are often a confirmation of things they already feel, sometimes there is also an eye-opener. But often more confirmation than eye-openers.”
The method is seen as a visual and appealing way of making the emotional side of an organisation more clear and concrete, something that is not covered in HR-questionnaires. The cards simplify the process and people are able to identify with them.
Insight in emotions
“Branding has a lot to do with feelings, emotions and associa-tions that you have towards a certain brand. This makes it concrete and transparent, because you have twenty-four cards that can give an explanation to this. Makes it much easier to have a conversation about it, especially with less creative people.”
All clients expected the Insider to provide insights in the experience of the employees and to engage them in the process. These expectations are also indicated by BR-ND.
Expect insights and engagement
“If they do have expectations they cover involvement of the people and getting the know more about the emotional side of the organisation. So really about the people.”
Almost all question are benchmarked to the database, however the majority of this information is not used in the rest of the process. It especially stands out in the sales pitch, to build up credibility, and when presenting back information to the organisation. Benchmarking is especially valuable in the individual 23plusone context.
Benchmarking valuable for 23plusone
“It is especially important for the personal drives, because you can see how unique it is that some drives are high or low. In what way we really make use of it, good question. Nice to say “we never saw a company this pride, above the benchmark”. For the personal drives this are often the inspiration sources for the Trinity.”
In general the organisation is positive about the Insider. They are curious and pretty willing to participate.
Positive reaction organisation
“Positive, curious, fun, fun factor to fill it in. They also feel involved, “they also ask us”. Reasonably willing to participate, there is always a group that never participates. In general willing and the experience were fine, people are curious.”
23plusone, T-shirt are most remembered by both the clients and the organisation. 23plusone questions stick because they are most used during the rest of the process and the T-shirt question is often used to feed back to the organisation. The modules the Insider is built up from cannot be remembered by any of the clients.
23plusone and T-shirt questions most remembered
“I enjoyed the T-shirt question at the end, because these were hung up. Sort of feedback, T-shirt were printed and hung up in the hallway. That was fun. So we did do something with the results.”
BR-ND feels that clients have little expectations concern-ing the Insider. They follow the advice of BR-ND when they advice to do an Insider.
Little expectations
“I sometimes believe that the clients does not have much expectations.
He trusts that when we advise something, that this is a good idea.”
All clients expected the Insider to provide insights in the experience of the employees and to engage them in the process. These expectations are also indicated by BR-ND.
Expect insights and engagement
“If they do have expectations they cover involvement of the people and getting the know more about the emotional side of the organisation. So really about the people.”
The clients feel that the expectations of the Insider are met. The Insider creates enthusiasm and engagement among the organisation. The results of the Insider provide insights on the personal drives of employees and on how they feel about the brand, and what the gap is between those.
Expectations are met
“I could define these very existing brand values, but if people look at these with big eyes “I don’t know about this”, than it doesn’t work. So those were good insights.”
The method is seen as a visual and appealing way of making the emotional side of an organisation more clear and concrete, something that is not covered in HR-questionnaires. The cards simplify the process and people are able to identify with them.
Insight in emotions
“Branding has a lot to do with feelings, emotions and associa-tions that you have towards a certain brand. This makes it concrete and transparent, because you have twenty-four cards that can give an explanation to this. Makes it much easier to have a conversation about it, especially with less creative people.”
In general the clients are positive about the Insider. They all appreciate the visual elements and feel that the Insider is attractive in comparison to other questionnaires.
Visual appeal appreciated
“As a kind of online questionnaire, but then slick. Not some horrible kind of tool, just slick with the logo “look in the mirror of your brand” and those cards. Very visual, that is how I would describe it.”
BR-ND feels that the visual appeal and the interface of the Insider are not up to date anymore and need to be brought to a more professional level.
Improvement visual appeal and interface
“If you look at the possibilities of technology these days, just considering audiovisual wise what is possible on a computer screen. We can keep saying, “it is brought in an inspiring manner”. It is still a good tool, but it does not match my quality and innovation standards anymore.”
Clients appreciate that the Insider is flexible, that questions can be added or removed. This is often not possible with other HR-like questionnaires.
Flexibility Insider appreciated
“In advance, we have taken a critically look at the questions. We were also involved in this, it was not like: “this is it and you can not change anything about it”. With research it is often annoying that you can not change or add anything because otherwise you ruin the whole investigation.”
BR-ND likes to receive the results in a more standardised and visualised manner, so that they do not have to make this translation anymore themselves.
Standardisation of results
“That is also something for the future, you need to find a way that what you get out of it that this is directly standardised and visualised, that you can use this right away. Now it is always a translation of raw data to how we like to use it for the client.”
It is indicated by clients and BR-ND that the feedback of the results of the Insider to the organisation takes too long and is sometimes not done at all.
Weak feedback to organisation
“In my view, the time between completion and communication of the results takes too long. I could have been more on top of that myself, but now we were not able to communicate anything for a long time.”
The internal campaign that goes prior to the Insider and the communication of the results of the Insider to the organisation are not standardised. For each case it is separately determined what will be done which internal channels are used and whether this will be performed in-house or by BR-ND.
Campaign and feedback not standardised
“We use to have a measuring tool, than we pasted something in front “make sure that there is a campaign”. For the process after that we also say “do you need some text?”. It has not been figured out yet “what are the next steps”. Should also be a standardised process to support the client.”
One of the clients and BR-ND indicate that it is not always clear how the result of the Insider contributes to the end result. BR-ND also points out that they find it hard to manage expectations since there is no guarantee in finding something interesting.
Influence Insider on process unclear
“There is of course no guarantee that somewhere in the results you will find that pearl, that will give inspiration. For some projects this is really clear “well this rolled out the Insider and is put directly in the Trinity”. But usually you can’t take it this literally”
After the Insider there is little transparency towards the organisation regarding the brand innovation process, which causes enthusiasm created by the Insider to fade away.
No transparency to organisation
“It was all nicely launched, and with the cards. But after that, nothing happened. Than it just fades away or people start to doubt whether anything is going to happen, while you can keep them enthusiastic. People are looking forward to it.”
The clients who have already finished their brand innova-tion process both indicate that they would like to see more emphasis on actually using the results within the organisa-tion and implementing the strategy in the organisation. They indicate that it is necessary to actually work with the results and repeat the message to create ambassadors.
More emphasis on implementation
“So many people, if you want everyone to adopt this you should get a lot of supporters to carry it. You need to put a lot of energy into this. Not just an In and Outsider, but also put effort in getting this in the organisation.”
The two clients that have finished their brand innovation process by BR-ND indicate a simpler and less scientific version of this process to make BR-ND future fit, this to be able to react quickly on changing circumstances. Also one of these clients indicates that a model should be considered that helps to check how the developments are going and whether adjustments are necessary.
-Simpler and faster process
“See if there is a new form, in terms of a model, if there is a more simpler version, that it goes quicker. If you had told me in advance that this would take a year, I guess I would have really laughed. Six months is sort of the maximum horizon.”
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The combination between science and creativity and being able to put this knowledge into practise is seen as BR-ND’s key asset. This combination is perceived as unique and is one of the main reasons for clients to commission BR-ND.
Science vs creativity
“Someone who approaches it from a scientific and practical point of view. That combination is crucial. The scientific side helps to support the story towards the organisation, but then also being able to make the translation to practise. Otherwise it just stays hot air.”
The clients of de Telefoongids & Gouden gids indicated that their expectations also included creating evidence to convince the board of the urgency of the project.
Expect reveal urgency
“One, to get solid support of why we are doing this, how our own people feel about our brand, to show the urgency. Everybody is talking about it but then you have it on paper how everybody feels about it.”
23plusone forms the backbone of the entire process of BR-ND and represent the “scientific side” of BR-ND. The 23plusone plays a keyrole in attracting clients. 23plusone facilitates a well-underpinned story needed to create support of the board and the organisation.
Scientific support
“I felt it was a solid process, based on something. Based on fact and also creativity. You also need facts to convince. Good combination.”
The results of the Insider give much confirmation about how people feel about the brand.
Results give confirmation
“The results are often a confirmation of things they already feel, sometimes there is also an eye-opener. But often more confirmation than eye-openers.”
The method is seen as a visual and appealing way of making the emotional side of an organisation more clear and concrete, something that is not covered in HR-questionnaires. The cards simplify the process and people are able to identify with them.
Insight in emotions
“Branding has a lot to do with feelings, emotions and associa-tions that you have towards a certain brand. This makes it concrete and transparent, because you have twenty-four cards that can give an explanation to this. Makes it much easier to have a conversation about it, especially with less creative people.”
All clients expected the Insider to provide insights in the experience of the employees and to engage them in the process. These expectations are also indicated by BR-ND.
Expect insights and engagement
“If they do have expectations they cover involvement of the people and getting the know more about the emotional side of the organisation. So really about the people.”
Almost all question are benchmarked to the database, however the majority of this information is not used in the rest of the process. It especially stands out in the sales pitch, to build up credibility, and when presenting back information to the organisation. Benchmarking is especially valuable in the individual 23plusone context.
Benchmarking valuable for 23plusone
“It is especially important for the personal drives, because you can see how unique it is that some drives are high or low. In what way we really make use of it, good question. Nice to say “we never saw a company this pride, above the benchmark”. For the personal drives this are often the inspiration sources for the Trinity.”
In general the organisation is positive about the Insider. They are curious and pretty willing to participate.
Positive reaction organisation
“Positive, curious, fun, fun factor to fill it in. They also feel involved, “they also ask us”. Reasonably willing to participate, there is always a group that never participates. In general willing and the experience were fine, people are curious.”
23plusone, T-shirt are most remembered by both the clients and the organisation. 23plusone questions stick because they are most used during the rest of the process and the T-shirt question is often used to feed back to the organisation. The modules the Insider is built up from cannot be remembered by any of the clients.
23plusone and T-shirt questions most remembered
“I enjoyed the T-shirt question at the end, because these were hung up. Sort of feedback, T-shirt were printed and hung up in the hallway. That was fun. So we did do something with the results.”
BR-ND feels that clients have little expectations concern-ing the Insider. They follow the advice of BR-ND when they advice to do an Insider.
Little expectations
“I sometimes believe that the clients does not have much expectations.
He trusts that when we advise something, that this is a good idea.”
All clients expected the Insider to provide insights in the experience of the employees and to engage them in the process. These expectations are also indicated by BR-ND.
Expect insights and engagement
“If they do have expectations they cover involvement of the people and getting the know more about the emotional side of the organisation. So really about the people.”
The clients feel that the expectations of the Insider are met. The Insider creates enthusiasm and engagement among the organisation. The results of the Insider provide insights on the personal drives of employees and on how they feel about the brand, and what the gap is between those.
Expectations are met
“I could define these very existing brand values, but if people look at these with big eyes “I don’t know about this”, than it doesn’t work. So those were good insights.”
The method is seen as a visual and appealing way of making the emotional side of an organisation more clear and concrete, something that is not covered in HR-questionnaires. The cards simplify the process and people are able to identify with them.
Insight in emotions
“Branding has a lot to do with feelings, emotions and associa-tions that you have towards a certain brand. This makes it concrete and transparent, because you have twenty-four cards that can give an explanation to this. Makes it much easier to have a conversation about it, especially with less creative people.”
In general the clients are positive about the Insider. They all appreciate the visual elements and feel that the Insider is attractive in comparison to other questionnaires.
Visual appeal appreciated
“As a kind of online questionnaire, but then slick. Not some horrible kind of tool, just slick with the logo “look in the mirror of your brand” and those cards. Very visual, that is how I would describe it.”
BR-ND feels that the visual appeal and the interface of the Insider are not up to date anymore and need to be brought to a more professional level.
Improvement visual appeal and interface
“If you look at the possibilities of technology these days, just considering audiovisual wise what is possible on a computer screen. We can keep saying, “it is brought in an inspiring manner”. It is still a good tool, but it does not match my quality and innovation standards anymore.”
Clients appreciate that the Insider is flexible, that questions can be added or removed. This is often not possible with other HR-like questionnaires.
Flexibility Insider appreciated
“In advance, we have taken a critically look at the questions. We were also involved in this, it was not like: “this is it and you can not change anything about it”. With research it is often annoying that you can not change or add anything because otherwise you ruin the whole investigation.”
BR-ND likes to receive the results in a more standardised and visualised manner, so that they do not have to make this translation anymore themselves.
Standardisation of results
“That is also something for the future, you need to find a way that what you get out of it that this is directly standardised and visualised, that you can use this right away. Now it is always a translation of raw data to how we like to use it for the client.”
It is indicated by clients and BR-ND that the feedback of the results of the Insider to the organisation takes too long and is sometimes not done at all.
Weak feedback to organisation
“In my view, the time between completion and communication of the results takes too long. I could have been more on top of that myself, but now we were not able to communicate anything for a long time.”
The internal campaign that goes prior to the Insider and the communication of the results of the Insider to the organisation are not standardised. For each case it is separately determined what will be done which internal channels are used and whether this will be performed in-house or by BR-ND.
Campaign and feedback not standardised
“We use to have a measuring tool, than we pasted something in front “make sure that there is a campaign”. For the process after that we also say “do you need some text?”. It has not been figured out yet “what are the next steps”. Should also be a standardised process to support the client.”
One of the clients and BR-ND indicate that it is not always clear how the result of the Insider contributes to the end result. BR-ND also points out that they find it hard to manage expectations since there is no guarantee in finding something interesting.
Influence Insider on process unclear
“There is of course no guarantee that somewhere in the results you will find that pearl, that will give inspiration. For some projects this is really clear “well this rolled out the Insider and is put directly in the Trinity”. But usually you can’t take it this literally”
After the Insider there is little transparency towards the organisation regarding the brand innovation process, which causes enthusiasm created by the Insider to fade away.
No transparency to organisation
“It was all nicely launched, and with the cards. But after that, nothing happened. Than it just fades away or people start to doubt whether anything is going to happen, while you can keep them enthusiastic. People are looking forward to it.”
The clients who have already finished their brand innova-tion process both indicate that they would like to see more emphasis on actually using the results within the organisa-tion and implementing the strategy in the organisation. They indicate that it is necessary to actually work with the results and repeat the message to create ambassadors.
More emphasis on implementation
“So many people, if you want everyone to adopt this you should get a lot of supporters to carry it. You need to put a lot of energy into this. Not just an In and Outsider, but also put effort in getting this in the organisation.”
The two clients that have finished their brand innovation process by BR-ND indicate a simpler and less scientific version of this process to make BR-ND future fit, this to be able to react quickly on changing circumstances. Also one of these clients indicates that a model should be considered that helps to check how the developments are going and whether adjustments are necessary.
-Simpler and faster process
“See if there is a new form, in terms of a model, if there is a more simpler version, that it goes quicker. If you had told me in advance that this would take a year, I guess I would have really laughed. Six months is sort of the maximum horizon.”
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Insights
1. Scientific base needed to convince
Facts and a solid process are important for convincing the
board and the organisation of the importance of such a proj-
ect and to show that the process is based on “something”.
23plusone represents this scientific side, forms the back-
bone of the whole brand innovation process and is a key
player in attracting clients. 23plusone plays an essential role
in the Insider by convincing the organisation of the solidness
of the process and to show the board how the organisation
feels about the brands and the future of the brand.
It can be concluded that there is a need for a solid scientific
background for convincing both the board and the organi-
sation. 23plusone does a good job filling in this need and
should be preserved in the new Insider.
2. Focus on engagement
Besides this “convincing” function of the Insider, the Insider
also plays a crucial role in getting the organisation enthu-
siastic about the process and involving them. In general
this goal is reached; employees are enthusiastic about the
Insider and feel engaged. The 23plusone and the T-shirt
questions are best remembered. The 23plusone questions
are remembered because of the attractive presentation,
that they are asked about their emotional side and because
it tells something about the uniqueness of the organisation.
The T-shirt question is remembered because its an original
question that is often used for feedback to the organisation.
Other questions and the four modules did not come back in
any of the client interviews.
The Insider could use more questions to support the engage-
ment part of the Insider; questions that can be fed back in a
fun matter or that can give insights. It can be argued whether
the rest of the questions of the current Insider are all useful.
3. Clients trust expertise BR-ND
BR-ND indicates that clients have little expectations when
doing an Insider and trust the advise of BR-ND. All clients
point out nearly the same expectations, the same as indi-
cated by BR-ND: insights and engagement.
It seems that BR-ND does a good job managing expectations
of the clients regarding the Insider and is able to convince
clients of the necessity of involving the organisation. This
means that when introducing a new kind of tool BR-ND will
be able to manage expectations and convince the clients of
the use of the Insider, as the clients trust their expertise.
4. Insider compared to HR-questionnaires
Clients compare the Insider to HR-questionnaires. In this com-
parison the visual appeal, insight in emotions and flexibility of
the tool is appreciated by the clients. In contrary to the very
positive reactions of the clients about the visual approach of
the Insider, BR-ND feels that this is not up to date anymore.
BR-ND would like to see the Insider being able to compare with
modern websites and interfaces in order to increase the moti-
vation of the participants and to be state of the art in their field.
5. Insider should offer transparency in process
There is a communication gap between the project team
and the organisation. When the Insider is completed there is
little feedback to the organisation; this process is not stan-
dardised, done by internal channels often in a non-inspiring
manner, and sometimes not done at all. After the Insider
there is almost no communication to the organisation and
enthusiasm and the feeling of involvement fades away.
Furthermore it is not always clear how results of the Insider
contributed to the end result and BR-ND finds it difficult to
manage these expectations, as they do not always know
whether something comes out of the Insider. However this
is necessary when giving feedback to the organisation, to
show that something is done with their input.
The Insider can form the link between the organisation and
the project team along the whole process and can create
transparency in the process. This also includes being able to
justify how results of the Insider have been used in the rest of
the process. Standardisation of the process in terms of feed-
back and communication as well as the campaign prior to
the Insider can help to bring more transparency and manage
expectations of both the organisation and project team and
will make this process easier and more controlled for BR-ND.
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6. More emphasise on implementation
The clients that have finished their brand innovation process
by BR-ND indicate that there could be more emphasis on
the implementation phase of the strategy in the organisa-
tion. To make this phase more tangible for a large group of
people is difficult. Furthermore they indicate that in order to
make BR-ND more future proof they should consider a faster
and less quantified process, being able to react on changing
circumstances and measuring the developments and adjust
when needed. Since only the two finished clients indicate
this, it could be a result of reflecting on the process and actu-
ally working with the new strategy.
When the Insider would become a facilitator between the
whole organisation and the project group, it can also be
used as a tool for supporting the implementation phase and
even for keeping track of developments.
Action points
The bullets below indicate concrete points that need to
be addressed in the new Insider derived from the findings
and insights in the interviews and will be taken along in the
concept development phase.
• 23plusone questions and benchmarking of these ques-
tions should remain to give insight in the emotional side
of the originations and to provide facts.
• The Insider should put more focus on engagement of
the organisation.
• Flexibility of the Insider (being able to add or remove
questions) should remain or be increased.
• The visual approach for questions should remain
or be increased.
• The interface and visual appeal should be improved.
• A more standardised process is desired for the new Insider.
• Feedback to the organisation has to be improved.
• More transparency of the brand innovation process to
the organisation is needed.
• The influence of the Insider on the brand innovation
process should be made clear.
• More emphasise on implementation of the strategy is
desired.
3.4 Conclusion
The interviews and case study of this internal analysis
makes clear that over the years BR-ND has realised that
for a brand innovation process to succeed, involving the
organisation is essential. Driven by external developments
and their philosophy they want to move to the more human
side of brands and help transform organisations. Since the
Insider is the tool that forms the connection with the organi-
sation it is important for BR-ND to reassess the Insider and
give it a leading role within the entire process.
The internal analysis also points out that the Insider is an
interconnected part of the entire brand innovation pro-
cess so in order to create an optimal connection for the
new Insider the internal analysis covering the future vision
should take the developments of the entire process into
account.
This relation between the different tools is primarily based
on the 23plusone methodology. 23plusone seems a solid
foundation for the Insider, as it is the common theme
throughout the whole process and is also indicated by
clients as a key element of the Insider and therefore should
keep play an important role in the new Insider.
From the analysis it can also be concluded that the vision
and developments around the Insider have been strongly
related to external factors. Therefore it is important to
reveal these external factors, to better understand these
drivers and to be able to react to them and in this way cre-
ate a future-proof tool.
PRESENT: Internal 4 This chapter describes the external anal-
ysis of the current situation. This information
will help to understand the starting point of the
Insider from an external perspective and will func-
tion as background information for the future
context and field of focus. First the external
context of the Insider will be discussed (chapter
4.1). Secondly the field the Insider operates in
will be discussed (chapter 4.2). Finally an overall
conclusion is presented, highlighting the main
conclusion and relations between both chapters
(chapter 4.3).
External
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This chapter describes the external context when the Insider
was first developed. As explained in the previous chapter,
the developments of the Insider are strongly influenced by
the developments within the external world of branding.
This illustrates the importance of defining a future context
for the new Insider in order to create a tool that anticipates
on the needs of the market.
An image is created showing the context at the time when
the Insider was developed and how this has changed over
time. This will help to understand the external factors that
have influenced the lens of BR-ND to the outside world
(paragraph 6.1), as they have been part of these changes,
and subsequently will help to understand the future context
defined for the new Insider (paragraph 6.1).
Below an impression is given of values that played a
significant role in the world of business and branding
around the year 2000 when the Insider was born, fur-
thermore it is explained how these values have changed
over time.
Shareholder value
Back in 2000 brands revolved around maximising
shareholder value, as represented in their mission state-
ments. The stock market had already seen a long period
of growth. As a consequence there was much capital
to invest and much focus on status and making money.
Businesses main focus was to grow financially. Just after
the development of the Insider the prosperous times
came to an end and a long time of economic uncertainty
within the Netherlands sets in. Many companies going
bankrupt and unemployment rising accompany these
years of economical decline. These years of uncertainty
have caused people and companies to loose faith in the
current capitalistic system and have people reprioritise
their lives. Slowly a shift is noticeable where people and
companies start to believe there is more in life than just
increasing shareholder value.
Brands
In 2000 brands are the domain of the advertising world.
At that time a brand needs to fit the needs and wants of
the market and are used as a one-way medium to inform
as well as convince its customers. The organisation is not
involved with any decisions regarding the brand and is
introduced with the projected brand image in the same way
as customers. Over the years a need has been developed to
explain the brand positioning internally so that employees
can match their behaviour to this external image; internal
branding. Nowadays the realisation has come that instead
of just explaining to the organisation what the brand stands
for, more attention should be given to match the inter-
nal and external brand identity. Over the years also the
meaning of the brand in regards to the external world has
evolved. It has become clear that a brand can be more then
just an identifier for products or services but instead can
become a lifestyle or even an experience. Companies start
to open up for a dialogue with the user and more and more
initiatives pop up to let users think along in the brand or
product development.
Top down
During the time the Insider was developed everything regard-
ing the company and the brand was determined top down
with little room for interaction within the organisation. When
it came to change processes within the company this was
decided by higher management often together with an exter-
nal party, and when finished “imposed” on the organisation.
Over time the benefits of involving the organisation in the
developments within the company have become more
evident. More attention is given to ideas and input from the
organisation and effort is spend to involve employees during
important changes. Despite this shift to a more bottom-up
approach, the structure behind these projects often remains
top-down.
Internet
Around 15 years ago Internet turned mainstream. This
caused the rise of the Intranet phenomenon a few years
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Internal branding
Internal branding has developed from an internal commercial
explanation service (internal branding 1.0) to match the behav-
iour of the employees to the promises done externally into a
process of matching the internal and external identity (internal
branding 2.0). Internal branding as we know it now, centres
around creating a mental platform within an organisation that all
employees identify with and encourages matching their behav-
iour to the identity of the company, so the brand can live up to
these promises made to the outside world 10.
The definitions of internal branding vary (see figure 12),
however they show that internal branding: is a planned
process that involves all employees. Is used to guide the
attitude and behaviour of the employees to deliver the
brand to the customer, and aims to improve the work cul-
ture and connection with the company.
later; an internal Internet page for the employees of organi-
sations. This Intranet made it possible to easily reach all
employees of a company and was used to build the first version
of the Insider. Over time companies started to discover the
possibilities of the Internet and started to experiment with
building websites and online stores. Slowly social media and
mobile Internet came to life and changed the world of Internet.
These new developments were quickly adopted by society.
However companies were more hesitant to experiment with
this new world of possibilities. Nowadays social media are
established and corporations are slowly starting to adopt and
implement the power of this Internet phenomenon.
4.2 Field
During the internal analysis it has become clear that the
Insider needs to make a shift from being just one of the
tools within the brand innovation process to becoming
the link between the organisation and the project team. The
Insider will go from being a refined questionnaire to being
focussed on transformation processes within the organisation.
This shift also changes the field the Insider is active in. Because
the tool is used for internal purposes and the brand innovation
process focuses on the brand, it is evident to explore the field of
internal branding. When looking deeper at the role the Insider
will play, also organisational culture seems to be relevant for
the new Insider as this field focuses on the culture within an
organisation, the thoughts and behaviour that come along, and
how to manage this. Internal transformation processes have
everything to do with managing of the internal culture.
In this paragraph a closer look is taken at internal branding
and organisational culture. This information will help to get
a better understanding of the principles and approaches of
these fields and how these can be relevant for the Insider.
This information is used in paragraph 6.2 for defining a field
of focus for the Insider.
First internal branding is explained followed by organisational
culture. Secondly a case study is presented that illustrated a
recent rebranding process of a large Dutch company.
“Internal branding is a way to involve all employees in deeply connecting with your
customers, to involve all employees in truly understanding your customers. Then you can
involve all employees in creating and delivering the brand.”
- John Guaspari, Guaspari & Salc. Inc., 2003 10
“Internal branding is a process that bonds staff behind a central cause that they can eventually
believe in and feel committed and support.”- Ruth Mortimer, Marketing Week Magazine, 2002 10
“Internal branding is a continuous process that in line with the brand identity, is used to the
control the attitude and behaviour of employees. Internal branding has as goal to communicate
and implement the brand values within different business units and systems of the organisation
in such a way that a positive work culture is created and that what is promised externally,
can be lived up to internally.” – (translated from) SWOCC, 2005 10
Fig 12: Definitions of internal branding
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Application
Internal branding will help to:
• Give direction to the organisation
If the company determines where it stands for it will
guide in making all kinds of choices 10.
• Create engagement (with and between employees)
Internal branding creates involvement, pride and
connection with the company. Shares of companies
with over 60 percent engaged employees are worth 20
percent more. Furthermore best employers are charac-
terised by an average of 20 percent higher engagement,
a third less staff turnover and twice as many open solici-
tations. So employers with an engaged and devoted
work floor are externally also attractive 10.
• Create a community
People have a need to build communities and belong
to a group 11. Internal branding can be a great means to
facilitate this within the organisation by creating a bind-
ing concept and matching values.
• Ambassadors
It will help to create ambassadors for the process and
the brand, which will help to carry the project into the
organisation 11.
• Improve reputation and market brands
A strong reputation will improve the brand and the
credibility. It will also help in attracting potential
employees 10.
Although internal branding can be applicable in many situ-
ations it is especially used when a company is facing big
chances such as 10:
• Fusions, acquisitions, reorganisation
• Brand positioning
• Reputation management
• Change of leadership
• Professionalising staff
Fusions, acquisitions or reorganisations are the most
frequent situation when internal branding is applied. This is
because big changes create excitement as well as fear for
the unknown. If you involve employees to shape the process
you can take away this fear and make use of the enthusiasm
of the organisation 10.
Social media
The book internal branding 2.0 explains that using social media and other online technologies as a means for internal branding is
slowly gaining interest of companies. Online technologies are a great way to reach large group of people and to facilitate discussion.
Especially within the function of engaging people a role is reserved for social media. Social media forms a perfect way for creating
discussion in an open manner and for getting a grip on what is really going on within the organisation. However lots of companies
are still preserved when it comes to using online technologies as part of internal communication. Companies have a fear of losing
control and they worry that people will only “Twitter all day long”. However these worries are ungrounded as this was also the case
when Intranet was introduced. It needs to be discussed that freedom also brings responsibility, in order to make people conscious of
their behaviour 10.
A special employee engagement report in the Sunday telegraph also gives elaborate attention to using social media and mobile
phone technologies for employee engagement. Seven percent of organisations are already exploring social networking technolo-
gies. Social media is a great tool to let go of barriers between different levels of hierarchy. It stimulates cooperation, exchange of
ideas and innovation. However research shows that only two percent of the employees will actually actively engage. Though the
majority of the organisation that will not actively participate are using the network to look for information e.g. and this way are us-
ing the material. The article indicates that using the public available platform such as Facebook and Twitter is not the way to go for a
company, since these are not (yet) optimised for use in a business-context 12.
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Organisational culture
There are many definitions of organisational culture (see
figure 13). Although definitions vary it can be concluded that
organisation culture: Is a collective experience, focuses on
thoughts and behaviour, is passed on to new employees and
forms a part of the companies’ core identity.
Process
As starting point of an internal branding process a “concept”
needs to be developed. To do this you have to look for a
binding conceptual thought, a unique guiding concept where
different facets of the organisation can be represented. Based
on this concept a company can give substance to identity com-
ponents: symbolism, communication and behaviour 10.
After a concept is created this needs to be implemented in
the organisation. Such an implementation process is not
done in a couple of months. Behaviour is static and hard to
change and can take years before noticeable and sustain-
able changes have been realised. The more dynamic drivers
of change, communication and symbolic, can be quickly
adapted. They can help to carry the desired change, which
can lead to enthusiasm and engagement that in turn will
help to stimulate behaviour change 10.
Success factors
Things that are important for a successful internal branding
process:
• Feeling and thoughts
In order to reach a sustainable change it is important to
go beyond behaviour and address feelings and thoughts
of employees 10.
• Overcoming silo’s
In order to really change behaviour and to give mean-
ing to values, people have to experience how the values
can be relevant for them on a daily basis. This requires
people to work in teams and engage people across the
organisation. To maximise intellectual capital, business
units need to make connection. Cross-organisational
activities such as workshops, meeting and project
groups have to help with this 11.
• Leadership
Also leaders have a crucial role in transforming the internal
culture within an organisation. Leaders have to show exem-
plary behaviour and carry the change within the organisation.
We will listen to a person with authority more likely than to a
colleague who always wants things to be different 10.
“The set of the set of beliefs, values, and norms, together with symbols like dramatised events and personalities, that represents the unique
character of an organisation, and provides the context for action in it and by it”.
- Gareth Morgan 13
“A pattern of shared basic assumptions that the group learned as it solved its problems that has worked well enough to be considered valid
and is passed on to new members as the correct way to perceive, think, and feel in relation to
those problems.” – Schein 13
“Organisational culture is the ongoing process of creating purpose within organisations, and
the established patterns of thoughts and action arising therefrom.”
– (translated) Jacky van de Goor 14
Fig 13: Definitions of organisational culture
Application
Organisational culture revolves around creating a clear goal,
a challenge, for everyone to focus on. This gives energy and
makes you happy 14. Meaning and striving for happiness is
one of the most important human needs. There are three
levels of happiness that we strive for 15:
• Pleasure
This is the most superficial level of happiness and
revolves around experiencing positive emotions such as
good food, a chat with a friend, playing a game.
• Engagement
The second level of happiness focuses on being able to
use our qualities for something we are good at. This can
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Case study: PostNL
This case study is an example of an internal branding process in
practise. I have participated in a workshop about the rebrand-
ing of TNTpost to PostNL. During this interactive meeting infor-
mation was provided about this large rebranding, with a special
focus on internal branding.
Background
TNT post is one of the largest employers of the Netherlands.
There are 77.000 employees spread over the Netherlands, UK,
Italy, and Germany. 50.000 of these employees are production
employees (mail sorting, mail delivery etc.) and do not have ac-
cess to e-mail or Intranet.
Post, the biggest department of TNT Post, has taken on the
biggest reorganisation of the history of the company. The new
structure that has been created causes 10.000 full-time jobs to
disappear. In return part-time jobs will become available.
Due to the division of TNT into two separate companies, a re-
branding process was set in action. Within six months a project
team has guided and executed this rebranding process and has
ensured TNT Post to become PostNL.
Approach
An internal project team together with an advertising agency
executed the rebranding. The advertising agency worked with
the brand asset valuator. The brand asset valuator looks at the
characteristics of a brand as seen by the outside world. No in-
put of the employees was asked due to time pressure and ac-
cessibility of employees. Bases on this brand asset valuator
three brand values were determined for PostNL. The logo and
name was created based on these three values.
PostNL had the opportunity to communicate the brand to the
organisation before revealing it to the rest of the world. A post-
card was send to all employees mentioning a website and login
where they could go at a certain day and time to be the first to
see the new brand. At this website the employees could reveal
the logo by (digitally) scratching off a layer with a coin.
PostNL has used a sketch-like style to communicate the new
brand, brand name and logo to the organisation in order to cre-
ate the right tone of voice for the project. This style did not look
too fancy and expensive and was a good indicator for the “in
progress” phase of the project.
Although PostNL is already being introduced, they are still in
the process of replacing all the logos. A competition was set out
to spot the new logo. Employees were challenged to send in a
picture of them together with the logo.
They are now in the process of creating a plan for the imple-
mentation of the new brand values into the organisation. They
want to organise workshops to discuss with the employees
what these brand values mean for their daily work.
Insights
Outside in
The rebranding was done based on external input only. In prac-
tise it is not always that easy to involve the organisation since
it is a time consuming process. Getting good information about
how the brand is perceived by the outside world is very valu-
able as well, since it provides a clear image of how the brand is
perceived.
Accessibility
A majority of the employees of TNT does not have an e-mail ac-
count or access to the Intranet. This makes it difficult to reach
this party and to ask for their input. The Insider would not have
worked in this case. Although the Internet is well integrated in
society, you cannot assume that everyone has access to a com-
puter and the Internet.
Tone of voice
Such a rebranding process is often accompanied by reorgani-
sations and employees losing their jobs. The tone of voice dur-
ing an internal branding process is extremely important. During
this case it was kept in mind that the style and communication
should not look too expensive, as the employees would not ap-
preciate this. A balance needed to be found between enthus-
ing the organisation about the new brand and keeping a serious
tone of voice, as this is a sensitive matter for the employees.
Note: This rebranding process has been an extremely complex and
sensitive case. The rebranding had to be done in a very short period
of time. Furthermore TNTpost is one of the largest employers of the
Netherlands and operates in a unique field, which came along with
interference from even the national politics. So this case might not
represent an average rebranding process (as such a thing even exists)
though valuable insights can be taken from this case.
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However a culture is not static but always developing. On
one hand our behaviour results from the cultural core that
in turn strengthens and feeds this cultural core. This cyclic
influence forms fixed patterns, which creates a culture with
a constant character. Although the process is dynamic, it
creates a fixed and difficult to influence identity. Due to this
dynamic influence patterns are developed. The dynamic
development creates a fixed core that becomes predictable
and hard to influence, which seems immune for change.
In order to be able to develop a healthy organisational
culture a three-step approach is suggested (see figure 14).
The approach consists out of three main processes. Below
all three phases are shortly explained.
Inspiration
This is the source for the motion. What touches us? What do
we have to offer the world? Translated into a clear vision 14.
Awareness
Awareness is focussed on introspection. It is a search for
beliefs and patterns that holds back the desired situation.
This process leads to conscious and well thought choice
encountering the subsequent lost as well 14.
Motion
Sustainable development asks for focused action. The
processes of movement focuses on concrete actions, persis-
tence and perseverance 14.
PRESENT: External
be in terms of a physical performance but also regard-
ing business performance such as getting a difficult job
done. This level of happiness is the basis for experienc-
ing “flow”, where the experience of time disappears.
• Meaning
The deepest level of happiness is meaning. This level
focuses on using our qualities for something meaning-
ful. Realising this level leads to a longer experience of
happiness but is the hardest to realise.
Looking for inspiration and search for happiness is something
personal but is also a characteristic of organisations. In a
healthy organisation all of these three levels of happiness are
present. In a healthy organisation there is room for pleasure
and relaxation, an appeal is done on the qualities and shared
values of the employees and they feel connected with the
higher purpose of the organisation.
This goal of the organisation comes from the values and
passions of the employees: what is their drive? A healthy
organisation gives people a change to contribute to this
goal. When this higher purpose is gone things becomes
meaningless. The connection of the organisation with this
goal comes from and is reflected by means of the organisa-
tional culture 14.
Approach
An organisational culture is build up from several elements.
An organisation consist of cultural practice, these are the
visual aspects of the culture such as habits and behaviour
of people in the organisation and tangible elements such as
the structure of the organisation, reward system, building,
interior, logo, products etc.
The cultural core of the organisation revolves around hard
and soft artefacts and is an expression of the culture on a
deeper level. What does the organisation find important,
and what are their thoughts? The cultural core is the secret
recipe of the organisation and consists of unwritten rules,
beliefs and values. It is so deeply grounded that we do not
even notice them anymore 14.
inspiration
motion
awareness
Fig 14: Cycle of cultural development 14
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Success factors
For a successful organisational culture process following
factors are important 14:
• Fresh perspective
Have a talk with other people such as employees,
clients, a new colleague or a supplier to get a different
perspective on the matter.
• Recognise feelings
Do not ignore emotions.
• Making facts explicit
Show how the organisation is doing in such a way that
it appeals to employees. These facts will be confronting
but also shows vulnerability and honesty.
• Address people personally
A call will be enhanced when people are addressed
personally.
• Create room for exploration and meaning
Asking questions, creating a dialogue and focussing on
emotions stimulate this.
• From the heart
The process of dreaming and inspiring people is a
process from the heart, something that is not always
common in organisations.
• Co-creation
A shared dream asks for a process that includes all
employees to participate. When employees are active
in the process appreciation and ownership will be
enhanced.
• Myths
Myths are mental models that we can use to give mean-
ing to the environment and the organisation. This can
be images, poems, stories or symbols but also rituals
and ceremonies. A myth does an appeal on our heart
and imagination. They connect us with the values and
with each other.
• Keep it simple
It is the art to keep the dream simple. An inspiring image
with a good story or symbol is more important than a
fully argued story.
Comparison internal branding vs. organisational culture
When taking a closer look at the subject of internal branding
and organisational culture many similarities can be found.
In literature many efforts have been put into clarifying rela-
tions between aspects such as culture, reputation, image
and organisational identity, however branding has only
recently entered the discussion in the organisational litera-
ture. This might have to do with branding finding its origin
in the field of marketing as opposite to the other terms
described before 16.
Over the last decade the field of branding has slowly moved
towards the field of organisational culture (see figure 15).
There is a growing understanding that the brand can be
used not only to inform external stakeholder about the
values of the organisation but also to create meaning and
values for the organisation by instructing and directing
employees, and in this sense can be viewed as management
and leadership practise 16.
Branding is moving towards the internal world of compa-
nies, and therefore starts to get an internal as well as an
external function. Internal branding has been one of the first
reactions to this paradigm shift.
Considering organisational members as target audience
for branding is especially important for professional service
providers such as accountings firms, insurance firms and
management consulting firms. In this field the only touch
point a consumer has with the brand is the interacting with
employees. They are the “product”, therefore the values
associated with the brand need to be connected to the
employees 16.
organisationalculture
branding
INTERNALEXTERNAL
Fig 15: Development of branding over time
46 PRESENT: Internal46 PRESENT: External
Organisational culture
In the approach suggested by the book “Hartelijk geor-
ganiseerd” 14 the shared goal is defined together with the
organisation in the inspiration phase. Then during the
awareness phase time is spent on evaluating current behav-
iour and how to change this in order to get to the desired
situation. Finally the motion phase focuses on implement-
ing the new culture within the organisation. In each phase
the whole organisation is involved and have influence on
the end result. The whole process is guided by an external
advisor or by management. Each step of the phase the
brand is strengthened and the support for the brand goes
up (see figure 17).
When comparing the approaches of
internal branding 10 and organisa-
tional culture 14 and the case study
we see that they have much in
common. Both internal branding
as organisational culture essentially
revolve around creating a shared
purpose for directing the organisa-
tion and creating support for this
goal. However there are some
significant differences between the
two, these are explained below.
Internal branding
In general the development of the new brand is done by an
internal project team, consisting out of higher management
from different departments often together with an external
party. In some cases input of representatives of the organi-
sation is asked, for instance by means of a focus group.
Internal branding focuses especially on the implementa-
tion part, when the new brand is already determined and
needs to be realised. In this phase several activities will help
to create understanding and support for the predefined
brand. In this phase a dialogue is started to discuss what the
influences of this new brand are on the daily activities and
the behaviour of the employees. So during this phase the
new brand will
in essence stay
the same, but
will be tightened
by means of
the employees
giving content
to the brand (see
figure 16).
OLDBRAND
defining new brand NEWBRAND
NEWBRAND
time
supp
ort
implementing new brand
time
supp
ort
OLDGOAL
NEWGOAL
NEWGOAL
NEWGOAL
defining new goal
awareness for what to change
implementation
Fig 17: Approach of organ-isational culture vi-sualised in time and support
Fig 16: Approach of internal branding by visualised in time and support
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Fig 16: Approach of internal branding by visualised in time and support
When comparing the two approaches (see figure 18) the
largest difference that can be found is that internal branding
uses the brand as means for internal change and organi-
sational culture uses a shared goal as a driver for change.
Although in the ideal situation the brand represents this
shared goal, within the organisational culture approach the
brand is left out of the process.
Furthermore it can be seen that for internal branding a con-
cept is already created with little input of the organisation.
This is then introduced to the organisation. In the process
for creating a healthy organisational culture, every step is
done in collaboration with the organisation.
Additionally in the latter process there is more attention for
awareness and reflecting on the current situation and the
underlying problems and how these have to be changed to
get to the desired situation.
Below on overview is presented of the advantages of a top
down approach and a bottom-up approach in regards to
brand innovation process.
time
supp
ort
Internal branding
organisational culture
Fig 18: Comparison internal branding (grey) and organisational culture (pink)
Top down approach
Time: an advantage of a (partly) top-down approach such as internal branding is time. When not involving the organisation during the
first phase of the process this step can be executed quicker which is often very important in business-decision making. Quicker often
means more economic as well.
Control: implementing this process will also help to keep the control over the process. Giving employees more say in the process means
that the power of management is reduced, something that is often hard to accept by managers 11.
Accountability: when defining the brand with a small group of people, accountability to the organisation is not necessary. When asking
employees for their opinion it is important that their opinion is respected and taken serious. Opinions cannot be asked just for the sake
of “engaging”, this will only frustrate in the end, making the process counterproductive 10.
No commitment needed: when asking employees to contribute to the entire process, it requires much effort and time from the side of
the organisation. In a more top-down process less participation of the organisation is needed.
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Bottom up approach
Support: a bottom-up approach will result in more support for the new brand. By involving the organisation in determining of the new
brand, it will create a sense of ownership amongst the employees. By treating employees as partners in the process creates an under-
standing of having a shared purpose. You create support for the outcome of the process and employees will be more driven in helping
to implement the outcome 17. When the organisation supports the new brand they will be more motivated and better able to commu-
nicate the brand to the outside world and consequently create a stronger brand.
Awareness: because employees are involved early on in the process there is more time for awareness. By facilitating the dialogue be-
tween the project group and the organisation and between the employees for a longer period of time, a deeper level of awareness can
be addressed. This can help to go beyond questioning the basic values and beliefs, into the more underlying believes and paradigms.
Addressing these deeper levels of the organisation’s culture will help in realising an actual change in behaviour.
Transparency: this approach offers more transparency to the organisation in regard to determining the brand. This will help to take
away scepticism about the process and create more understanding and background for the implementation of the brand, which will
make this process easier.
Authentic brand: by involving the organisation in defining the new brand, a more authentic brand will be realised. The organisation will
feel more connected with the brand, which will help to fulfil the brand promise to the external world.
4.3 Conclusion
As illustrated in paragraph 4.1 the world of business and
branding has changed much over the last decade. These
external factors have influenced the way companies deal
with their organisation and how branding is used internally
as well as externally.
Internal branding, born around the same time as the
Insider, has reacted to these developments by moving
from an internal advertising explanation service to a field
that focuses on creating a mental platform within an
organisation. Over the years branding has grown more
towards organisational culture and it is opted that a
brand can also be used for organisational purposes. With
this shift a need comes along for tools that can anticipate
on this changing context, creating a promising opportu-
nity for the Insider.
Since these fields are linked to external changes, it is
essential to define a future context to anticipate on. This
context can be found in paragraph 6.2. Furthermore a
field of focus is provided in paragraph 6.2 that will specify
how to anticipate on this context to create a future-proof
tool.
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Summary PresentThe internal analysis of the present situa-
tion has pointed out that over time BR-ND
has made a shift from using the brand as
an external medium to pursuing the use
of the brand for internal transformation
processes. Because of this shift in approach,
the assignment of this graduation project
is very relevant for the development of
BR-ND. It is essential to reassess the cur-
rent Insider, as this is the tool within the
brand innovation process that forms the
connection with the organisation.
However when looking at how the world
of business and branding has changed over
the last ten years this shift is not com-
pletely surprising.
External changes have caused branding to
grow more towards organisational cul-
ture and slowly the possibility of using a
brand for organisational purposes comes
within reach. With this shift a need comes
along for tools that can anticipate on this
changing context, creating a promising
opportunity for the Insider.
Since the development and vision of BR-ND
are for a large part steered by external
factors it is essential to determine an
external context that will help to create
a future proof tool (see chapter 6).
The internal analysis also makes clear that
in order to create a tool that will work
well in the entire process of BR-ND it is
necessary to incorporate the developments
of the brand innovation process (see para-
graph 5.1).
23plusone forms the foundation of BR-ND’s
process and links the different tools
together. 23plusone forms a solid basis
for the Insider and needs to be maintained.
23plusone is seen as the scientific foun-
dation of the Insider needed to convince
the employees and the board. However
the other questions which are part of the
Insider also hold a scientific approach,
but have proven to be much less useful for
neither the process nor for involving the
employees. Therefore many of the questions
need to be reconsidered for the new Insider.
Furthermore for the new Insider more
attention should be given to content that
stimulates engagement of the employees in
the process.
Finally a communication gap is indicated
between the project team and the organi-
sation when feeding back results of the
Insider and during the rest of the brand
innovation process. There is not enough
transparency provided during the process,
which results in enthusiasm fading away.
The new tool should offer more transpar-
ency in the process and should facilitate
feedback.
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Internal
5Future5. Internal6. External
This chapter describes the internal
analysis of the future situation. This part
of the internal analysis is executed to
gain insight in the needs and wishes of the
future Insider and its context as perceived
by BR-ND. First the generative sessions
done with BR-ND are illustrated (paragraph
5.1). Finally the chapter is wrapped-up in a
conclusion (paragraph 5.2).
Internal
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Research goal
The goal of this research is to gain insights about how
BR-ND envisions the new Insider. This is done by finding
answers on the following questions; how does BR-ND see
the future brand innovation process, how does the new
Insider relate to this process, what are the most important
functions/values for the new Insider and how does BR-ND
see the clients of the new Insider.
Participants
Kim Cramer and Alexander Koene participated in this
research, in separate sessions. Diana Jianu was also asked
to participate since she has been closely involved with the
Insider development and application (see paragraph 2.2)
in the past, because of this background Diana Jianu has
many ideas on improving the Insider. Because she is not up
5.1 Generative sessions
This chapter explains the generative sessions done with
Kim Cramer, Alexander Koene and Diana Jianu. These
exercises have been put together based on the informa-
tion and insights gathered during the internal analysis
and are focussed on revealing the future vision for the
Insider. These sessions were executed in order to under-
stand how BR-ND envisions the future brand innovation
process and the role of the Insider within this process,
what these experts believe is most important for the
development of the new Insider and to learn how they
see the target group for the future Insider. This will help
to understand the wants and needs for the new Insider
from a BR-ND perspective. First the research goal and
the participants are presented. Second the approach and
results are shared.
Fig 19: Impression of the outcomes of the generative sessions (see appendix E for all the results of the sessions)
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to date about the current developments within BR-ND and
because the session was done by means of Skype (since she
currently lives in Berlin) a different approach was taken for
her session.
Approach
For this research generative exercises have been performed
where visual stimuli was used to explain and support the story
of the participants. This technique emerged from a context
mapping technique where a combination between say and
make is used to reveal the more latent needs of the partici-
pants 18. This method was chosen for this research, as it was
a good way of letting the participants think about the subject
in advance, as they had to prepare some exercises before-
hand. Also the exercises helped to get into the participant’s
thoughts deeper and more easily during the sessions.
A set of exercises together with word and image stimuli
(appendix D) for both Kim Cramer and Alexander Koene
were prepared. Images and words were put together that
have some relevance for the topic and that are open for
interpretation, so meaning can be given to these word and
images. Before the session they were asked to visualise
how they believe the future of brand innovation process
is going to look like, and to place yellow dots at the places
that involves the organisation. This exercise was done to
sensitize them and to use as input during the session. Both
sessions took around one hour. During this time they were
asked to discus how they see their future brand innovation
process and were asked to write down and map the most
important functions and values for the new Insider. Kim
Cramer was also asked to write down characteristics of the
client of the new Insider. Alexander Koene could not do this
exercise due to time limitations.
A different set of exercises together with translated word
and image stimuli were made for Diana Jianu. She was
asked to fill in both exercises beforehand since we did
not have the possibility to do a “live” exercise due to the
distance. She was first asked to fill in what is important for
the new Insider and how these things relate to each other.
Secondly which steps she felt needed to be covered by
the new Insider. These exercises were sent back to me by
e-mail and were discussed in a Skype session of around 45
minutes.
Appendix E shows the outcomes of the generative sessions.
For the analysis all information extracted from the session
was written on post-its. These post-its have been clustered
to discover returning themes and relations between infor-
mation (figure 20).
Fig 20: Information from the generative sessions clustered on the wall
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BR-ND prefers working with corporate brands, as these are often large organisation, that form more of a challenge for BR-ND and that can have a bigger impact than only transforming a market brand.
Corporate brand
The organisation should at least consist out of 100 people in order to make the Insider useful and affordable.
Size of organisation
The whole organisation should have access to the Internet.
IT-facilities
The client needs to understand that it takes time for doing a transformation process and consequently the Insider, and should be willing to invest this time.
Time
People from HR and people from highest management have to be included in the project team in order to be sure that the process is taken seriously for both BR-ND and the organisation and to make sure that the result are actually implemented.
HR / board level in project team
BRAND INNOVATION PROCESS CLIENTINSIDER
Phases Motivate
Interaction
Conditions Wishes
The Insider needs to be simple and accessible in order for people to join in.
Accessible
It should also give back something to the participants in the form of surprise elements, instant feedback or gamification to keep people motivated.
Reward
The Insider should be a continuous platform facilitating interaction between the organisa-tion and the project team during the entire process.
Continuous
The Insider should be attractive and create a feeling of curiosity and enthusiasm among the participants.
Attractive
Showing the contribution of the organisation is crucial in order to provide an authentic process. This should be done in a way that they can understand and enjoy. Using physical elements for feeding back information will help.
Feedback
The client should believe, or be convinced during the process that building a brand is done together with the whole organisation.
Together
The client should not only be focussed on money but should be, or start to be in search for its purpose.
Purpose
The client needs to be open for ideas and should not be scared to try out new things. Something that BR-ND tries to stimulate during the process.
Open-minded
“Doing things different”The last phase focussed on actually realising a behavioural change. The new strategy needs to be activated in the organisation and embed-ded in the daily work. This should be done together with the whole organisation. This phase is the least defined and BR-ND does not have a clear image of how to carry out this phase.
Activation / implementation
“Things need to be different”This is the first phase indicated in the brand innovation process. This phase revolves around getting to know each other, determin-ing the status quo of the company and getting input of the organisation about who they are and how they see the brand.
Inspiration / awareness
Continuous“What do we want”This second phase revolves around defining a purpose for the brand. This process asks for an inspiring and out of the box approach
Strategy / defining emotive capital
“Walk the talk”In this third phase symbols need to be created that fit this new strategy and purpose to give meaning to the new defined brand. This phase revolves around creativity and inspira-tion.
Design / creating emotive symbolism
The entire organisation has to be included for the Insider. No department can be left out.
Everyone
FeedbackA goal of the Insider is to facilitate behavioural change among the entire organi-sation. Awareness is needed in order to reach his behavioural change.
Behavioural change
The Insider should help to create a more open and transparent brand innovation process by means of informing the organisation and providing feedback.
Transparency
Facilitating a dialogue is seen as an important function for the Insider. This also included encouraging an internal discussion.
Dialogue
It is important that the Insider generates input for the brand innovation process. This can mean more than just answering questions. Online and offline could be combined.
Input
It is important that such a process is done together and that everyone of the organisa-tion is able to join and have a say.
Together
Initiate
Create
2
3
6
7
5
1
Gaining trust of the organisation is important to take away skepticism and to keep people motivated. Exemplary behaviour of leaders and providing an authentic process will help to achieve this.
Trust
4
Results
Just as with the interviews all clusters have been analysed
and summarised in an overview (figure 21), presenting the
findings concluded from the generative sessions. The differ-
ent colours used in the overview indicate the different topics
that were discussed during the sessions. Within each topic
clusters have been made. All findings are shortly explained.
These findings have been analysed in order to discover rela-
tions or contrasts between different findings.
The dotted lines and numbers in this overview show which
findings have leaded to the insights as presented on page 56.
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BR-ND prefers working with corporate brands, as these are often large organisation, that form more of a challenge for BR-ND and that can have a bigger impact than only transforming a market brand.
Corporate brand
The organisation should at least consist out of 100 people in order to make the Insider useful and affordable.
Size of organisation
The whole organisation should have access to the Internet.
IT-facilities
The client needs to understand that it takes time for doing a transformation process and consequently the Insider, and should be willing to invest this time.
Time
People from HR and people from highest management have to be included in the project team in order to be sure that the process is taken seriously for both BR-ND and the organisation and to make sure that the result are actually implemented.
HR / board level in project team
BRAND INNOVATION PROCESS CLIENTINSIDER
Phases Motivate
Interaction
Conditions Wishes
The Insider needs to be simple and accessible in order for people to join in.
Accessible
It should also give back something to the participants in the form of surprise elements, instant feedback or gamification to keep people motivated.
Reward
The Insider should be a continuous platform facilitating interaction between the organisa-tion and the project team during the entire process.
Continuous
The Insider should be attractive and create a feeling of curiosity and enthusiasm among the participants.
Attractive
Showing the contribution of the organisation is crucial in order to provide an authentic process. This should be done in a way that they can understand and enjoy. Using physical elements for feeding back information will help.
Feedback
The client should believe, or be convinced during the process that building a brand is done together with the whole organisation.
Together
The client should not only be focussed on money but should be, or start to be in search for its purpose.
Purpose
The client needs to be open for ideas and should not be scared to try out new things. Something that BR-ND tries to stimulate during the process.
Open-minded
“Doing things different”The last phase focussed on actually realising a behavioural change. The new strategy needs to be activated in the organisation and embed-ded in the daily work. This should be done together with the whole organisation. This phase is the least defined and BR-ND does not have a clear image of how to carry out this phase.
Activation / implementation
“Things need to be different”This is the first phase indicated in the brand innovation process. This phase revolves around getting to know each other, determin-ing the status quo of the company and getting input of the organisation about who they are and how they see the brand.
Inspiration / awareness
Continuous“What do we want”This second phase revolves around defining a purpose for the brand. This process asks for an inspiring and out of the box approach
Strategy / defining emotive capital
“Walk the talk”In this third phase symbols need to be created that fit this new strategy and purpose to give meaning to the new defined brand. This phase revolves around creativity and inspira-tion.
Design / creating emotive symbolism
The entire organisation has to be included for the Insider. No department can be left out.
Everyone
FeedbackA goal of the Insider is to facilitate behavioural change among the entire organi-sation. Awareness is needed in order to reach his behavioural change.
Behavioural change
The Insider should help to create a more open and transparent brand innovation process by means of informing the organisation and providing feedback.
Transparency
Facilitating a dialogue is seen as an important function for the Insider. This also included encouraging an internal discussion.
Dialogue
It is important that the Insider generates input for the brand innovation process. This can mean more than just answering questions. Online and offline could be combined.
Input
It is important that such a process is done together and that everyone of the organisa-tion is able to join and have a say.
Together
Initiate
Create
2
3
6
7
5
1
Gaining trust of the organisation is important to take away skepticism and to keep people motivated. Exemplary behaviour of leaders and providing an authentic process will help to achieve this.
Trust
4
Fig 21: Overview findings generative exercises
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On this page an overview can be found (fig 22) showing the
new clusters that have been formed based on the insights
derived from the findings.
The numbers in the overview correspond with the num-
bers of the description of the insights as presented on
page 58.
The Insider should be a continuous platform facilitating interaction between the organisa-tion and the project team during the entire process.
Continuous
“Things need to be different”This is the first phase indicated in the brand innovation process. This phase revolves around getting to know each other, determin-ing the status quo of the company and getting input of the organisation about who they are and how they see the brand.
Inspiration / awareness
Continuous“What do we want”This second phase revolves around defining a purpose for the brand. This process asks for an inspiring and out of the box approach
Strategy / defining emotive capital
FeedbackA goal of the Insider is to facilitate behavioural change among the entire organi-sation. Awareness is needed in order to reach his behavioural change.
Behavioural change
The Insider should be attractive and create a feeling of curiosity and enthusiasm among the participants.
Attractive
Showing the contribution of the organisation is crucial in order to provide an authentic process. This should be done in a way that they can understand and enjoy. Using physical elements for feeding back information will help.
Feedback
It is important that the Insider generates input for the brand innovation process. This can mean more than just answering questions. Online and offline could be combined.
Input
It should also give back something to the participants in the form of surprise elements, instant feedback or gamification to keep people motivated.
Reward
Showing the contribution of the organisation is crucial in order to provide an authentic process. This should be done in a way that they can understand and enjoy. Using physical elements for feeding back information will help.
Feedback
The Insider should help to create a more open and transparent brand innovation process by means of informing the organisation and providing feedback.
Transparency
Gaining trust of the organisation is important to take away skepticism and to keep people motivated. Exemplary behaviour of leaders and providing an authentic process will help to achieve this.
TrustThe client should believe, or be convinced during the process that building a brand is done together with the whole organisation.
Together
The entire organisation has to be included for the Insider. No department can be left out.
Everyone
It is important that such a process is done together and that everyone of the organisa-tion is able to join and have a say.
Together
People from HR and people from highest management have to be included in the project team in order to be sure that the process is taken seriously for both BR-ND and the organisation and to make sure that the result are actually implemented.
HR / board level in project team
“Doing things different”The last phase focussed on actually realising a behavioural change. The new strategy needs to be activated in the organisation and embed-ded in the daily work. This should be done together with the whole organisation. This phase is the least defined and BR-ND does not have a clear image of how to carry out this phase.
Activation / implementation
Gaining trust of the organisation is important to take away skepticism and to keep people motivated. Exemplary behaviour of leaders and providing an authentic process will help to achieve this.
Trust The client should believe, or be convinced during the process that building a brand is done together with the whole organisation.
Together
The client should not only be focussed on money but should be, or start to be in search for its purpose.
Purpose
The client needs to be open for ideas and should not be scared to try out new things. Something that BR-ND tries to stimulate during the process.
Open-minded
“Things need to be different”This is the first phase indicated in the brand innovation process. This phase revolves around getting to know each other, determin-ing the status quo of the company and getting input of the organisation about who they are and how they see the brand.
Inspiration / awareness
Continuous“What do we want”This second phase revolves around defining a purpose for the brand. This process asks for an inspiring and out of the box approach
Strategy / defining emotive capital
“Doing things different”The last phase focussed on actually realising a behavioural change. The new strategy needs to be activated in the organisation and embedded in the daily work. This should be done together with the whole organisation. This phase is the least defined and BR-ND does not have a clear image of how to carry out this phase.
Activation / implementation
“Walk the talk”In this third phase symbols need to be created that fit this new strategy and purpose to give meaning to the new defined brand. This phase revolves around creativity and inspiration.
Design / creating emotive symbolism
2 3
6 75
1
4
“Doing things different”The last phase focussed on actually realising a behavioural change. The new strategy needs to be activated in the organisation and embedded in the daily work. This should be done together with the whole organisation. This phase is the least defined and BR-ND does not have a clear image of how to carry out this phase.
Activation / implementation
“Walk the talk”In this third phase symbols need to be created that fit this new strategy and purpose to give meaning to the new defined brand. This phase revolves around creativity and inspiration.
Design / creating emotive symbolism
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The Insider should be a continuous platform facilitating interaction between the organisa-tion and the project team during the entire process.
Continuous
“Things need to be different”This is the first phase indicated in the brand innovation process. This phase revolves around getting to know each other, determin-ing the status quo of the company and getting input of the organisation about who they are and how they see the brand.
Inspiration / awareness
Continuous“What do we want”This second phase revolves around defining a purpose for the brand. This process asks for an inspiring and out of the box approach
Strategy / defining emotive capital
FeedbackA goal of the Insider is to facilitate behavioural change among the entire organi-sation. Awareness is needed in order to reach his behavioural change.
Behavioural change
The Insider should be attractive and create a feeling of curiosity and enthusiasm among the participants.
Attractive
Showing the contribution of the organisation is crucial in order to provide an authentic process. This should be done in a way that they can understand and enjoy. Using physical elements for feeding back information will help.
Feedback
It is important that the Insider generates input for the brand innovation process. This can mean more than just answering questions. Online and offline could be combined.
Input
It should also give back something to the participants in the form of surprise elements, instant feedback or gamification to keep people motivated.
Reward
Showing the contribution of the organisation is crucial in order to provide an authentic process. This should be done in a way that they can understand and enjoy. Using physical elements for feeding back information will help.
Feedback
The Insider should help to create a more open and transparent brand innovation process by means of informing the organisation and providing feedback.
Transparency
Gaining trust of the organisation is important to take away skepticism and to keep people motivated. Exemplary behaviour of leaders and providing an authentic process will help to achieve this.
TrustThe client should believe, or be convinced during the process that building a brand is done together with the whole organisation.
Together
The entire organisation has to be included for the Insider. No department can be left out.
Everyone
It is important that such a process is done together and that everyone of the organisa-tion is able to join and have a say.
Together
People from HR and people from highest management have to be included in the project team in order to be sure that the process is taken seriously for both BR-ND and the organisation and to make sure that the result are actually implemented.
HR / board level in project team
“Doing things different”The last phase focussed on actually realising a behavioural change. The new strategy needs to be activated in the organisation and embed-ded in the daily work. This should be done together with the whole organisation. This phase is the least defined and BR-ND does not have a clear image of how to carry out this phase.
Activation / implementation
Gaining trust of the organisation is important to take away skepticism and to keep people motivated. Exemplary behaviour of leaders and providing an authentic process will help to achieve this.
Trust The client should believe, or be convinced during the process that building a brand is done together with the whole organisation.
Together
The client should not only be focussed on money but should be, or start to be in search for its purpose.
Purpose
The client needs to be open for ideas and should not be scared to try out new things. Something that BR-ND tries to stimulate during the process.
Open-minded
“Things need to be different”This is the first phase indicated in the brand innovation process. This phase revolves around getting to know each other, determin-ing the status quo of the company and getting input of the organisation about who they are and how they see the brand.
Inspiration / awareness
Continuous“What do we want”This second phase revolves around defining a purpose for the brand. This process asks for an inspiring and out of the box approach
Strategy / defining emotive capital
“Doing things different”The last phase focussed on actually realising a behavioural change. The new strategy needs to be activated in the organisation and embedded in the daily work. This should be done together with the whole organisation. This phase is the least defined and BR-ND does not have a clear image of how to carry out this phase.
Activation / implementation
“Walk the talk”In this third phase symbols need to be created that fit this new strategy and purpose to give meaning to the new defined brand. This phase revolves around creativity and inspiration.
Design / creating emotive symbolism
2 3
6 75
1
4
“Doing things different”The last phase focussed on actually realising a behavioural change. The new strategy needs to be activated in the organisation and embedded in the daily work. This should be done together with the whole organisation. This phase is the least defined and BR-ND does not have a clear image of how to carry out this phase.
Activation / implementation
“Walk the talk”In this third phase symbols need to be created that fit this new strategy and purpose to give meaning to the new defined brand. This phase revolves around creativity and inspiration.
Design / creating emotive symbolism
Fig 22: Overview findings
generative sessions, clustered according to
insights
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Insights
1. Additional fourth phase and continuous Insider for the
future brand innovation process
The brand innovation process BR-ND envisioned by BR-ND
for the future is quite comparable to the current process.
All current services and models are integrated in the future
vision and the first three phases are quite similar as they
are now. However a fourth phase is introduced by BR-ND
(implementation/ activation phase) that should embed
the new strategy in the organisation. How this actually
needs to be done is still vague, however they feel that this
phase needs to be executed. Another change of the current
process is that BR-ND sees the new Insider as a continu-
ous platform along the entire brand innovation process
that functions as a link between the project team and the
organisation.
2. Focus on change
In the four phases of the brand innovation process as well
as indicated for the Insider emphasise is put on creating a
change within the organisation, actually “doing things dif-
ferent”. BR-ND finds it important that their projects lead to
behavioural change that fits the new purpose of the brand.
The Insider being the link to the organisation should have a
key role in this process.
3. Emphasise approach and attraction participants and in-
cluding physical elements.
There are many similarities between what Diana Jianu indi-
cates as important for the new Insider and the perspective
of Kim Cramer and Alexander Koene. What is interesting to
see is that Diana puts much emphasise on the approach and
attraction of the participants and on not only using online
methods but also including physical elements. These fresh
perspectives are interesting to take into account.
4. Feedback important
The findings show that feedback should play an important
role in the new Insider, for various reasons; (instant) feed-
back can be used as a reward to motivate the participants.
Feedback also helps to create more transparency to
the organisation during the brand innovation process.
Furthermore it helps to show the organisation their contri-
bution to the process and this way reveal the authenticity
of the process, which will help to take away scepticism.
Feedback will also help in having people reflect on the cur-
rent and future situation and will help to create awareness
needed for behavioural change.
5. Including entire organisation important
Including the entire organisation is something that reoccurs
often in the findings and can be understood as important
for the new Insider. This “together” refers to including the
entire organisation during the Insider as well as building a
brand together with the whole organisation.
6. Support of higher management and HR key
Support of higher management and HR is seen as very
important for both BR-ND and the organisation. For BR-ND
support of higher management is necessary to have the
company show their commitment to the project. For the
organisation it is important that leaders show exemplary
behaviour, in order to create trust. HR needs to be involved
to make sure that the strategy is actually implemented in
the organisation.
7. Convincing client during process
Besides conditions that need to be met by the client, BR-ND
also indicates some nice-to-haves. These soft conditions are
something BR-ND tries to make the client aware of during
the process. It seems that clients need to gain trust in the
expertise of BR-ND and the process, in order to start sharing
the ideas of BR-ND.
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Action points
The bullets below indicate concrete points that need to be
addressed in the new Insider derived from the findings and
insights of the generative sessions and will be taken along in
the concept development phase.
• The Insider needs to be a continuous platform parallel to
the brand innovation process, which forms the link
between the organisation and the project team.
• The Insider needs to facilitate behavioural change with-
in the entire organisation.
• The Insider should be able to convince clients of the ap-
proach of BR-ND.
• Providing feedback should play an important role in the
Insider.
• Engaging the entire organisation should have a key role
in the Insider.
• Exemplary behaviour of leaders should be stimulated in
order to create trust.
• More emphasise on approaching and attracting partici-
pants and including physical elements as well is desired.
• The Insider needs to be accessible for participants.
• The Insider should be attractive.
• The Insider should give back to the participants (reward).
• The Insider should create trust for the process among
the organisation and should facilitate a dialogue
between the project team and the organisation as well
as an internal dialogue.
• The Insider should generate input for the brand innova-
tion process and offer transparency in the process.
• The size of the organisation needs to be at least 100
people.
• The company needs to include everyone for the Insider.
• The whole organisation needs to have access to the
Internet
• HR and board level needs to be included in the project
team.
• The company needs to be willing to invest time in the
project.
Conclusion 5.2
The generative sessions done for this internal analysis
shows that in general both Kim Cramer and Alexander
Koene share the same vision of how they like to see the
new Insider and how the see the future brand innovation
process. In order to create an Insider that works for BR-ND,
this vision needs to be well considered during concept
development.
Next to other important insights (see action points) the
generative session have indicated three aspects that have a
major impact for the development of the tool:
The first being that the Insider need to become a continu-
ous platform along the entire brand innovation process that
will form the link between the organisation and the project
team. This means that the current approach of the Insider
(only active for two weeks at the beginning of the process)
needs to be changed completely.
Secondly the additional phase indicated for the brand inno-
vation process will have much influence on the new Insider
as well. In this activation phase the interaction with the
organisation is essential and therefore the Insider needs to
play an active role in this process. However many adapta-
tions are needed to realise this, as in the current Insider no
attention is given to this subject.
Finally it has become clear that creating a dialogue and
providing feedback should have a key role in the Insider.
This requires a whole different approach for the new
Insider as the current Insider is only equipped for one-way
communication.
60 FUTURE: Internal606This chapter gives a future analysis based on the
external analysis described in chapter 4. This anal-
ysis is executed to create an image of the future
external environment the Insider has to anticipate
on. First a future context is created for the Insider
(paragraph 6.1). Secondly a field of focus is defined
for the Insider (paragraph 6.2). Finally the overall
conclusion is presented highlighting the main
conclusion and relations between both paragraphs
(paragraph 6.3).
External
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BR-ND innovation week
In the week from 8 till 12 August, BR-ND has hosted an innovation week where all kinds of experts (in and outside the field of branding)
were invited to join in on the conversation on matters like the future of society/ business/ branding, BR-ND service portfolio, B2B mod-
els, documentation and the Insider.
Participants: Alexander Koene, Annelies Engel, Bas Padberg, Elles Koch, Erik Roscam Abbing, Ester van Toledo, Ingmar de Lange, Ivo Grupping,
Jeroen Timmers, Josien Pieters, Kim Cramer, Michiel van Beek, Nieske Casteleijn, Olivier van Veen, René Bosch, Thomas Wijnen, Wendelien Daan
Below a brief overview of returning trends indicated during the innovation week:
Transparency
The world is getting smaller and more and more transparent due to the Internet, social media e.g. Image and identity of a brand are
blurring into one. Also more transparency will be offered in business strategies.
Meaning and purpose
The financial crisis and increasing transparency triggers the end of capitalism, as we know it. It forces companies to have a look at the essence of
their existence, the “why” question. More and more companies like to be meaningful and contribute to the society instead of just making money.
Connections
All humans like to make a connection with others and want to feel like they belong to a group. A brand facilitates a connection between
people that like to be associated with a certain group.
Engagement
Engagement of employees becomes more and more important for companies to build a strong brand.
Gamification can be a means to create this engagement.
6.1 Future context
Method
This paragraph explains the future context defined for the
Insider. This context defines the external factors that should
be encountered in the new Insider.
For determining the future context for the Insider there is
no such thing as right or wrong, however it is important that
this context has relevance. It is essential that the context
matches the believes of BR-ND as they will have to work with
the tool. In order to reach this, the trends and developments
have been evaluated through a “BR-ND lens”. This lens has
been created based on the internal analysis and conversa-
tions with Kim Cramer and Alexander Koene. The lens was
used for filtering trends defined by means of literature,
discussions with experts (innovation week), blogs etc.
Fig 23: Impression of the BR-ND innova-tion week
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Fig 24: Future context
Past
Brands consist out of identity (internally) and image (externally).
These can have separate interpretations and do not necessar-
ily match.
TRANSPARENCY
Trending
The increased transparency, mainly due to the internet, has
caused image and identity to no longer be seen as two separate
things. What is communicated externally has to align with what
is happening internally. People are getting more critical and con-
scious, they want to know what kind of company they are deal-
ing with and have no problem finding out.
“A brand is a small town that never sleeps. It is open
to (almost) everyone, it is vibrant, and it is made of and
by people who are willing to connect in pursuit of either
utilitarian value or a common cause - or both. It is composed
of myriad social networks, micro-communities that
communicate 24/7.”
- Tim Leberecht, Chief Marketing Officer frog 20
#reputation #digitalisation #social_media
Past
The office is the main workplace of employees. The organisa-
tion’s culture is defined by believes, symbolism, rituals, commu-
nication and behaviour.
THE NEW WORLD OF WORK
Trending
Facilitated by technological developments the new world of
work provides employees with more freedom regarding their
work time and place. There is less physical interaction between
individuals. The traditional definers of culture, such as rituals and
behaviour, require a different interpretation. The brand becomes
more important in connecting people.
“Since you spend less time together and communication partly
becomes virtual the contact will not only be reduced, but will
also be more professional. Therein lies a trait. Precisely this
more informal contact creates a strong connection between
each other and the organisation. You will have to spend more
time in strengthening this mutual bond.”
- Kees Froeling, Conclusion 19
#digitalisation #new_world_of_work #connecting_people
Past
A brand is mainly used for advertising purposes and associated
with the product or service it carries. In general the goal of any
company is to grow financially.
MEANING
Trending
Increased transparency and the new financial climate have raised
questions about the capitalistic system. Consumers, employees and
companies start to believe that there is more than just making money
and are looking to add value to their lives. A brand becomes more
than just a product or service. Complementary to this, Corporate So-
cial Responsibility becomes and increasing topic on brand’s agendas.
“Brands that will thrive in this Era of Social Capital Rising will
be brands that turn their back on the traditional practice of
offering society short-term, crippling debt wrapped up as the
next best offer or exclusivity. Instead they will genuinely invest
in society, with long-term equity contributions via collaborative,
constructive experiences that drive rich dialogue, deep thinking
and widespread trust. These are what we call Social Equity
Brands: brands that invest with society, not hedge against it.
Brands that are not tolerated by society, but truly valued.”
- Brand valued 21
#increased_transparency #financial_crisis #rethinking_capital-
ism #CSR
Past
The brand and what it stands for are determined top-down. The brand and values are presented to the employees without any interaction.
“The (brand) idea needs to reaffirm the most important aspects of the organisation’s essence and to stretch it towards meeting its goals. This suggests that it is far better for employees to define the brand, than an external consultancy. Although a consultant can facilitate the process, the authenticity will only come through internal understanding.” - Nicholas Ind 22
#internal_branding2.0 #engagement #transparency #meaning #authenticity
INSIDE-OUT
TrendingCompanies realise that in order to survive in the current climate they need to be authentic. This means that the brand and what it stands for has to come from the organisation, as the employees have to live the brand. Companies start to recognise how their employees can contribute to the brand and are also getting more comfortable with their increased visibility and responsibility.
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Fig 24: Future context
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ACTIVATORS
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Fig 25:Drivers of the future context
In the first two chapters already some insights are shared
on how BR-ND looks at the external world and how this has
developed over the years. Of course this vision of BR-ND
on the external world is dynamic and is influenced and
strengthened by the developments within this world and
vice versa. Below four values that BR-ND believes in are
presented. These values have shaped the lens used for the
selection of the trends:
• BR-ND main focus is emotive branding and their entire
process is geared to facilitate this. They like to bring
out the human side of companies by searching for their
reason of existence.
• BR-ND has adopted a symbolic interactionism view 23 on how brands are perceived. This means that brands
create value for people by touch points with the brand
but also by interaction with others that in turn interact
with the brand. We are influenced by groups of people
we belong to or want to belong to, this also counts for
our perception of brands.
• BR-ND does not believe in the “quick fix approach”.
They want to address the underling problem companies
are facing, which preferably results in internal transfor-
mation processes where the brand is used as means to
facilitate this. They believe that the whole organisation
should be part of this, as the brand is owned by the
whole organisation.
• BR-ND has a passion for new technologies and inno-
vation. They are early adaptors of new technologies
such as brain scanning and social media. They want to
be a pioneering company and experiment with new
technologies or theories and not wait until there is an
actual need for this expressed by the market. They
believe that this need will follow by itself.
Future context
On the previous page the new context of for the Insider
is explained. These four trends are chosen as they are in
line with the philosophy of BR-ND though still managing
to provide a challenging context. The trends are explained
by means of a small impression of the situation as it was
or is now, the trend is explained and a quote is used to
strengthen the story.
Next to the trends, the relations between the trends and the
drivers for these trends are illustrated (see figure 25). This
gives more insight in where they come from and in which way
they influence each other. The drivers are based on the PEST
analysis, which stands for Political, Economic, Social and
Technological analysis. This framework of macro-environ-
mental factors can be used for external strategic analysis 24.
It was determined for each trend which factor(s) activate the
trend and more specific which developments have contrib-
uted to this development.
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6.2 Field of focus
In paragraph 4.2 the fact that branding is slowly mov-
ing towards organisational culture was discussed. When
considering the trends as defined in the future context
(paragraph 6.1) and especially looking at the trends:
transparency and inside-out, it can be expected that in the
future branding will even move closer towards internal cul-
ture and brands will be built on the organisational culture.
This will mean that a brand will more and more become a
tool for the internal organisation, and therefore will form
a combination between internal branding and organisa-
tional culture.
With this focus on using a brand as an internal management
tool slowly a new field is arising. With this new field, a need
comes along for a tool that can facilitate this process.
The tools developed within internal branding are not suit-
able to play a role within this process. They are not very
innovative, often only provide roadmaps for the manag-
ers or are focused on one part of the process. Also the
tools within this field handle a top-down approach and are
mostly not made for the entire organisation to participate.
The tools within the world of organisational culture are
again mostly roadmaps for facilitating processes and are
not equipped for using the brand as a means for change
processes. Online platform tools developed for professional
usage such as Socialcast or Yammer can be seen as the pro-
fessional equivalents of social platforms such as Facebook
and Twitter and are more focused on sharing of information
and ideas, and are less equipped for facilitating an internal
transformation process.
The Insider could bridge this gap by being an online plat-
form that handles an integral approach on internal change
processes by means of the brand. This also matches well
with the expertise of BR-ND and the 23plusone methodol-
ogy they have developed.
The tool will be of value when a company is facing big
changes such as acquisition, reorganisation, rebranding,
Consequences
In order to create a pioneering tool, the future context
should be taken into account for the development of the
new Insider. Below the consequences of the four indicated
context factors are briefly illustrated.
For the Insider to fit the lifestyle of the employee of the
future it needs to be accessible anyplace at anytime, and
needs to be easy to understand. The upcoming new world
of working also means that the brand and the philosophy
behind the brand becoming more important in connection
the organisation. For this reason the new Insider should play
a role in connecting the organisation by means of the brand.
Since the world is getting more and more transparent there
is also a need to increase transparency within companies.
Companies cannot get away with doing large change pro-
cesses without being clear about what this process exactly
entails. This will only create skepticism, which in the end
will sabotage the process of change. The Insider should
facilitate transparency within the brand innovation process
to stimulate honesty and trust.
Creating brands with purposes that go beyond making money
is already incorporated within the core of BR-ND’s process.
Although creating meaning is the foundation of the brand
innovation process this is not really reflected in the Insider and
results of the process are not always fed back to the organisa-
tion. So in other for the new Insider to fit the philosophy of
BR-ND more attention should be given to this matter.
The increased transparency within the world makes it
essential to have the internal and external identity of a com-
pany aligned. This means that it is necessary when building
a brand to look at what the organisation has to offer
and what it can live up to, to create an authentic brand.
Although the 23plusone method handled by BR-ND already
responds to this need, the Insider should facilitate making
more use of the potential of the organisation to create an
even more authentic brand.
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merger and new management 10. However the expected
shift of companies starting to focus more on meaning
can also be seen as an opportunity, as the Insider can
help strengthen the purpose of the brand. Besides the
tool can also be used as a validation means to check how
the brand is doing and to adjust when necessary. During
such brand innovation processes, as described above, the
tool can help to include and engage the whole organisa-
tion, creating a brand that is build and supported by the
organisation.
As described earlier in this report, BR-ND works with
clients in widely separate fields and will continue this
in the future. They do not have a clear target group, as
they like to help any company to transform. This means
that the tool needs to be generic to be accessible for
a broad group, or should be adaptable to the target
group. Furthermore since the tool is focused on includ-
ing the entire organisation it needs to be taken into
account people from all kinds of levels of education will
make use of it.
The internal and external analyses have indicated that ser-
vice providers form an interesting group, as it is even more
important for them to focus on branding as an organisation
tool, since in this industry the employees are the main touch
points and are “the product” 16.
Additionally working on corporate brand level will be
preferred, since literature has shown that corporate brands
are most effective when using the brand as organisational
tool. It implies a shift in focus from middle management
to responsibility of the CEO 16. Furthermore this fits the
need of targeting large organisations. Also operating on
corporate level offers the biggest challenge for BR-ND and
will have the largest impact for the organisation. Targeting
corporate brands can also be commercially beneficial for
BR-ND when it comes to implementing the strategy for
the separate market brands; this may very well lead to
extended activities over a longer period.
Consequences
When looking at the fields of internal branding and organi-
sational culture we see that the bottom-up approach of the
latter will fit better with the intentions of the platform and
with BR-ND’s vision.
However when choosing a more bottom-up approach this
comes with several pitfalls, defined in paragraph 4.2, that
need to be taken into account:
• Time
It should be taken into account that involving the
organisation in such a process is more time consuming
than when having a more top down approach. Although
this will likely be compensated in the end by creating
more support within the organisation, which in turn will
make the implementation phase easier, it is important
to make this clear to the client.
• Control
It should also be understood by the client that having your
employees help with such a transformation process, means
loosing a part of the control over the process. Although it
might seem difficult it is essential for higher management
to trust their organisation. For this to happen the outcomes
of the process should assure management of the potential
within the organisation.
• Accountability
When asking the organisation for input this brings along
accountability for handling the results and feeding back
to the organisation. When applying a more bottom-up
approach this does not mean the process becomes
democratic however it does mean that there is transpar-
ency offered within the process and decisions made are
communicated and explained. The platform should be
tailored to deal with this important matter.
• Commitment
When applying a process where you ask people for their
input, commitment is needed of the organisation. It is
important that the platform is developed in such a way
that it is attractive for employees to participate, without
overloading them.
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6.3 Conclusion
Both the new defined context and field of focus of the
external analysis make clear that an entire new approach for
the Insider is needed to be able to forefront on the changing
need of the market. Although several elements are indi-
cated important for the development of the new Insider the
following stood out from an external perspective:
The new Insider needs to be accessible and attractive in
order to fit with the lifestyle of the future employees and to
have the organisation commit to the platform.
Offering transparency to the organisation about the proj-
ect is indicated as a very important characteristic of the
new Insider. Transparency will help to take away disbelief
about the process and will create trust and understanding.
Furthermore offering transparency will help to facilitate an
inside-out approach.
Another important element is that the Insider should have
a cross-organisational approach in order to create a shared
goal among the entire organisation and to create a strong
connection between employees, which will benefit the
brand.
Success factors of both internal branding and organisation cul-
ture can be of use for the new Insider:
Co-creation
A shared goal asks for a process that includes all employees to
participate. When employees are active in the process apprecia-
tion and ownership will be enhanced 14.
Overcoming silo’s
A cross-organisational approach will help to actually realise
change in behavior and give meaning to values 11.
Feeling and thoughts
In order to reach a sustainable change it is important to go be-
yond behaviour and really address feelings and thoughts of em-
ployees 11, 14.
Leadership
Leaders have a crucial role in transforming the internal culture
within an organisation. Leaders have to show exemplary behav-
iour and carry the change within the organisation 10, 14.
Making facts explicit
Show how the organisation is doing in such a way that it ap-
peals to employees. These facts will be confronting but also
shows vulnerability and honesty 14.
Address people personally
A call will be enhanced when people are addressed person-
ally 14.
Create room for exploration and meaning
Asking questions, creating a dialogue and focussing on emo-
tions stimulate this 14.
Myths
Myths are mental models that we can use to give meaning to
the environment and the organisation. This can be images, po-
ems, stories or symbols but also rituals and ceremonies. A myth
does an appeal on our heart and imagination. They connect us
with the values and with each other 14.
Keep it simple
It is the art to keep the dream simple. An inspiring image with a
good story or symbol is more important than a fully argued story 14.
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Summary FutureBoth the internal as external part of this
future analysis makes clear that mak-
ing some adaption to the current Insider
will not be enough to fulfill the needs
and wishes from the BR-ND or market per-
spective. The Insider needs to completely
refresh itself in order to become a future
proof tool while the 23plusone methodol-
ogy still keeps its value within the tool.
The internal and external analysis points
out that the Insider will need to enter a
new field and should become a tool com-
bining the field of both internal branding
and organisational culture by using the
brand for organisational purposes. In
order to reach this and to create a tool
that fits with the future external con-
text and the vision of BR-ND, the Insider
should adopt a more bottom-up approach.
The following aspects will be important
for succeeding in creating such a renew-
ing tool:
- The Insider needs to become a continu-
ous platform along the entire brand
innovation process that will form the
link between the organisation and the
project team.
- It needs to have a cross organisational
approach to create a strong connection
between the whole organisation and to
enhance the created shared goal.
- The Insider needs to fit within the entire
brand innovation process. This process
also includes an activation phase in order
to actually create behavioural change
within the organisation.
- Providing a dialogue and feedback
should be a key role within the new
Insider. This will help to create trans-
parency within the process. Transparency
within the process is important, this is
needed to take away scepticism, to cre-
ate trust and to facilitate a bottom-up
approach.
- Furthermore the Insider needs to be
accessible and attractive to fit with the
lifestyle of the employee of the future.
68 Introduction68 DESIGN: Vision
Design7. Vision8. Ideation9. Concept10. Implementation11. Evaluation
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7. Vision8. Ideation9. Concept10. Implementation11. Evaluation
7 The first chapter of the design phase discuses the design vision
defined by means of the present and future analysis. This design vision
will help to converge the information of the analysis phase into a concrete
starting point for the concept development of the new Insider. The first
chapter of the design phase discusses the synthesis based on the analysis
phase. This synthesis forms the introduction of the design vision, bringing
together and restructuring the information from the analysis phase (para-
graph 7.1). Secondly the design vision, interaction flow and values for the
stakeholders involved, derived from the synthesis are presented (paragraph
7.2). Finally design guidelines are given, summarising the requirements for
the idea generation and concept development (paragraph 7.3).
V ision
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Engagement
creating enthusiasm and involving the organisation
Interface
Interface should be improved
Visual appeal
visual appeal should be improved
Feedback
Emphasise implementation
More emphasis on implementation of strategy
Insights in emotions
Insights in emotional side of organi-sation appreciated
Reveal urgency
Insider should create evidence to convince the board
Insights & engagement
Insights and engagement of the employees is expected
Confirmation
Results give confirmation about how people feel about the brand
Cross-organisational approach is needed
Overcoming silo’s
Asking questions, creating a dialogue and focussing on emotions stimulate this.
Exploration and meaning
A call will be enhanced when addressing people personally
Address people personally
When employees are active, apprecia-tion and ownership will be enhanced.
Co-creation
Do not ignore emotions
From the heart
Talking with a colleague or client can provide a fresh perspective
Fresh perspective
Feelings and thoughts need to be addressed to create sustainable change
Feeling and thoughts
Tone of voice is important to create the right atmosphere
Tone of voice
Myths (stories, symbols , images) helps giving meaning to organisation
Myths
Continuous platform
A continuous platform parallel to the brand innovation process
Behavioural change
Insider should facilitate behavioural change
Convince clients
Should convince clients of the approach of BR-ND
Entire organisation
Involving entire organisation is important
Approach & attract
More emphasise on approaching and attracting participants
Accessible & attractive
Should be accessible and attractive for participants to start
Reward
Insider should give back to the participants (instant feedback, gamification)
Dialogue
Facilitate dialogue between PT and organisation as well as internal dialogue
Input
Should generate input for the brand innovation process
Include everyone
The company needs the include everyone for the Insider
Access Internet
Whole organisation needs to have access to the Internet
Activation phase
Insider needs to take into account the additional activation phase
Connecting
Insider should create a connection between the organisation
Easy to understand
The Insider should be intuitive and easy to understand
Accessible anyplace, anytime
The Insider needs to be accessible anyplace, anytime
Inside-out
Make use of the potential within the organisation
Attention to purpose
Insider should give more insights in the shared goal
Commitment
To create commitment the Insider should be attractive without overloading
Continuous platform
A continuous platform parallel to the brand innovation process
Continuous platform
A continuous platform parallel to the brand innovation process
Feedback
Providing feedback important for rewarding, transparency and awareness
Feedback
Providing feedback important for rewarding, transparency and awareness
Entire organisation
Involving entire organisation is important
HR & board level
HR & board level needs to be included in the process
Time
Company needs to be willing to invest time
Engagement
Should facilitate enthusiasm and involvement of the organisation
Interface
Interface should be improved
Visual appeal
visual appeal should be improved
Easy to understand
Insider should be intuitive and easy to understand
Accessible anyplace, anytime
Insider needs to be accessible anyplace, anytime
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Scientific base needed to convince
23plusone provides a solid foundation
Transparency
More transparency of the process to the organisation is needed
Influence Insider
Influence Insider on process should be made clear
Benchmarking is valuable for 23plusone questions
Benchmarking
Feedback to the organisation should be improved
Feedback
Facts will be confronting but also shows vulnerability and honesty
Making facts explicit
Exemplary behaviour is necessary
Leadership
Feedback
Providing feedback important for rewarding, transparency and awareness
Exemplary behavior
Leaders should show exemplary behavior to stimulate trust
Trust
Insider should create trust for the process among the organisation
Transparency
Should provide transparency within the brand innovation process
HR & board level
HR & board level needs to be included in the process
Time
Company needs to be willing to invest time
Transparency
Facilitate transparency within the process to stimulate honesty and trust
Loss of control
Insider should deal with loss of control experienced by management
Accountability
Something needs to be done with the input of the organisation
Continuous platform
A continuous platform parallel to the brand innovation process
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Should convince clients of the approach of BR-ND
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Insider should be attractive
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visual approach for questions should remain or increase
Accessible for a broad group
Accessible for different levels of education and backgrounds
Fig 26: Synthesis of the analysis phase
7.1 Synthesis
Here an overview of the synthesis of the analysis phase
can be found. This synthesis forms the introduction of the
design vision, bringing together and restructuring the infor-
mation from the analysis phase.
For the synthesis all insights gathered from the analysis
phase were brought together. These insights have been
briefly described and colour coded by chapter. All insights
have been analysed and clustered to discover categories
that cover the findings of the analysis.
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Mea
ns
Engagement
creating enthusiasm and involving the organisation
Interface
Interface should be improved
Visual appeal
visual appeal should be improved
Feedback
Emphasise implementation
More emphasis on implementation of strategy
Insights in emotions
Insights in emotional side of organi-sation appreciated
Reveal urgency
Insider should create evidence to convince the board
Insights & engagement
Insights and engagement of the employees is expected
Confirmation
Results give confirmation about how people feel about the brand
Cross-organisational approach is needed
Overcoming silo’s
Asking questions, creating a dialogue and focussing on emotions stimulate this.
Exploration and meaning
A call will be enhanced when addressing people personally
Address people personally
When employees are active, apprecia-tion and ownership will be enhanced.
Co-creation
Do not ignore emotions
From the heart
Talking with a colleague or client can provide a fresh perspective
Fresh perspective
Feelings and thoughts need to be addressed to create sustainable change
Feeling and thoughts
Tone of voice is important to create the right atmosphere
Tone of voice
Myths (stories, symbols , images) helps giving meaning to organisation
Myths
Continuous platform
A continuous platform parallel to the brand innovation process
Behavioural change
Insider should facilitate behavioural change
Convince clients
Should convince clients of the approach of BR-ND
Entire organisation
Involving entire organisation is important
Approach & attract
More emphasise on approaching and attracting participants
Accessible & attractive
Should be accessible and attractive for participants to start
Reward
Insider should give back to the participants (instant feedback, gamification)
Dialogue
Facilitate dialogue between PT and organisation as well as internal dialogue
Input
Should generate input for the brand innovation process
Include everyone
The company needs the include everyone for the Insider
Access Internet
Whole organisation needs to have access to the Internet
Activation phase
Insider needs to take into account the additional activation phase
Connecting
Insider should create a connection between the organisation
Easy to understand
The Insider should be intuitive and easy to understand
Accessible anyplace, anytime
The Insider needs to be accessible anyplace, anytime
Inside-out
Make use of the potential within the organisation
Attention to purpose
Insider should give more insights in the shared goal
Commitment
To create commitment the Insider should be attractive without overloading
Continuous platform
A continuous platform parallel to the brand innovation process
Continuous platform
A continuous platform parallel to the brand innovation process
Feedback
Providing feedback important for rewarding, transparency and awareness
Feedback
Providing feedback important for rewarding, transparency and awareness
Entire organisation
Involving entire organisation is important
HR & board level
HR & board level needs to be included in the process
Time
Company needs to be willing to invest time
Engagement
Should facilitate enthusiasm and involvement of the organisation
Interface
Interface should be improved
Visual appeal
visual appeal should be improved
Easy to understand
Insider should be intuitive and easy to understand
Accessible anyplace, anytime
Insider needs to be accessible anyplace, anytime
Tone of voice is important to create right atmosphere
Tone of voice
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Flexibility
Being able to add or remove questions
Standardisation
More standardised results and process of Insider
Scientific base needed to convince
23plusone provides a solid foundation
Transparency
More transparency of the process to the organisation is needed
Influence Insider
Influence Insider on process should be made clear
Benchmarking is valuable for 23plusone questions
Benchmarking
Feedback to the organisation should be improved
Feedback
Facts will be confronting but also shows vulnerability and honesty
Making facts explicit
Exemplary behaviour is necessary
Leadership
Feedback
Providing feedback important for rewarding, transparency and awareness
Exemplary behavior
Leaders should show exemplary behavior to stimulate trust
Trust
Insider should create trust for the process among the organisation
Transparency
Should provide transparency within the brand innovation process
HR & board level
HR & board level needs to be included in the process
Time
Company needs to be willing to invest time
Transparency
Facilitate transparency within the process to stimulate honesty and trust
Loss of control
Insider should deal with loss of control experienced by management
Accountability
Something needs to be done with the input of the organisation
Continuous platform
A continuous platform parallel to the brand innovation process
Convince clients
Should convince clients of the approach of BR-ND
Inside-out
Make use of the potential within the organisation
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Attractive
Insider should be attractive
Visual approach
visual approach for questions should remain or increase
Accessible for a broad group
Accessible for different levels of education and backgrounds
After reflecting on the results and re-clustering them,
five representative categories have been formed that
are able to structure the findings. Many of the findings
were relevant for more than one category. The findings
that are similar to other findings are linked together (no
white space between the boxes). By decomposing the
clusters in different layers of abstraction, subdivisions
within the categories were created. A division is made
between needs, describing the need or a part of the
need of this category, results which indicate why this
need has to be tackled and means that could help
address the needs. Not every category is represented by
all three of the subcategories as the categories vary in
level of abstraction.
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7.2 Design vision
For the development of the design vision, the means of
each category derived by the synthesis have been anal-
ysed and the most relevant and inspiring means have been
selected. This approach was used since the needs describe
the problem of that particular category and the results
form support for the needs. The means indicate a solution
for actually tackling the needs and in this way can provide
direction for the idea generation and concept development.
The outcome of the synthesis has been analysed and trans-
lated into a design vision.
Structure design vision
Figure 27 presents the structure of the design vision, using
a Maslow-style representation to indicate the priority
and order in the different stages of Insider. First the lower
stage needs to be fulfilled before the next stage can be
reached.
Invite
First the Insider needs to be inviting in order to get people
introduced with the platform. The platform should not form
any threshold for participants to join in.
TRUST
GENERATE
MOTIVATE
CHANGE
INVITE
Fig 27: Structure of the design vision: hierarchy of the stages of the new Insider
Motivate
When the attention from the organisation is triggered by
the invite, it is necessary to keep the participants motivated
in order for them to engage in the platform.
Generate
When the organisation is motivated and has actively joined
in, it is important that the platform proves to be functional. It
should generate results that can support the brand innovation
process for both the project team as well as the organisation.
Trust
When the platform proves to be functional and actually
generates results, trust in the process will grow on the side
of the project team as well as the organisation.
Change
When over time confidence in the outcome of the pro-
cess has been established for both parties, the ultimate
goal of the platform can be reached: actual change
within the entire organisation matching the new brand.
This change will carry out what has been developed
throughout the brand innovation process.
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Design visions
Based on the synthesis an overall goal and points of focus
for each stage of the platform have been indicated, forming
the design vision for the new Insider:
Transparency & Exemplary behaviour
The Insider needs to help provide the organisa-
tion with trust regarding the process and the new
brand by providing transparency in the process
and by stimulating exemplary behaviour of higher
management.
Connect & Activate
The Insider needs to facilitate creating a connec-
tion between the entire organisation and needs to
focus on activating the brand strategy within the
organisation.
Invite
Motivate
Generate
To create a platform that supports the brand innovation process, forming the link between the
project team and BR-ND, and the organisation, through the use of the following elements:
Trust
Change
Easy & Accessible
The Insider needs to be simple and easy to
understand not forming any threshold to join
in. It needs to blend in with the lifestyle of the
(future) employee and be accessible anywhere,
anytime.
Attractive & Rewarding
The Insider needs to be visually attractive to
create curiosity and get people motivated.
Besides it needs reward participants for their
effort.
Input, Feedback & Dialogue
The Insider needs to generate input for the brand
innovation process and feed back results to
the participants. It needs to provide a dialogue
between the project team and the organisation as
well as between the organisation that will support
the brand innovation process.
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Insider
ANALYSIS & INSPIRATION STRATEGY NAMING & DESIGN
Kick-o�
Research Vision meetings
Kitchen Trinity Brandheart Brandfan
Outsider
Brand symbolism
Organisation
ACTIVATION
Project Team BR-ND
Board / Company
Fig 28: Interaction flow between the different stake-holders for the new Insider
Interaction flow & value
Figure 28 illustrates the interaction flow between the differ-
ent stakeholders in relation to the brand innovation process.
This visualisation shows that the new Insider functions as a
platform to facilitate interaction between the project group,
BR-ND and the organisation during the brand innovation
process. Here the project team is the team in charge of
the process, consisting of people form higher or middle
management representing various departments within
the organisation such as marketing, HR and communica-
tion. This project team will be involved in al phases and
works together with BR-ND to run the process. The tool will
support the complete brand innovation process, including
the (new) activation phase, creating a communication link
between all active parties.
The interaction flow between the organisation and the
project team and BR-ND (yellow) is an iterative process
that over time will facilitate stakeholders to move up in
the hierarchy as illustrated in the design vision (figure 29).
When moving up in this hierarchy the amount of value the
tool creates for all stakeholders involved, will increase. The
higher level is reached, the more value is created:
The first two levels represent characteristics of the plat-
form necessary for activating the organisation (invite) and
to engage and stimulate them (motivate). The third level
of the hierarchy (generate) is the level that is linked to the
interaction flow.
The interaction flow starts with the project team and
BR-ND, which will send out requests to the organisation by
means of the platform. The organisation will give input for
the brand innovation process that in turn will be fed back
to the organisation. Secondly a dialogue is created that will
also contribute to the brand innovation process. When actu-
ally starting to generate input for the process this is where
the project team will starts noticing the strength of the tool
and when the organisation start to see their contribution,
and therefore holds much value for both parties.
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This iterative process between the project team and
BR-ND and the organisation helps to create the wanted
outcome, represented by the upper two levels of the
hierarchy (trust and change). The input and dialogue
the organisation provides will help to create results that
the project team can use for the process. This creates
confidence in the process on the side of the project team,
INVITE
GENERATE
TRUST
MOTIVATE
CHANGE
Fig 29: When moving up in the hier-archy of the de-sign vision, the amount of value the tool creates increased
which in turn will result in support for the process. By
providing transparency in the process (by means of
feedback and dialogue) trust will also be generated on
the side of the organisation. This trust and the feeling of
actually contributing to the process will help to create a
sense of ownership among the organisation. Eventually
the entire organisation is willing to strive for a shared
goal created by means of the brand innovation process.
When reaching the level of trust, this creates support
for the new brand. This will make it possible to acti-
vate the new strategy within the company and actually
create behavioural change within the organisation, the
ultimate goal of the Insider and the brand innovation
process.
The purple part in figure 28 indicates the interaction flow
between the organisation, the project team and BR-ND
and the board. The results generated by the Insider can
also be used to inform the board. These results will help
to create trust from their side, which in turn will result
in support and approving of the changes that need to be
made.
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motive the organisation as it can add a fun element
to the platform and can help make the transforma-
tion more visible within the company.
• Adding elements to provide instant feedback can be
a way of rewarding people for their effort.
• Incorporating gaming elements can help to get
people in a flow, keeping them engaged and reward
for what they have done.
Content needs to be developed, reaching multiple goals
• 23plusone questions need to have a prominent role
as they form the backbone of the brand innovation
process.
• Content needs to be included that forms input for
the part of brand innovation process executed by
the project team and BR-ND, including the new acti-
vation phase.
• Content needs to be included that give confirmation
about the current situation to the project team and
board
• The current questions of the Insider need to be
reassessed to see what can be used for the new tool.
• Content needs to be included to stimulate engage-
ment of organisation within the brand innovation process.
• Content to create awareness about the current and
future situation needs to be included in order to cre-
ate an actual change within the organisation.
7.3 Design Guidelines
Below the guidelines are presented. These design guidelines
are based upon the synthesis derived from the analysis
phase and provide concrete elements the platforms needs
to address. Together with the design vision the design
guidelines will be used as starting point for the develop-
ments of the platform.
First aspects are indicated that need to be obtained, below
solutions are given how to obtain them.
Guidelines
The platform should be accessible for a broad target group
• When developing the tool it should be kept in mind
that it needs to be accessible for organisations active
in multiple branches. This means dealing with people
from all kinds of levels of education and different
backgrounds. For this reason the platform should
have an inviting and accessible tone of voice appeal-
ing for a broad target group.
• The platform should be user-friendly to accom-
modate everyone to understand and interact with
the platform.
The platform should fit the lifestyle of the employee of the
future
• The platform should be accessible on multiple
devices, making it possible for participants to use the
platform anywhere at anytime.
The platform needs to be attractive
• The Insider needs to adopt a visual approach for
the platform, presenting questions in a visual man-
ner, setting them apart from HR-like questionnaires.
• The visual world should be inviting to stimulate
people to actively involve in the platform.
The platform should give back to participants
• Combiningonlineanofflineelements can help to
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• Content is needed that will help connect the
organisation, making it easier to transform
Content used for the platform needs to be flexible
• Creating a flexibletool, being able to add or remove
questions to the Insider, is a benefit for (potential) clients.
Results need to be fed back to the organisation
• Benchmarking of 23plusone questions needs to have
a role in the Insider as this can tell about the unique-
ness of the organisation interesting to feed back to the
organisation.
The platform needs to provide transparency in the brand in-
novation process
• Showing contribution of the organisation regarding the
process is needed to create trust.
The platforms needs to standardise certain steps
• Standardisation of processing of the results of ques-
tions asked by means of the platform is desired by
BR-ND, as this can create a faster feedback loop.
• Standardisation of the process of the Insider, including
elements that are not standardised in the current Insider
such as the campaign prior to the Insider and feeding
back of results is desired, as it will help to go through
a profound process, which will benefit the end result.
78 Introduction78 DESIGN: Vision8 The second chapter of the design
phase discusses the ideation phase for
the Insider. In the ideation phase the
design vision together with the design
brief are translated into a concept for
the Insider. First the idea generation is
explained (paragraph 8.1) and the concept
development is described (paragraph 8.2).
Finally a concept evaluation is presented
where the concept is shortly introduced
and evaluated according to the design
vision and guidelines (paragraph 8.3).
Ideation
79798 Brainstorm innovation week
In the week from 8 till 12 August, BR-ND hosted an
innovation week where all kinds of experts (in and
outside the field of branding) were invited to join
in on the conversation on matters like the future
of society / business / branding, BR-ND service
portfolio, B2B models, documentation and the
Insider. During this week I have facilitated a day of
brainstorms covering the subject of the Insider (see
appendix F for the set-up).
This brainstorm day, executed early in the process,
was useful to explore the field of interest for the
Insider and generate first ideas in order to get a
feel for the subject. Besides the brainstorm has
resulted in potential ideas regarding content for
the platform and ideas on how to make the tool
enjoyable and attractive for participants to use. The
outcome of the brainstorm has been documented
(appendix G) and evaluated in order to select the
most potential ideas. These ideas have been taken
into consideration during the concept development
phase (see chapter 8.2).
8.1 Idea generation
This paragraph illustrates the idea generation phase
executed to produce ideas for the new Insider. Over time
several activities have been undertaken to gather ideas and
inspiration for the concept development of the platform. On
the next pages an overview can be found of the main activi-
ties and their outcomes.
Fig 30: Impression of the brainstorm during innovation week
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A photo challenge can be
a fun way of engaging
participants!
FROGMOB BY FROG 28
Tool for crowdsourced design research. Frog-mob invites people to send in pictures re-garding a certain topic. These help to gain in-spiration and insights.
REPUDO 29
Platform that combines online and offline ac-tions, by linking multimedia to a physical place.
PRIJS DE PRIJS 27
Website where you give your vote. Original in-teraction where you drag the item you do not want to select in the trash bin.
OPEN IDEO BY IDEO 25
Open innovation platform to solve big challenges for the so-cial good. Challenges are divided in phases and in each phase peo-ple can contribute. The design quotient indicates in what phase you have been most active.
BIJENKORF 26
A photo challenge by Bijenkorf, asking for pic-tures showing a hexagon shape, as represented in the logo of Bijenkorf.
Visual input can help to gain insights and
inspiration!
Great way of com-
bining online and
offline!
Nice way of showing contri-
bution of the participants.
Visualisation of different phases
makes the process transparent!
Simple and original interaction. Making something
boring fun to do!
7DAYS IN MY LIFE BY ZILVER INNOVATION 31
An online design and brand research tool. Participants are asked to keep an online jour-nal for one week, by sharing pictures, an-swering questions, cre-ating collages etc.
USERVOICE 30
Forum to em-power custom-ers to create, discuss, and vote for ideas. You can give and earn votes.
Offering a more creative way for participants to express can gain richer data and can give insights about the context!Nice way of creating a discussion and selecting ideas!
Inspiration
During the project a range of inspirational materials have
been collected all interesting for the new Insider. The
materials mainly cover websites, applications and tools,
gathered for varies reasons (functionality, interface,
content). These inspiration materials have helped to get a
feel for how other platforms approach users, and provide
interesting ideas for content, interaction and gamification
elements for the platform. On the next page the most rel-
evant inspirational materials are presented, together with
a brief explanation and points of interest for the Insider.
These points of interest have been taken along during the
concept development phase.
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Online community tool that enables people to give feedback about your brand, website etc. You can share ideas, ask questions, indicate problems or give a com-pliment.
Easy and effective way of providing feedback! Works in both directions: partici-
pants can have their say, and product/service can be improved.
Research gamification
Gamification was indicated during the innovation
week as one of the main ways of making the Insider
more attractive, fun and rewarding. Furthermore
elements of gamification can be recognised in many
of the inspiration websites and applications pre-
sented above.
For this reason a closer look has been taken into the
topic of gamification and the mechanism behind
gamification.
Here (continuing on the next page) a brief overview of
gamification can be found, explaining the mechanisms
and ways to gamify, providing concrete elements that
can be incorporated within the new Insider platform.
These findings have been taken into account during
concept development.
Gamification
Gamification is not similar to games. Gamification
is the application of gaming concepts to non-game
experiences in order to stimulate desired behav-
iour from a group of people. Gamification increases
employee engagement, changes behavior and stimu-
lates innovation 36.
General strengths of Gamification 37:
1. Accelerated feedback cycles
2. Clear goals and rules of play
3. A compelling narrative
4. Tasks that are challenging but achievable
Gaming mechanisms 38:
• Element of chance to increase anticipation
ROAMLER 33
Crowdsourced research tool where members can perform assignments by means of their smartphone. When performing these exercises well you earn credits. The more credits, the better the assignments get.
NIKE + CHALLENGE 32
Tool to challenge your friends for a running competition and track how they are doing.
Good mot ivat i on when seeing your progress in compari-son to that of your colleagues!
The more input you give, the better the questions become!
N i c e q u e s t i o n t o s h a r e w i t h everyone of the company!
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Employees express-ing their love for their brand at the innocent website.
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Brainstorm vision
After having defined the design vision a brainstorm has
been organised using this design vision as a starting point,
to generate ideas for the different stages of the design
vision and an overall idea for the platform (see appendix H
for the set-up).
The brainstorm, participated by industrial designers,
focussed on generating solutions for each of the stages
of the vision and the accompanying points of focus (see
appendix I for the results).
This brainstorm has resulted in design solutions for tackling
the design vision and overall ideas for the platform. The
results have been analysed and the most promising ideas
have been taken along in the concept development phase.
• Countdown: only having a small amount of
time to fulfill a task
• Team competition
• Narrative
• Leaderboard to show who is leading
• Progression dynamic: show personal progression
• Meta game: small games embedded in other games
• Status: rank or level
• Achievements
Gaming elements 36:
Notifier: instant feedback about earned credits or other
rewards or achievements
Progression bar: showing your personal progression
Leaderboard: compares progression to friends, overall,
or nearest
Userprofile: information about who you are, badges you
have earned etc.
Avator: representation of player
Rewards:
• Points
• Achievements (badges)
• Levels
• Virtual goods
• Facebook credits
• Coupons
Fig 31: Impression of the vision brainstorm
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8.2 Concept development
Idea selection
All potential ideas generated throughout the project by
means of the activities described in the previous chapter
have been collected in an overview. In order to give struc-
ture to the ideas they have been categorised by type of
idea; characteristic of the platform, functionality, content,
gamification elements and extra’s (add-on’s for the plat-
form) (see appendix J).
All ideas have been evaluated by means of the design
vision and the design brief, filtering out too generic ideas
and ideas that will not enhance the platform or help to
reach the design vision. In order to narrow down the
ideas and to determine where to focus on during concept
development, the ideas where categorised by the fol-
lowing criteria: ideas relevant for the new Insider, ideas
that can form an extra feature or a supplement to the
platform, ideas to be considered for future development
(see appendix J).
Concept development
The list of ideas for the new Insider acquired by the idea
selection has functioned as the starting point for concept
development. During this phase activities have been under-
taken to develop an overall concept for the platform that
could incorporate characteristics, functionalities, content
and gaming elements defined during idea selection (see
figure 34 and 35).
During concept development several important decisions
have been made that were leading for the initial concept.
These main decisions covered the questions on how to offer
content for the brand innovation process to the organisa-
tion, how to facilitate a dialogue and how to incorporate
gamification elements.
First an important decision was made to separate the
gathering of input for the brand innovation process and the
Fig 32: Ideas categorised by type (see appendix J for a larger overview)
Fig 33: Overview idea selection (see appendix J for a larger overview)
Fig 34: Impression of the concept development (see appen-dix K for an overview of the concept development)
Fig 35: Impression of the concept development (see appen-dix K for an overview of the concept development)
CHARACTERISTICS- Anytime, anyplace anywhere (mobile)
- Costumisable for needs client (questions, as well as design)
- Combining online and offline
- Original interaction (prijs de prijs)
- Has to look good, clear interface
- Sketchy visual world to have participants feel free to give their input and to make
clear that it is not referring to the future brand
- Little witty things such as sounds or details should be added to make it more
appealing
- Tasks that are challenging but achievable
- Clear goals and rules of play
- A compelling narrative
- Personal tone of voice
- It is made clear that the participants are experts of their own lives and that they
can not give wrong answers
- Need to be made clear that it can be executed during work time
- Be clear about what input is public, what is shared and whether it is anonymous.
- The necessity of participation has to be made clear
- OpenIDEO: Clear visualisation of the process and contribution to process
FUNCTIONALITIES- Spread questions, not all questions at the same time
- Time for reflection, let them think about questions and get back to them
- Not everyone answers the same questions Insights are used for new ques-
tions
- Roamler: The more input you give, the better the questions become
- Get satisfaction: providing participants the possibility to give feedback at
anytime
- Repudo: Combining physical interaction with digital objects Infographic for
feeding back data
- Instant feedback about how much you have completed your questions or
showing results of the rest of the company in an infographic
- Datamining is used for eveluation of qualitative data
- Certain people are responsible for gathering insights of a part of the data
- Participants can help analyse the qualitative information by looking for
patterns
- Clusters in terms of what you find important instead of function or depart-
ment
- Random questions asked in the beginning of the Insider, that will be used as
funny feedback “did you know that together we own 200 cats, 60 dogs 8 birds
and 1 snake”
- Sharing passions and skills of people within the organisation (hidden gems)
to celebrate the potential within the organisation and stimulate interaction
“We have a person in our organisation that has climbed the Mount Everest”
- Sort of Facebook discussion where you have to choose sides, per comment
people can change their minds and the most influential comments will be
marked
- Peer pressure: only as a team you can complete a question and collect points:
“Josien just answered this question”
- For every input the status is communicated: “we have received it”, “we have
processed it” (whatsapp)
- Early adaptors: a group that can start earlier to already create content and to
check everything beforehand
- Management has to provide the example questions so they have to do the
question beforehand and show exemplary behavior
- After you have finished something you get an unexpected reward instead of
telling beforehand
- First a quality check is executed before getting credits
- CEO asks questions (spoken/movie questions)
- CEO tells you how you are doing and gives you compliments
- A clear start and end of the activation phase to be able to celebrate and
reflect
- When the project is “finished” use the Insider as an internal idea box, and
once a years as check tool to see how things are going and whether things
need to be adjusted
GAMIFICATION ELEMENTS- Notifier: instant feedback about earned credits or other rewards or
achievements
- Progression bar: showing your personal progression
- Leaderboard: compares progression to friends, overall, or nearest
- Userprofile: information about who you are, badges you have earned etc.
- Status: rank or level
- Aviator: representation of player
- A counter that keeps track of the amount of input
- Auction elements, time is counting down
- Nike+: Seeing your progress in comparison to that of your colleagues
- Comparison between departments or others (show scores)
- Element of chance to increase anticipation
- Countdown: only having a small amount of time to fulfill a task
- Team competition
- Meta game: small games embedded in other games
- Rewards: recognition, praise and appreciation, sense of influence, job
security, opportunity for growth, flexible hours
- Reward: you can go home earlier, company party, special food
- Rewards: Points, achievements (badges), levels, virtual goods, Facebook
credits, coupons
- Cool giveaways as reward that each time can be won based on different
criteria: most input, most creative etc (Punchtab)
- As reward you can collect “little extras”: freetime, broodje kroket or a
plant for in your room
- Collect “did you knows” at physical places in and around the office
(Repudo) Unlock badges with titles reflecting different roles within the
company “I have the CEO badge now”
EXTRA- Sneak previews and cliffhangers
- Personal teaser: story that involves you
- Count down before Insider begins
- Introduction and explanation of authority or expert in the form of a
column, for instance the CEO or BR-ND
- Personal “question hour” with someone who is independent and has
beroepsgeheim
- BR-ND takes the role of mediator and will look out for the interest of the
organisation: “we have a meeting next Friday, anything you like to share”
- 5-piece glossy “invite, motivate, generate, trust, change” with quotes,
interviews and feedback
- Have the results come back on physical object such as napkins, coffee
cups or business cards, business card can represent who you are based on
23plusone results
QUESTIONS / ASSIGNMENTS- Random questions: make it more fun More human questions: who are you?
- Personal mission (dream)
- Why questions: why this 23plusone card?
- Questions for input naming and design
- Bijenkorf: Photo challenge question
- Innocent drinks: What is the best thing of working at innocent?
- 7daysinmylife: Offering generative techniques for questions
- Visual input can help as inspiration and to gain information
- Kiki-bouba kind of questions (fun interface)
- Question where first options are generated, next question you can vote for the
answers generated before
- Doing assignments together (physically) and results or notes are fed back to the
Insider
- Let the organisation create own questions
- Execute “homework”
- Own market research by organisation
- Change of rolls within the company, CEO becomes secretary for one day Have
the organisation help prioritise things that need to be changed
- Ask people for their own job, what needs to change for them in order to do their
job differently, and what do they think they can do differently
- Matching of same functions, departments or types together in order to discuss
what has to be changed
- Have tryouts for a week long based on ideas and suggestions gathered before-
hand, were changes are tested: “how do you like to pick up the phone, flexible
work hours, different food in the cantine”.
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dialogue. This was done to make the platform accessible for
as many people as possible. People that are less interested
in the dialogue part are able to make use of the rest of the
platform and in this way are more likely to provide input by
means of answering questions. This will avoid important
input to be lost.
For offering the content for the brand innovation process
to the organisation several options have been considered.
These options include: offering the content question
per question, so first needing to finish a question before
“unlocking” the next. This would create a gaming element
that could help to motivate people to fill in questions. Also
proving a countdown for every question, needing to finish
it before time runs out, has come across. This could help to
generate certain data earlier in the process and to motivate
people to fill in questions. However I’ve chosen not to relate
the questions to an “unlock” or “time” mechanism, this
way creating a more accessible tool offering the opportu-
nity for everyone to answer as many questions as possible
and giving them freedom to chose which kind of questions
to answer, and allowing them to skip questions, avoiding
people to stop when they have difficulties with answering a
certain question.
A decision is made to split up the predefined content in a
public part, for everyone to see and a private part which is
only (anonymously) shared with the project team. These
public questions stimulate the creation of a connection
between the organisation by being able to see each oth-
ers entries, learning and being inspired by each other.
However having a private part provides an environment
where people are comfortable about personal and sensi-
tive subjects.
In order to facilitate a dialogue between the organisation
and BR-ND and the project team and between the organi-
sation itself, several decisions have been made. Options
that were considered include having defined moments
where a certain topic is discussed and where question can
be handed-in beforehand or making use of a direct chat
mechanism. Eventually the decision was made to facilitate
a continuous dialogue by means of a micro-blog combined
with comments. This was done in order not to limit the
participant to only being able to discuss a certain topic in
a short and defined time-window. Secondly this solution
helps to make it easier to create a dialogue between the
organisation internally and to create a vibrant platform
that is embraced by employees. It is also decided to divide
the dialogue part in different categories, creating a more
structured and controlled environment.
For the gaming elements choices have been made in order
to realise a healthy balance between making the platform
more fun and rewarding by means of adding gamification
elements while not distracting too much from the content.
Finally a “ down to earth” gaming concept is developed,
in which a coffee theme is used to provide a compelling
but accessible narrative, relevant for the office context.
It is chosen to reward people by means of coffee beans
for their effort and to be able to use the beans to reward
colleagues. This way providing a reward-system that will
stimulate use of the platform and keeping the system rela-
tively simple (not making use of levels, badges etc). Also
leaderboards and personal progression dynamics have
been implemented however it has been chosen not to give
these a prominent role, making it possible to ignore when
not interested,while still being a nice bonus for the more
engaged employees.
The activities in the concept development phase have
resulted in an initial concept that forms a sturdy founda-
tion to give further substance to. The concept forms a base
to fit both the design vision and brief and to form a coher-
ent part while connecting the separate ideas from the
idea selection. In the next paragraph this concept is briefly
outlined (the final concept is explained in detail in the next
chapter) and evaluated according to the design vision and
guidelines.
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8.3 Concept validation
This paragraph describes the validation of the initial con-
cept developed in the ideation phase. First the concept
is concisely explained describing the main functional-
ities and features of the platform. Next the concept is
evaluated against the design vision and guidelines. In
addition the development of the final concept is briefly
explained.
Concept
What
The main functionalities of the
platform focus on:
• Generating input of the organi-
sation for the part of the brand
innovation process done by
BR-ND and the project team
• Creating transparency
throughout the brand innova-
tion process executed by BR-ND
and the project team
• Feeding back results of this
process to the organisation
• Facilitating a dialogue regard-
ing the brand and the transfor-
mation process between the
project team and the organisa-
tion and the organisation itself
• Rewarding the organisation for
their contribution
How
• The platform will provide the organisation with questions and
assignments by BR-ND and the project team (which support the
phases of the brand innovation process executed by the project
team and BR-ND. The organisation has a certain amount of time
to complete these questions before the phases “close”. For each
phase new content is delivered to the organisation.
• These phases are communicated to the organisation and it is
shown where they are in the process.
• Per phase the results are being fed back to the organisation. Also
instant feedback is provided for the questions, showing your
results and that of others.
• A part of the platform is committed to facilitating a dialogue
between the project team and the organisation and the organi-
sation itself. The project team, together with input from the
predefined content and the organisation, feed this dialogue.
• Gamification elements (coffee beans) are used to reward par
ticipants when completing questions. This will be translated to
a score and will help to show the contribution distribution of
participants for each phase.
Features
• The platform will be accessible from multiple devices
• The platform makes it possible to rate entries of others, creating an internal analysis mechanism
• The rating element is linked to the reward system, first needing to earn credits before being able to spend them
• A daily “did you know” element will be added to the platform focussing on the human-side of the organisation.
These “did you knows” are generated by questions asked before the start of the Insider focussing on passions,
hobbies, accomplishments, background, funny facts of the individual employee as well as the organisation.
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Validation
The concept as presented before provides a platform that
supports the brand innovation process, forming the link
between the project team and BR-ND, and the organisation
and therefore meets the overall goal of the design vision.
Besides the initial concept provides a promising starting
point for integrating elements as indicated in the design
vision and guidelines in paragraph 7.2 and 7.3. The majority
of the elements and points of focus are either integrated in
the concept or the concept forms a foundation to address
these matters during further development.
First of all the concept integrates being able to use the plat-
form on multiple devices, making the platform accessible for
the lifestyle of the future employee.
By including elements of gamification and instant feedback
the participants are rewarded for their effort. Besides reward-
ing users, the instant feedback forms a way of standardising
a part of the data, making it easier for BR-ND to analyse. Also
the gamification elements have multiple functions: next to
making the platforms more fun it is a way of showing the
participants their contribution to the process in regards to the
different phases and to create a content filter executed by
the organisation itself. By connecting the “earn and spending
game”, people are stimulated to fill in questions.
The structure of the platform allows for any content to be
featured on the platform. The predefined content however
is tailored to each phase of the brand innovation platform.
Since this predefined content is developed in collabora-
tion with the project team before every phase, flexibility
in content choice is offered to clients. The dialogue part
of the platform makes is possible for the project team to
address the organisation and vice versa, this can happen at
any time. This dialogue helps to connect the organisation,
getting ad hoc input for the brand innovation process and
giving the organisation updates about the process, engag-
ing them in the project. It is necessary to develop content
that will form input for the brand innovation process and to
give substance to the dialogue, being able to steer this.
Summary concept evaluation by means of the design vision
Invite
• Easy to use:
Needs to be addressed during further development
• Accessible anywhere & anytime:
Accessible on multiple devices
Motivate
• Visually attractive:
Needs to be addressed during further development
• Rewarding:
Gaming elements & instant feedback
Generate
• Input brand innovation process:
Predefined content & dialogue
• Feedback results:
Instant feedback & feedback per phase
• Dialogue to support the process:
Dialogue between PT and organisation and organisation
itself
Trust
• Transparency in the process:
Divided in phases and visualisation of “where we are”
• Exemplary behaviour:
Should be addressed during further development
Change
• Connecting the organisation:
“Did you know’s” and public content
• Activating the strategy:
Included in the brand innovation process so consequently
also addressed by the new Insider
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Transparency is offered by means of visualising the process
and by the feedback that is offered when each phase is
finished, this helps to show the contribution of the organisa-
tion to the process as well.
The “did you know” elements will help to connect the
organisation by highlighting the more human-side of the
company, allowing people to learn about their own organi-
sation. In addition the public content and dialogue part of
the platform will stimulate connection, as it will provide
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provides a means for taking away silo’s between different
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By including the activation phase within the brand innova-
tion process the activation of the strategy is addressed
within the process. Again content needs to be developed
to facilitate this.
Development of the final concept
The validation of the concept makes clear that the initial
concept gives room for many of the ingredients indicated
in the design vision and guidelines, and forms a promising
foundation for the remaining elements of the design vision
and guidelines. After validation the initial concept has been
further developed into the final concept for the new Insider.
During this process ideas from the initial concept were
shaped. Furthermore focus is given to address elements not
yet included in the platform and the content development
for the platform (see appendix K for an overview of the
concept development).
The validation of the concept indicates that the following
aspects need to be addressed during the development of
the final concept:
Tone of voice and visual world
• Inviting an accessible tone of voice
• Inviting visual world
• Visual approach for the platform
User-friendliness
Content
• The input needed for the brand innovation process
• Content to stimulate engagement
• Content to create awareness
• Content to stimulate connection within the organisation
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representing the new Insider tool for BR-ND. First
an introduction to the concepts is given (paragraph
9.1). Second the two main services of the platform
are discussed including the content, structure and
interaction elements of the tool. This is first done for
the predefined content (paragraph 9.2), followed by
the dialogue part of the platform (paragraph 9.3). Next
the parts of the platform relevant for both services
are explained (paragraph 9.4). Finally a stakeholders
journey is presented explaining the different steps
that are taken by the stakeholders during the process
of the new Insider (paragraph 9.5).
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This paragraph gives an introduction to the new Insider,
explaining the main services and characteristics of the
platform. The platform is explained in more detail in the fol-
lowing paragraphs of this chapter.
In order to explain the concept I have chosen to use a
screenshot-style prototype for visualising the look and feel
and the different functionalities of the platform. This is done
because the new Insider is a digital platform that for a large
part depends on the visual execution of the concept, so
screenshots form an effective way of communicating how
the platform works and what it looks like. Secondly creating
a working prototype would have been too time consuming
and beyond the scope of my expertise.
The visual style and interaction elements as presented
later on in the screenshots give a taste of the desired style.
It might need fine tuning by a visual designer, when the
final platform is built. The screenshots cover only the basic
functionalities up to a level of proof of concept, so not
all interaction possibilities and details are worked out by
means of visuals.
predefined contentdialogue
TODAY(2 - 3 months)
FUTURE(3 - 4 months)
TOMORROW(5 - 6 months)
Fig 37: Services of the platform in re-lation to the brand innova-tion process
Services
The platforms offers two main services: support of the
brand innovation process by means of predefined content
and support of the brand innovation process by means of
dialogue generated content (see figure 37).
This predefined content is divided into three phases (today,
future, tomorrow) which are adjusted to the part of the
brand innovation process which is executed by the project
team and BR-ND. The platform will run over a time span of
10 - 13 months, in the case of a full rebranding process (see
figure 37).
The predefined content is developed by BR-ND in col-
laboration with the project team and provided to the
organisation at the beginning of each phase (while new
content can still be added during the phase). These ques-
tions and assignments have to be filled in before the end
of the phase.
Besides this predefined content part there is a part of the
platform that gives room to a continuous dialogue between
the project team and the organisation and the organisation
itself. This part of the platform is called the Coffee Corner.
This section is divided into three categories (news, share
and questions) all with their own specific function.
Note: the explanation of the concept is based on a full rebranding pro-cess, it is also possible to do a part of the process or to exclude the naming & design phase
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Predefined content:
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Structure
The functionalities and structure of the platform are
adapted to the two main services (see figure 38). The
platform consists of a question page, where the ques-
tions of the predefined content can be found and where
an overview is given of the brand innovation process.
The result page gives instant feedback of the questions
and offers feedback of the project team and BR-ND per
phase to the organisation.
The Coffee Corner, consisting of three categories,
facilitates a dialogue between project team and the
organisation and the organisation itself.
The beans page presents the scores of both the pre-
defined content and the Coffee Corner (see gamification
page 91). In the help section explanation of the
whole platform can be found.
Accessibility
In order to create an accessible tool that fits
the lifestyle of the employee of the future,
the platform will be manageable and acces-
sible from multiple devices. Besides the
computer it will also be available from mobile
devices such as smart phones or tablets creat-
ing a platform that is accessible anywhere at
anytime. This gives participants the opportu-
nity to make a picture with their smartphone
when they see something inspiring or to
access the Insider from anywhere, or when-
ever suits them best.
Fig 38: Structure of the platform in relation to the two main services
Fig 39: Impression of the platform
Ease of use
Although not being a webdesigner I have been able to use
my experience as both industrial designer and platform user
to design a user-friendly tool. A visual approach for both
the platform and its content is applied to create an inviting
and attractive tool and to make the core elements easy
recognisable.
The interaction mechanisms of the tool and in particular the
Coffee Corner are inspired by shown principles of existing
platforms and websites that have proven to be effective
and that many of us are familiar with, such as the use of
horizontal navigation and being able to “like” and comment
on posts. This will invite people to try the Insider as they find
it easy to adapt to the new platform.
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Tone of voice & visual world
For the tone of voice a sketch-like style is chosen. This is
done for several reasons:
First of all with this sketch-like style it is tried to create
a playful but professional environment, inspired on the
approach used for generative techniques 18: playful to make
the platform inviting for participants to bring their own
ideas and to fill-in questions. However still professional
enough to make the participants feel that they are taken
seriously 18.
Secondly creating a sketch-like visual world makes it clear
for participants that this is not related to the new visual
world of the brand. This avoids people getting too attached
to the look and feel and indicates an “in progress” status,
just as was done with PostNL (see case study paragraph
4.2).
Finally the sketch-like style also invites for addressing
people personally in an informal tone of voice 39 , something
that is desirable for the new Insider, as this will encourage
people to participate and fits the nature of the platform.
Gamification
In order to make the platform attractive and to increase
motivation of participants, gaming elements have been
added. The gaming elements are represented in the form
of coffee beans. These coffee beans can be both earned and
spent by respectively completing questions and receiv-
ing beans from colleagues or by rewarding other people’s
entries or posts.
It is chosen for a coffee theme to give substance to the gam-
ing elements of the platform since it provides a compelling
narrative relevant for an office context and for complemen-
tary offline actions.
Next to making the platform more fun, the coffee beans
also form a way of showing the participants their contribu-
tion to the process in regards to the different phases and to
create a content filter executed by
the organisation itself (more infor-
mation on this can be found in the
next paragraph).
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Fig 40: Coffee beans
9.2 Predefined content
This paragraph discusses the predefined content part of the
platform, one of the main two services the platform offers.
First the content of this service is discussed. Secondly the
components of the platform supporting the predefined
content are presented.
Content
One of the main goals for the predefined content is to
provide input for the part of the brand innovation process
executed by the project team and BR-ND and to facilitate
the brand innovation process on the side of the organisa-
tion. For this reason the predefined content is divided into
different phases related to the phases of the brand innova-
tion process the project team and BR-ND are involved with.
Another goal of the predefined content is to engage the
organisation with the process and facilitate the connection
creation within the organisation itself.
Figure 41 on the next page shows an overview of the
content for each phase. First it is explained what is needed
for a phase to be successful, secondly the characteristics of
the content are discussed and finally example questions are
given. The yellow bullet points indicate that this question is
based on a question already asked in the current Insider.
Today
The first phase is called “today”, focussing on the question
“who are we?”. This phase tries to find out what the employ-
ees find important in their lives, how they feel about their
organisation and how they see the future of the organisation.
This phase should also help providing results that give confir-
mation to higher management and the project team about the
current situation.
The today phase forms input for the strategy phase executed
by the project team and BR-ND. This part of the new tool most
resembles the current Insider and therefore uses quite some
questions already asked in the current Insider. However these
questions will be presented in a different way, making them
more attractive and fun to do. Besides creating input for the
process, the content (counting for all three phases) aims at
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creating engagement with the process among the participants
and creating a connection within the organisation. Including
more “fun” questions and having “public” questions, sharing
results with the other participants, tries to reach this goal (see
figure 43).
The today phase has a focus on the individual and how he or
she feels. Also this phase is characterised by the 23plusone
questions as this forms the foundation for the next phase (see
figure 42). Based on the experience of BR-ND of the current
Insider, I aim to find a balance between both open and closed
questions. Closed questions are easier to analyse however
open questions can provide more rich information and reveal
things otherwise unidentified. Also a combination is sought
between scientific based questions such as 23plusone, to give
the organisation and management the feeling of a solid pro-
cess, and offering them more fun questions that are focussed
on engagement and connection of the organisation.
Future
The “future” phase focuses on the dream of the organi-
sation “who do we want to be?”. This phase takes into
account the results of the Kitchen, meaning that a large
part of the strategy is already defined. During the future
phase, creation of awareness for the results of the first
phase is stimulated, the new brand strategy is checked
with the organisation and substance is given to this new
strategy, as this has not completely been pinned down yet
(see figure 44). In addition this phase will generate input
for the naming and design phase executed by BR-ND. For
this part I attemp to provide inspiration for the designers.
Using associative questions to create an image of how the
organisation perceives the new brand helps to provide
this inspiration, as this is an effective technique that the
designers of BR-ND are familiar with. Nevertheless there is
also room to experiment with using other ways of gaining
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We just has a meeting about the new design, it’s going to be great! We see that our organisation is keen on the colour green for our new design, we would like to know how come most of you selected green?We have noticed that there are question about why we have included the freedom card in the Trinity. We have done this because...Something has changed in the planning because we needed some extra time to look at the result of the Today phaseThe results of the Today phase are ready, you can find them here. There will also be a presentation by the CEO about the results this Wednesday at 12.oo in the Blue room. More information on this will follow.
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inspiration for the designers. This will help to gain experi-
ence in this field, as the designers never had the opportunity
to “make use of” an entire organisation. However it should
be kept in mind and communicated to the participants that
the focus is on gathering inspiration, providing the design-
ers with enough creative freedom.
Again for this phase a combination of open and closed
questions is provided to create a balance between easier to
interpret data, and giving the organisation the opportunity to
express themselves.
Tomorrow
The last phase is called “tomorrow” and focuses on “how
do we get there”. This phase revolves around defining what
needs to be done tomorrow in order to reach the dream
for the future. By this time the new brand strategy is fully
defined and shared with the organisation. This phase will
help to define what needs to be done differently in order
to activate the strategy. So for this phase it is necessary to
identify obstacles this new strategy brings. This should also
be done on an individual level, to see what needs to change
Supply & Analysis
Now that an image is created of the kind of content covered
by the questions, it is explained how this content is supplied
and analysed. Figure 46 shows a schematic overview of the
supply and analysis flow.
Below the steps of figure 46 are explained:
1. The predefined content is supplied by BR-ND and in
collaboration with the project team fine-tuned for use,
providing flexibility in content for the client. The content
is determined per phase, being able to quickly start the
process when the “today” phase is ready. During the phase
Fig 45: Example of a do question in the To-morrow phase
Now that we have defined our future, we would like you to meet up with colleagues that have a similar function, and discuss what things need to change for you to be able to let the future come to life.
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Fig 44: Example of a ques-tions asked in the Future phase
...? What sort of coffee machine you feel represent the new brand strategy the best and why? Click on the picture of your choice and explain your choice below.
in order to live the new brand strategy. Exemplary behav-
iour is key for this phase, to show the organisation trust
and commitment to change. This phase is characterised by
more “do-assignments” in comparison to the other phases,
so asking people to carry out certain tasks and feed results
back to the platform (see figure 45). This will help to experi-
ment with actually doing things differently and to let the
new brand come to life.
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extra content can be added, avoiding the platform from
becoming too static.
The priority of the questions is roughly divided in two: ques-
tions that provide input for the brand innovation process
and questions that have more an engagement and connec-
tion function. Although this separation is not as black and
white, a part of the questions have less value for the process
or are difficult to analyse, but useful for feeding back to the
organisation for an engagement and connection purpose.
These are for the most part public questions.
2. This predefined content is launched at the platform and
the organisation can start giving their input.
3. The data of the predefined content is analysed by
BR-ND. The analysis takes place after the phase has closed,
however in-between-analyses can be execute to already get
an indication of the respond rate, and to take action when
needed. The questions that support the brand innovation pro-
cess applicable for quantitative analysis such as the 23plusone
questions, multiple choice or likert scales will be analysed as
is done now with the current Insider. For the open question,
data mining is suggested (see the information box below).
For the questions that focus on engagement and connec-
tion, a mechanism is created were participants analyse a
part of the entries themselves. This is done by means of
the beans that can be rewarded to entries (as these are
public questions). These beans will form a filter system,
indicating the most popular entries. Additional questions
can be asked in the Coffee Corner regarding these popular
posts, to get more information about why these are appre-
ciated by the organisation.
The results are translated into relevant insights by means
of the expertise BR-ND has build up over the years. These
insights will be captured in an understandable and attractive
matter.
4. Subsequently the insights are viewed and discussed
with the project team and used as input for the brand
innovation process. Based on the gathered data and the
results of the process executed by BR-ND and the project
team, new questions are defined by BR-ND in collaboration
with the project team. After defining the new content, the
process starts over again for the next phase. This is done for
each of the three phases.
Text mining
Text mining is a specific type of datamining and can be used to process unstructured textual information to recognize patterns and
clusters. Text mining makes it possible to analyse large amount of open questions without having to go through all the data manually.
Text mining can be used to create clusters of text and indicate how it is distributed, whether the sentiments are negative or positive.
Text mining software can be used to analyse text, however to get more effective results it is adviced to make use of the services of
specialised datamining companies. Such companies are able to tailor-make software to fit the type of questions or the research mak-
ing the results much more accurate. Besides analysing open questions, text mining is very well suited for analysing trending topics
and sentiments across micro-blogs and social media. Creating a real-time view from both the inside of the organisation as well as the
external world 40.
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Platform
In this part the components of the platform supporting the predefined content are presented, showing the look and feel and
the interaction elements of the platform.
Start
When entering the platform the participants will start at the “questions” page. This page gives an overview of the three phases and
shows which phase is currently active. You can see when other phases will start and you can directly go to the results of the phases
that are already finished. By providing an overview of the different phases of the predefined content transparency is offered to the
organisation regarding the brand innovation process. This visual representation allows participants to get insight into which phase
is currently active and when a phase starts and ends. It also creates clear deadlines for participants to finish exercises and for the
project team and BR-ND to finish things off, and to feed back results.
On the questions page all exercises of the current phase are shown. To improve visibility the colors in the menu change
according to which phase is active. Only exercises can be executed of the phase that is currently active. This to provide
participants with freedom of when to answer questions, without overloading them with questions and keeping clear dead-
lines for both the organisation and project team. The questions are divided into three categories:
• 23plusone: these questions involve the 23plusone methodology. So this can be either the current 23plusone questions
about your personal drives, those of the brand and of the future brand, or additional 23plusone questions.
• Questions: yellow indicates any kind of question besides that of 23plusone, this can be an open or closed question.
• Do-exercises: this indicates a do-assignment. To complete this question, a task needs to be carried out and results need
to be fed back by means of the Insider.
This division in questions is made to give participants a quick overview of the type of questions that are offered. Furthermore an
emphasis is given to the 23plusone method. Having people recognise and remember 23plusone helps during the rest of the process,
as the methodology comes back further in the process.
When an icon is grey it means that this question has not been completed yet, so the start page will become more colorful over time.
A double icon means that results of this question are public results. This means that when you have finished this question you can
have a look at the results of others. You can only see results after finishing the question to limit people being influenced by others.
As can be seen a clear division is made between public questions and the questions that are only (anonymously) shared
with the project team and BR-ND. These questions cover the more personal and confronting questions: questions people
might be hesitant to share or would influence their answer when knowing other people are able to see them. The public
questions cover the more light-hearted questions that are fun to share and take a look at, targeted at engagement and
connection within the organisation.
By completing questions you can collect coffee beans, the number of coffee beans is indicated next to the question.
Besides earning coffee beans by means of the exercises you can earn coffee beans from colleagues when they reward a
post or a public result. In turn you can hand out beans and reward coworkers.
In the top-right corner your current bean count is indicated. The coffee beans provide a way of stimulating use of the plat-
form by both rewarding participants for their effort, and being able to be rewarded with recognision of others by receiving
beans.
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Fig 48: Example of a question
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When filling out a question you directly see how many
beans you have earned and they will be added up to
your bean balance. You can choose to have a look at
the results, do another question or leave the page (see
figure 51).
Results
On the results page the answers on the questions are visu-
alised providing the participants with instant feedback. This
instant feedback creates an accelerated feedback loop, one
of the elements indicated to stimulate motivation 37.
The results are fed back and displayed in an infographic
style, creating an attractive look and feel. The questions
that are not answered yet are presented in grey already
indicating how the results will look when answered. This will
create curiosity and remind participants to fill in the remain-
ing questions.
The results are presented per phase and divided into anony-
mous and public results (these would appear when scrolling
down). Although the anonymous questions are not public,
they can still provide feedback about the answers of the rest
of the company. This will stimulate reflection and awareness
as participants can see their results in comparison to others.
When a double layer page is visible this means that this
phase is finished and the project team has posted feedback
regarding this phase explaining the overall results and
choices that have been made. When results are posted this
will also be indicated in the Coffee Corner.
Here an example is given of how the results of a public ques-
tion can look like. All the results can be seen, together with
the amount of beans they have received.
An entry can be rewarded with a bean by hovering over one
of the results and clicking on the pop-up (see figure 52).
The “giving of beans” has many similarities with “likes” on
Facebook, or “+1” on Google Plus, phenomena that are well
known and popular. By adding an “earning and spending”
element much like what was implemented in the Uservoice
website 30, participants need to be more conscious about
where they spend beans on. This will create more consider-
ate choices and will make the results (high scores items)
more valuable and become a better indicator of ambassa-
dors among the organisation.
When double clicking on a result it enlarges and you can see
whose entry it is. Results can be posted in the Coffee Corner,
however in order to do this additional argumentation has to
be provided. This is done to avoid people posting all kinds of
things in the Coffee Corner without consideration.
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Fig 52: Example of a public result
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Fig 51: Completion of a question
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9.3 Dialogue
The dialogue part of the platform is named the “Coffee
Corner” and serves multiple purposes: it provides room
for the project team to update the organisation about
the project and to generate additional input for the brand
innovation process. It provides the opportunity for the
organisation to get involved in discussions about the
process and organisation related matters, facilitating
engagement and connection within the organisation. Also
the Coffee Corner makes it possible for the organisation to
ask question related to the process or covering practical
issues about the platform. The Coffee Corner is divided into
three parts: news, share and questions.
Content
Figure 53 shows an overview of the content for each of the
categories (including the questions category). First it is
explained what is needed for a category to be successful,
secondly the characteristics of the category is discussed
and finally example posts are given.
News
The news section is used for the project team to post
updates about the project for instance to inform the
organisation about a meeting they had, or to indicate when
changes to the planning have been made. Additionally the
news section helps getting additional and ad hoc input for
the brand innovation process, not included in the pre-
defined questions. Also additional information can be given
to the organisation when questions arise about certain
matters.
Exemplary behaviour is essential for this phase as the
project team needs to show initiative in order to get the
conversation going.
This category of the Coffee Corner only allows posts
made by the project team, being able to steer the dia-
logue and avoid clutter. However when the project team
asks a question, the organisation is able to reply. The
organisation is notified when important posts occur in
this category.
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focus on individual23+1 questionscombination open and closed questionsbalance scientific and fun
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transparency regarding new brand strategycheck of the new brand strategyrecognition and awareness regarding the new brandstrategygive substance to the new brand strategyinput for naming and designcreate engagement with the process and platformcreate a connection within the organisation
identifying the obstaclesapplying strategy regarding own jobexemplary behavior and courage for experimentingcreate engagement with the process and platformcreate a connection within the organisation
Module 23+1 questions: personal, current brand, future brand (likert scale) - Drag the 24 card, depending on how important it is to you at this moment, in the appropriate boxWhat comes in mind when you think of your organisation (open question)Take a picture of what you feel is the best thing about working at this company (open question)What sort of coffee would fit the current brand and why? (multiple-choice + open)What makes your organisation unique? (open question filled-in on a T-shirt)module to get an overall image of the organisation (likert scale) - My organisation is: effective - ineffective, open - closed etc. If your brand were a piece of music how would it sound? (multiple-choice with real pieces of music)What are our strengths (multiple-choice + open) What are our weaknesses? (multiple-choice + open) Module about attachment of employees in regards to the organisation (likert scale) - I feel proud to work here, - I feel good when our organisation performs well
Module concerning the new brand strategy (likert scale) - The new brand strategy is clear to me, - I am enthusiastic about the new brand strategy etcWhat would be an inspiring example for our organisation and why (multiple-choice + open)Put the selected 23plusone cards in order of importance, according to you, and explain why (23plusone + open)Do you have an idea for the new brand strategy that can benefit the organisation?What sort of coffee machine fits the new brand strategy and why (multiple-choice + open)What kind of car and house would you choose for the new brand and why? (multiple-choice + open)Choose a shape and colour you feel represents the new brand (multiple-choice)Help us out with inspiration for the new design of the brand, inspire us with logo’s, visuals are anything you feel can give inspiration
If you were to be assigned to be the CEO for two weeks, what would you do first? (open question)How would you explain the new brand in your own words to a costumer? (open question)What things in general you feel need to be done differently in the future to actually live the new brand? (open question) Show what you feel the new pillars of the brand strategy mean for the organisation by sending in pictures that in your view represents one or multiple pillars of the new brandMeet-up with colleagues with the same function and discus what needs to be changed for your function in order to be able to represent the new brand
updates about the project additional questions as input for the brand innovation processadditional explanation of processexemplary behaviour
posts by project team onlyorganisation can only reply when questions are askedorganisation is notified about important news updates beans can be given to posts
We just has a meeting about the new design, it’s going to be great! We see that our organisation is keen on the colour green for our new design, we would like to know how come most of you selected green?We have noticed that there are question about why we have included the freedom card in the Trinity. We have done this because...Something has changed in the planning because we needed some extra time to look at the result of the Today phaseThe results of the Today phase are ready, you can find them here. There will also be a presentation by the CEO about the results this Wednesday at 12.oo in the Blue room. More information on this will follow.
dialogue about results predefined content and processsharing of posts, pictures, links that have something to do with the brand or can function as inspirationexemplary behavior
I like this picture! I love to visit clients as well and see how our products are useful for themLook at this article I found, this is how the competition is doing! Interesting right.. I am curious, what is your favourite brand and why? mine is ...Who is going to the meeting this afternoon? I always have the feeling they tell the same storyI want to share this complaint I got from a client, maybe someone has an idea on improving this in the future. I received an email....Look at this movie about our newest product, this is also a way of using it hahah, didn’t thought about that
Answering of questions about the process or the platform
How do I upload a picture for a do question?I don’t completely understand how the third pillar of the new strategy is applicable for us?Where is the information going that I send in? does it go to my own department?I like to add multiple pictures for a question, is that possible?
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focus on individual23+1 questionscombination open and closed questionsbalance scientific and fun
questions based on results “today” phasecombination open and closed questionsassociative questions
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transparency regarding new brand strategycheck of the new brand strategyrecognition and awareness regarding the new brandstrategygive substance to the new brand strategyinput for naming and designcreate engagement with the process and platformcreate a connection within the organisation
identifying the obstaclesapplying strategy regarding own jobexemplary behavior and courage for experimentingcreate engagement with the process and platformcreate a connection within the organisation
Module 23+1 questions: personal, current brand, future brand (likert scale) - Drag the 24 card, depending on how important it is to you at this moment, in the appropriate boxWhat comes in mind when you think of your organisation (open question)Take a picture of what you feel is the best thing about working at this company (open question)What sort of coffee would fit the current brand and why? (multiple-choice + open)What makes your organisation unique? (open question filled-in on a T-shirt)module to get an overall image of the organisation (likert scale) - My organisation is: effective - ineffective, open - closed etc. If your brand were a piece of music how would it sound? (multiple-choice with real pieces of music)What are our strengths (multiple-choice + open) What are our weaknesses? (multiple-choice + open) Module about attachment of employees in regards to the organisation (likert scale) - I feel proud to work here, - I feel good when our organisation performs well
Module concerning the new brand strategy (likert scale) - The new brand strategy is clear to me, - I am enthusiastic about the new brand strategy etcWhat would be an inspiring example for our organisation and why (multiple-choice + open)Put the selected 23plusone cards in order of importance, according to you, and explain why (23plusone + open)Do you have an idea for the new brand strategy that can benefit the organisation?What sort of coffee machine fits the new brand strategy and why (multiple-choice + open)What kind of car and house would you choose for the new brand and why? (multiple-choice + open)Choose a shape and colour you feel represents the new brand (multiple-choice)Help us out with inspiration for the new design of the brand, inspire us with logo’s, visuals are anything you feel can give inspiration
If you were to be assigned to be the CEO for two weeks, what would you do first? (open question)How would you explain the new brand in your own words to a costumer? (open question)What things in general you feel need to be done differently in the future to actually live the new brand? (open question) Show what you feel the new pillars of the brand strategy mean for the organisation by sending in pictures that in your view represents one or multiple pillars of the new brandMeet-up with colleagues with the same function and discus what needs to be changed for your function in order to be able to represent the new brand
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We just has a meeting about the new design, it’s going to be great! We see that our organisation is keen on the colour green for our new design, we would like to know how come most of you selected green?We have noticed that there are question about why we have included the freedom card in the Trinity. We have done this because...Something has changed in the planning because we needed some extra time to look at the result of the Today phaseThe results of the Today phase are ready, you can find them here. There will also be a presentation by the CEO about the results this Wednesday at 12.oo in the Blue room. More information on this will follow.
dialogue about results predefined content and processsharing of posts, pictures, links that have something to do with the brand or can function as inspirationexemplary behavior
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Fig 54: Example of possibledialogues in the newssection
Jaap Houde:
We just had a meeting about the new design for our brand, it is going to look great! However still a lot needs to be done, we keep you posted!
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Alex van de Groene
News
We have noticed that this posts is very popular. I see this as a metafor for what we need to start working on! We are curious about what the picture means for you?
Pieter Houten:
As you saw in the results we are an (above average) pride company. We would like toknow where you are proud of privetly as well as proffesionally. Help us out!
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Sarah Reys:
I am proud of that I have finsihed by degree next to my full-time job. In my work I feel proud when a see a costumer on the street using our products!
Jo Reitsma:
I feel that the picture represent the oppertunity that we are given, and that together we have to try to make this work. It will only work if we all put effort in it. So I guess that comes down to what you were saying Alex.
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Share
This category mainly focuses on facilitating a dialogue
between the organisation itself, by taking away silos and
being able to share thoughts and ideas.
The share category makes it possible to discuss the results
of the shared questions generated by the predefined con-
tent. Also links, pictures and posts relevant for the brand
innovation process or for connection the organisation can
be shared. You can browse through posts of others and
reward them by giving beans.
In this category posts can be made by anyone and
beans can reward posts. Exemplary behaviour by higher
management is desired, as it shows commitment to the
organisation.
Fig 55: Example of possibledialogues in the sharesection
Josien Pieters:
Post something new...
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Benjamin Huis:
I found this article about our competitors, it think we can learn something about how theydeal with costumer relations...what do you think?
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Mia Davison
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I like this picture that is shared by David Smet, I feel that we all should try to recapture the feeling we had that day. All be a bit more relaxed and maybe even become more informal towards clients, that would fit the new direction we are heading.
Dennis van Vroom:
Yes I do have to agree with you on that Megan, but I do think that those two things are not that easy comparable. However the tips on page 6, especially the last two, should be includedin the new plans.
Questions
The questions category as the name implies can be used by
the organisation to ask questions about both the process
and the platform itself. Other users, the project team or the
technical support team can answer questions. When ques-
tions are asked multiple times or when questions receive
many beans, the project team can cover this item in the
news section, giving an update to everyone.
This category allows anyone to ask a question. Also beans
can be given to questions, indicating that you are dealing
with the same matter.
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Now that an image is created of the kind of content
covered by the Coffee Corner it is explained in more detail
how this content is supplied and analysed. Figure 56 shows
a schematic overview of the supply and analysis flow.
The content developed by means of the Coffee Corner is initi-
ated by the organisation (including the project team). As this
dialogue revolves around their organisation and brand, it is
important that it comes from people within the organisation
instead of an external party.
For monitoring and analysing the dialogue-generated
content an extra team is added to the project: the “Coffee
Corner team”. This team consists of employees of internal
communication, internal branding and designated people
from the organisation, managed by someone of the project
team. This is done in order to discharge the project team of
having to deal with everything going on in the Coffee Corner.
Furthermore this team is able to monitor the dialogue,
removing clutter when necessary, steering the dialogue by
posting relevant items for the project and attending the proj-
ect team when needing to answer questions. BR-ND will stay
informed, by checking the statistics of the Coffee Corner and
receiving check-ups by the Coffee Corner team.
Below the steps of the supply and analysis flow for the
Coffee Corner are explained (figure 56):
1. The project team, encouraged by BR-ND, generates
input for the dialogue. This input covers things such as
asking for additional information regarding the brand inno-
vation process or giving updates about the project. Also the
Coffee Corner team can help to get the discussion going, by
for instance asking a question in the share category or by
sharing an article.
2. The organisation is able to react on these posts or can
posts items themselves. The project team or the Coffee
Corner team can react on these posts. Just as with the
predefined content, all posts can be rewarded with coffee
beans filtering out the most interesting and enjoyable
posts.
3. The dialogue is monitored and analysed by the
Coffee Corner team. This team makes sure that the
platform stays clutter free, that inappropriate things are
removed, that questions are being answered and the
team initiates conversations when needed. They analyse
the data by indicating most popular topics discussed,
looking at the most rewarded posts and observing the
statistics (text mining, see page 95, can also be of use
for the analysis of the content generated by the Coffee
Corner).
4. This will be regularly briefed to the project team and
BR-ND. This way they are able to react on the subjects and
activities going on in the Coffee Corner.
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As you saw in the results we are an (above average) pride company. We would like toknow where you are proud of privetly as well as proffesionally. Help us out!
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I would like to get some more information on why it is chosen to use playful as oneof the pillars of the new strategy. I dont really see how we can translate that to clients?
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Here the components of the platform supporting the dia-
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Coffee Corner
On the left it is shown how the Coffee Corner looks like.
The overview page shows the latest news or most popular
post of all the categories and explains what each category is
about. When clicking on one of the tabs on the left you will
go to the particular category.
When something important is mentioned in the Coffee
Corner you will receive a notification so that you know you
have to take a look.
An extra feature of the Coffee Corner is that you can invite
someone for a real-life cup of coffee. This gives you the
opportunity to meet with someone who for instance has an
idea that you are interested in.
As an example of what the categories look like, figure 58
shows the questions section of the Coffee Corner. Here you
can post a new question or browse through other posts. You
can categorise posts by most recent or most popular.
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This icon indicates a question. This can be any kind of question. You just have to click on the icon to find out!
This icon represents a Do-assignment. This means you will first carry out an assigment and feed back your results when finsihed.
When the icon is grey it means you still have to fill it out! A double icon means that results are shared. When finishing it, you can have a look at the results of others.
In the right corner your current beans balance is indicated. See scores for a more detailed overview of your earned beans.
Besides the exercises you can also re-ceive beans of others. Colleagues can reward your shared results or post (see coffee corner). In turn you can hand out beans and reward your coworkers.
Here you can find an overview of the phases and where we are, to stay up-to-date of the process. You can go to the results of already finsihed phases and of course fill out exercises of the current phase. This data will make it possible to create our new brand together!
You can collect coffee beans by fill-ing out exercises. The number next to the question indicates the amount of beans you will receive.
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As explained in the introduction paragraph of this chapter
(figure 38) some features of the platform integrate both the
predefined and dialogue services. Below these features are
explained.
Beans
At the bean page all scores regarding the coffee bean
challenge are collected. First a total bean score shows
the amount of beans you have collected over time and
how they are collected. Next to this, high scores of the
organisation are presented, showing who is leading.
By providing a leader board, a competition element is
added to the platform, a gaming element that increases
motivation 38. These leader scores can also be used
for additional rewards. For instance the five people
with the highest scores can participate in the Kitchen
workshop.
Below the scores are shown for each phase separately next
to the scores of the rest of the organisation. This will create
transparency of people’s contribution to each phase, and
how much this could have been. Furthermore it shows
how coworkers have done, something that will increase
awareness.
Help
For each part of the platform an explanation phase is cre-
ated. In figure 60 the explanation of the question page can
be found. Here all aspects of each part of the platform are
explained in a light-hearted and visual manner. Participants
can consult these pages when they need some explanation
about the platform. When they are not able to solve their
problem by means of the information provided here, partici-
pants can always post a question in the Coffee Corner.
Did you know
The “did you know’s” as shown in figure 61 have already
been presented in screenshots of the results and Coffee
Corner page. These did you knows are generated by ques-
tions that are asked before the start of the Insider. These
questions cover the more human-side of the organisation
finding out about personal passions, and achievements.
However also interesting and funny facts of the collective
are revealed by as-king question like “how do you go to
work” or “what is your favorite holiday destination”. All this
input will be processed into daily “did you know’s” of the
organisation, in this way more insights are gained in the
uniqueness and potential of the organisation that will help
create a connection within the organisation. These did you
knows can be rewarded with beans.
That we are sportive organisation! 80% plays a sport actively, tennis and running being the most popular sports. Btw two people practise extreme ice climbing!
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Fig 61: Example of a did you know
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9.5 Stakeholders journey
The figures in this paragraph describe the stakeholders
journey, explaining the different steps that are taken by
the stakeholders during the process of the new Insider.
The stakeholders journey is divided into three levels:
• Approval: this level involves the board of the company
and the actions that are taken to get approval to continue.
• Operational: covering the steps that need to be
executed to get the platform working.
• Organisation: this level describes what happens on organi-
sation level and is complemented by user scenarios (pic-
tures below the organisation level).
The stakeholder journey is divided into five different phases
relating to the phases in time the stakeholders are going
through. These phases are described throughout this paragraph.
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Intake & approvalFirst orientation meetings take place of-ten together with representatives of the board and higher management. Here BR-ND presents their approach and ser-vices and further on in the negotiations a concrete plan including prices. Finally BR-ND gets approval by the board of the company or a representa-tive of the board for starting the brand innovation process and subsequently the new Insider.
Project TeamA project team (PT) is formed that will work together with BR-ND during the process. BR-ND advises on the for-
mation of this PT team, consisting of people from higher or middle management represent-ing various departments within the organisation such as marketing, HR and communication.
Content & campaignTogether with BR-ND, the PT decides on the in-house campaign to promote the new Insider. Secondly the content (partly) of the first phase is agreed upon, so that the Insider can be tailored and prepared.
Coffee Corner teamBR-ND and the PT form and brief the Coffee Corner team (CCT) that will help out in the Coffee
Corner. The CCT is managed by someone of the PT and consists of people from internal brand-ing, communication, ICT.
Preliminary phase
In this phase BR-ND has to convince a potential client to
commission them for a brand innovation process. This is
often done in form of an orientation meeting with higher
management and representatives of the board. Sometimes
a pitch system is used where multiple consultancies present
their work and approach. During these first meetings the
platform will be presented. It is important that in this phase
attention is given to how the platform can help. It should
be emphasised that it is important to engage the organisa-
tion during such a process as they together form the brand.
Therefore it is essential to ask their input and engage them
during the process to create an authentic brand that is sup-
ported by the organisation. This is done on an interactive,
continuous and transparent way, by means of the platform.
When BR-ND is commissioned to do a brand innovation
process and consequently an Insider a project team will be
formed. Together with the project team the content of the
first phase is discussed and the campaign for the internal
promotion is shaped. Next to this a Coffee Corner is formed
that will help out during the project (figure 62).
For the campaign it is important that it is made clear to the
organisation why they are invited to join this project. It should
be explained, preferably by the CEO by means of a movie or
a real life presentation, that every person of the organisation
is a representative of the brand and contributes to the brand.
So everyone’s opinion, input, ideas are meaningful contribu-
tions. The campaign plays an essential role in explaining the
organisation why things are shaken up and how they can
contribute. Besides attention should be given to the expla-
nation of the platform to make sure everyone understands
how it works and what is expected from them.
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Campaign preparation & startThe internal campaign is pre-pared and started by BR-ND and the PT.
Did you knows & example contentBR-ND creates the “did you know’s” gathered from the teaser questionnaire. The PT and CCT starts creating example content by filling in questions of the new Insider themselves.
Campaign (1 week) The organisation is introduced to the project. Below an example of a campaign
is given. Different types of campaigns can be used for the inhouse promotion.
In order to attract attention
from the organisation and create
curiosity, the Coffee Corners in
the building are supplied with big
coffee bean bags. Also special
coffee cups are introduced an-
nouncing a date.
A few days later the employees
receive an email containing a
movie, where BR-ND introduce
themselves and already reveal a
bit about the project. As a teaser
they ask the organisation to fill
out a small questionnaire to get to
know them better.
On the day of the launch, everyone receives a bag with chocolate beans.
They are invited to go to an information meeting where the CEO ex-
plains what is going to happen the next months and how they can help
out. Also per department attention will be given to the new platform.
Fig 62 a: Stakeholder journey (preliminary phase). The placement of the icons in
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Project meetings (every 2 weeks)The CCT briefs the PT and BR-ND about how things are going with the Coffee Corner, and actions are defined when necessary. BR-ND shares how the pre-defined content part is going. New content is defined and added when necessary.
Board meetings (once a month)The board is kept informed by BR-ND and the PT and will need to give their approval regarding important decisions.
Insider The organisation starts using the Insider. It is important that the PT and CCT show initiative and provide content for the Coffee Corner.
Organisation
Project Team BR-ND
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The employees start exploring questions. For shared questions, examples
are given by the project team and higher management to shows exemplary
behaviour. This is only done for questions that have more an engagement
and connection purpose, so “imitation behaviour” is less a of a problem.
The platform is accessible on mobile devices making it easy to take pictures
everywhere and to view results of others for instance during travelling.
First phase “Today”
Once the platform is launched, every two weeks project
meetings are planned. These meetings take place togeth-
er with BR-ND the project team and the coffee corner
team, where the activities in the coffee corner and the
question part are discussed and actions are taken when
necessary. It is essential that the project team and coffee
corner show initiative and provide content for the coffee
corner otherwise activity will fade away.
A board meeting is held approximately every once a month,
to inform the board about the progress of the brand innova-
tion process including the platform.
When the phase is ended the data is analysed by BR-ND
and shared with the project team and used as input for the
brand innovation process. Results are fed back to the or-
ganisation. This process takes quite some time (+/- 3 weeks),
during this time no questions are available on the platform,
however the coffee corner stays active.
Finally new content is defined (based on the result of the
brand innovation process) for starting the next phase.
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Data analysisThe data of the first phase is analysed by BR-ND.
Data discussed & used as inputBR-ND discusses the results with PT and the insights are used as input for the brand innovation project.
Feedback & new contentResults are fed back to the organisation and new content for the second phase is determined by BR-ND and the PT.
The Coffee Corner needs to be
actively monitored by the Coffee
Corner team to get the conversa-
tion going and to make sure that
questions are answered by the
project team and shared with
everyone when necessary. Also
the project team needs to help
out by posting updates about the
project.
When the results of the first phase
are fed back, the organisation
receives a notification in the news
section. They can have a look at the
overall results of the company and
the decisions that are taken based
on the input.
Fig 62 b: Stakeholder journey
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Second phase The process of the second phase is similar to the first phase described on page 110. Of course the content and focus of the phase will differ as it follows up after the first phase.
Organisation
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Project meetings (every 2 weeks)The third phase starts out the same as the previous two phases and includes project meetings every two weeks as well.
Board meetings (once a month)The board is informed about the project on a regular basis.
Organisation
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It is also a possibility to invite employees to join in for workshops (such as
the Kitchen workshop). Participants can be selected based on the highest
bean scores.
Fig 62 c: Stakeholder journey (second & third phase)
Second phase “Future” & third phase “Tomorrow”
The second phase is run similar to the first phase,
however the content and focus of this phase differs as it
follows up the first.
The third phase also starts out similar but because being
the last phase it will end slightly different.
The input by the organisation for this phase will be
analysed by BR-ND and used for implementations. Some
information is very specific as it relates to the tasks of
employees and need to be passed along to the right peo-
ple. BR-ND needs to make sure that results of this phase
are actually used and implemented otherwise the tool will
lose its strength. In the case of a full rebranding process
this phase is ended with an introduction of the new name
and logo to the organisation. It can be imagined that this
is accompanied by a company event. Such an event is
organised by the company, with help of BR-ND.
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Data analysisThis data needs less analysing by BR-ND, but needs to be passed along to the right people as it involves task spe-cific information.
Data discussed & used as inputThe data is discussed and used as input for implementing changes or is passed along to the right people.
Feedback & introduction brandResults are fed back to the organisa-tion by BR-ND and PT and the intro-duction of the new brand is planned and prepared. This is mainly done by the PT and the company itself, with support of BR-ND.
In the third phase more personal questions will be asked relating to employees
own tasks. Here participants are asked to meet up with colleagues and dis-
cuss what needs to change in order to execute the new strategy. These results
need to go to the people that can help implement these changes.
At the end of the brand innovation process the new name and logo will be
revealed to the organisation. This is the perfect timing to organise a com-
pany event to celebrate the new brand. During the event the new design
is revealed. Also the coffee bean bags are divided among the participants
of the platform, thanking them for their effort.
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this case BR-ND will advice the coffee corner team and the
project team to regularly meet up to monitor the brand.
Also a check up module once or twice a year is available to
see how the brand is doing, for this the expertise of BR-ND
is required.
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Brand check-upWhen keeping the platform active, it is a possibility to have BR-ND implement a “check-up” module once or twice a year, to see how the brand is doing and to adjust when necessary.
The Coffee Corner part of the platform stays active and can be used
to keep the dialogue about the new brand and the organisation
alive. Here the organisation can discuss what things are going well
and what needs work. People can share experiences they have with
clients or products, or inform about what the competition is doing.
This way the brand can keep improving and changing along with the
organisation and the external world.
Every half a year a check-up module is executed by BR-ND to see how
the brand is doing. This way the progression can be measured and the
strategy or execution can be adjusted when necessary.
Fig 62 d:
Stakeholder journey
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Follow-up phase
Depending on the course of the project and the facilities
of the company itself (see next chapter) a possibility is
provided to the client to keep the coffee corner part of the
platform active after the introduction of the new brand. In
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10 After having explained the concept in the previous chapter, this
chapter describes the implementation of the concept. First attention is
given to exploring possible business models and realisation options for the
platform (paragraph 10.1). Secondly an implementation plan is presented,
explaining what approach would be most beneficial for BR-ND to imple-
ment (paragraph 10.2).
Implementation
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This paragraph explores the possible business models,
explaining the principles of how value can be created, deliv-
ered and captured. For this, the business model canvas is
used 41. In paragraph 10.2 the implementation plan presents
what would be the most beneficial way to go for BR-ND.
Clients
In order to make the business model a success, the Insider
needs to attract clients who will purchase the services. To
realise this, it is important to determine the value proposition
of the services, look at customer segments, the channels to
address them and to establish customer relationships.
Value proposition
The new Insider differentiates itself and is therefore able to
create value for its clients by providing in needs, unaddressed
by other services. As explained in paragraph 6.1 and 6.2
the new Insider addresses a new field by using the brand as
internal management tool bridging the gap between internal
branding and organisational culture and anticipating on
trends such as increasing transparency, looking for purpose
and adopting an inside out approach. The new Insider cre-
ates value for its clients by being able to make use of input
from the entire organisation and being able to engage the
organisation during a brand transformation process. This way
creating support and ownership amongst the organisation,
which in the end results in a stronger brand. Also the possibil-
ity of tailoring the services to the needs of a specific branch or
company (being able to adapt the content) contributes to the
value proposition.
Customer segments
In order to serve clients better it can be beneficial for a com-
pany to group clients in different segments with the same
needs, behaviour or other corresponding attributes 41.
As explained in paragraph 6.2, BR-ND likes to service a di-
verse range of clients and is not targeting one particular
branch. The platform will be of use for companies that are
facing big changes such as acquisition, reorganisation, re-
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branding, mergers and new management, or companies
that like to strengthen the purpose of their brand or want to
validate how the brand is doing and adjust when necessary.
Having such a diverse range of circumstances brings a very
broad clientele, each with their own unique problems and
needs. This makes it quite inefficient to narrow their service
towards a specific branch or client. Instead BR-ND should
focus on a tailored made approach, anticipating on the
needs of each individual client.
Within this tailor-made approach it would be interest-
ing to take into account the size of the organisations, and
thereby being able to work with different budgets. In this
way making the services also interesting for smaller scale
companies.
Channels
Channels form the means that a company uses for reaching
potential clients and for communicating with their clients in
order to deliver the value proposition 41.
BR-ND is actively involved in workshops, lectures and
conferences. This has been an effective way of creating
awareness and to reach potential clients. Also over the
past years they have build a strong network of people and
long-lasting customer relationships. This network believes
in the approach and expertise of BR-ND and helps intro-
ducing new prospects by means of word of mouth.
During client interviews (paragraph 3.3) it has become
apparent that BR-ND is good at managing expectations
and convincing clients of their approach and expertise.
This will benefit BR-ND since the new Insider forms a
new approach in handling transformation processes
and since the company needs to put more effort in the
process themselves, clients need to be convinced of the
value the service brings. Having a strong example case
could help to do this and would also form a good way
of creating more awareness for the tool during network
activities.
Currently BR-ND only uses direct channels and in-house
sales to promote and sell their services. While this seems to
be an effective means, it could be an option to consider
indirect channels when the new Insider is introduced.
When BR-ND would partner up with an already existing
platform for developing the new Insider (more about
this in key partners page 119) it could be a possibility to
offer the services by means of their channels as well. The
services of BR-ND could be enriching for their service
proposition and BR-ND can extent their reach, beneficial
for both parties.
Customer relationships
Being active in the consultancy business and facilitating
long-term projects, customer relationships are key for
BR-ND to be successful. The customer relationships that
BR-ND creates are highly appreciated by their clien-
tele (paragraph 3.3), and in many cases last for years.
Establishing these relationships is so important since the
client needs to be actively involved in the process and
needs to have trust in BR-ND. The expertise of BR-ND
and the value of the relationship contributes much to
the value of the new Insider and should get a prominent
place in the business model.
Requirements
In order to be able to deliver according to the previously
explained offer, it is necessary to look at what key resources,
key activities and key partners are needed.
Key resources
Key resources make it possible for a company to create and
deliver the value proposition to clients, maintain relation-
ships and create revenue 41.
The most important resources of BR-ND are their human
resources. Most value for the Insider is created by the
expertise and experience of both Kim Cramer and Alexander
Koene. This expertise also includes the methodology sup-
porting the new Insider and the content for the platform.
Evidently the platform under development, being the sub-
ject of this thesis, itself forms a key asset in order meet the
demand in the offered service.
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Case study: Socialcast
This case study provides information about the professional social platform Socialcast, sharing interesting insight for the Insider based
on the website of Socialcast 42 and a telephone call with an employee of Socialcast.
“Socialcast is an enterprise collaboration plat-
form that unites your company’s people, data,
and applications in real-time.
Companies today struggle with engaging em-
ployees and increasing productivity due to com-
munication overload and knowledge silos. So-
cialcast's software creates a flexible, simple, da-
ta-rich collaborative space where employees can
find information from applications, systems, and
people across the enterprise.” 42
Socialcast is an example of a professional social platform, focussed on sharing knowledge and facilitating and encouraging collabora-
tion. The functionalities of the platform have many similarities with Facebook. Besides this, functionalities are added to integrate the
platform with other professional programs. The platform is tailored to help to “melt” a company together, and forms a less intrusive
way (in comparison to email) to share information.
Socialcast offers a basic license for free and has a paid enterprise license that offers more functionalities to its users.
The price for such a premium account depends on how it is deployed (behind a companies firewall or not) and the amount of em-
ployees. The annual costs for making use of the platform, for a company of 700 employees, are around 17.500 dollar, so costing in the
range of 2,1o dollar per person per month. This price includes the use of the social platform and technical support by Socialcast.
Interesting to know:
• One of their biggest clients is General Motors, who has already 16.000 employees active on the platform.
• Some of Socialcast’s clientele are planning on completely switching to the platform, eliminating the use of email.
• When a question is being asked it generally takes only 15 minutes to receive a response.
Fig 63: Screenshot Socialcast 42
Key activities
Key activities are the core activities a company needs to
execute in order to be successful in creating and maintain-
ing the value proposition 41.
The key activities for BR-ND first of all consist of devel-
oping the platform. After development of the platform
the activities will consist of providing service to the
client by means of data analysis and expert advice. But
also maintenance of the platform and assessing and
development of content are necessary to create a suc-
cessful service.
Key partners
Besides key resources and activities, key partnerships need
to be considered that can provide a strategic advantage
when introducing and executing the tool. This is especially
of interest for the development of the platform, the techni-
cal support and the data analysis.
BR-ND does not have the in-house expertise to develop the
platform them selves. So to do this it is either necessary to
employ someone who is capable to do it or to makes use
of an external party. The same goes for taking care of the
technical support of the platform.
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Metrixlab, the partner used for the programming and sup-
ply of data regarding the current Insider (see paragraph
3.2), will not be an option for the new Insider. Metrixlab’s
expertise lies in creating online questionnaires and they do
not have the capability of building platforms.
An interesting option would be to create a partnership with
a developer that is able to build the platform and also takes
care of the technical support and maintenance. Since the
characteristic of the service desires tailoring of the platform
for each client and phase, attention should be given to a
content management system making it possible for BR-ND
to manage a large part of the platform themselves.
Besides using a developer to build the platform it is also an
option to make use of an already existing platform that has
comparable functionalities and has in-house developers.
This platform could be used as a basis and customised and
complemented for BR-ND, being able to make use of the
key resources of this partner. A company such as Socialcast
(see case study page 119) offers potential, as they have
features similar to the Coffee Corner of the new Insider,
however do not hold the same value proposition and there-
fore will not perceive this service as a threat. In fact it could
even be beneficial for both parties, being able to create
awareness for each other’s services.
For the implementation plan it should be kept in mind that a
lot of large companies have an Intranet. These Intranets are
often custom-made and differ for each company. Nowadays
the Intranet is slowly integrating more interactive and web
2.0 features. This means that some companies have an
Intranet that already offers functionalities similar to the
Coffee Corner. Therefore it is advisable to create a modular
system, so it can easily compliment what is already avail-
able on the client side.
For the data gathering and analysing part of the service
also a choice needs to be made about doing this in-house,
or using a third party. The new Insider will create more data
and consequently more analysis of data is needed. Currently
Metrixlab provides the data however often the actual
analysis is done by BR-ND. BR-ND has a lot of experience
with analysing data and would prefer being independent of
external parties. Whether it is possible to create a stan-
dardised process for gathering the data, without the use
of a third party needs to be investigated in the future. Also
looking into the option of data mining (paragraph 9.2) could
help to make analysis of open questions easier.
Cost and revenue structure
In order to be able to deliver according to the previously
explained offer, and to actually make the business model
profitable a closer look has to be taken into the revenue
streams and cost structure. Here also attention is given to
possible plug-ins for the platform.
Revenue streams
Revenue streams represent the income generated by the
clients in regards to the service 41. This new service offers
different ways of generating revenue and different options
for BR-ND to implement this.
A possible revenue stream could be to have a one-time pack-
age, as is done with the current Insider. However considering
the characteristics of the new service and the company it
would be desirable and complimentary to move to a recur-
ring revenue stream. This can be done by implementing a
subscription fee, giving the clients the possibility of using the
platform for a fixed period of time.
Next to these different revenue streams, we can also look at
the different elements they consist of.
As discussed before, the expertise and advice of BR-ND is
a core asset for creating value for the service, making it a
sensible option to charge for this besides the usage of the
platform. The same can be considered for the predefined
content of the platform, as this holds their methodology
and knowledge. By doing this, the two services the platform
offers (predefined content and dialogue) are split up.
Since the content can be tailored to the needs, wishes and
circumstances of the client it would be interesting to divide
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the content in separate modules. Being able to offer a basic
package and complement these with more extensive, cus-
tomised or even new modules.
In order to make the platform more accessible for a broad
range of clients and to be compatible with the Intranet func-
tions already present it could be a possibility to only offer
the predefined content part, then making sure the dialogue
functionalities happens on the existing Intranet.
When considering pricing strategies, it can be assumed
that a smaller organisation would generate less work for
BR-ND, this is not linear with the number of employees. This
is caused by the fixed costs and operation that need to be
done regardless of the organisation scale. A solution could
be to make use of a fixed amount of usage costs, in combi-
nation with an amount per employee.
Additional services
The stakeholders flow presented in paragraph 9.5 already
gave a preview of additional services that can enhance the
platform. The campaign prior to the Insider is described as an
additional service, since it does not form the core of the new
Insider, although it is key for the success of the platform and
needs to be executed. In order to stimulate this and not hav-
ing to reinvent the wheel as is done with the current Insider,
I suggest to create an amount of predefined campaigns in
different price ranges. Over the years BR-ND has gained lots
of experience with organising campaigns and can select the
most effective ones to offer to the clients. Next to this the
option of a custom campaign can still be offered. In this way
a more standardised approach is presented, one that comes
across more professional and will stimulate sales.
Besides the campaign the user scenario also showed the pos-
sibility to keep using a part of the platform after the project
is finished. By keeping the Coffee Corner active after the new
brand is introduced, BR-ND is able to maintain a continuous
revenue stream. This also functions as a foot in the door, it
makes it more easy to sell a “brand maintenance module”
to see how the brand is doing and to adjust when necessary.
This can form a great way of maintaining customer relation-
ships and to sell additional content and consultancy time.
When considering this additional service it would make sense
to divide the revenue streams into the two main services the
platform offers (predefined content and dialogue) making it
easier to split up the platform when needed.
Cost structure
The cost structure covers the most important costs that
need to achieve the business model to work 41.
A large part of the costs are in the development of the
platform. A promising option for BR-ND is to develop the
platform in collaboration with a client. BR-ND has done
this for the current Insider, and for other services they offer.
This way BR-ND is sure of the first client for the platform.
Depending on the costs, the client will not have to pay for
the license and/or the advice of BR-ND. This approach might
delay the development of the platform until this occasion
presents itself.
Another option regarding the development of the platform
could be to make use of interns or graduation students.
Students are relatively cheap in terms of labour, BR-ND
has positive experiences with this approach and is open for
educating and guiding students. Making use of students is
especially interesting for the execution of the user experi-
ence and graphic design part of the platform, however it
might be too complicated for the actual development of the
platform. Specially considering that when the student(s)
would leave, this technical knowledge is hard to pass along
and might partially disappear.
After the platform is developed, costs will be made on
maintenance of the platform. Also it is likely that extra
employees are needed. Especially when the service is used
for multiple clients at once, since the long-term usage of
the platform requires more time to monitor and maintain
the growing number of clients with an subscription for the
platform.
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clients in regard to the Intranet. This approach also matches
the key resources of BR-ND as they charge separately for their
expertise & advice and usage of the platform. In addition it sup-
ports the add-on possibility of keeping the Coffee Corner active
after the regular project ends, making it easier to keep paying
for that service. Also from the perspective of outsourcing the
development and maintenance of the platform it is efficient to
have clients pay for the services of the platform separately.
As mentioned in the previous paragraph it is important for
the implementation of the platform that the possibility of
an existing company Intranet is taken into account. This
will influence what modules will be used. It is important
that BR-ND collaborates with the Intranet suppliers of the
company to integrate the platform.
Development
For the development of the platform I advice BR-ND to start
with an external party for developing the predefined content
part of the platform as this is the most independent part and
has to be developed regardless of the client. As explained in
the previous paragraph a content management system needs
to be developed that makes it possible for BR-ND to easily add
questions themselves. Also for the data part of the platform an
accessible back-end structure is necessary so that BR-ND can
collect data without being independent of an external party.
As is explained in chapter 9, the tool will be accessible on mul-
tiple devices, fitting with the lifestyle of the employee of the
future. However I suggest BR-ND to first focus on developing
and testing a version of the platform that runs on a PC and lap-
top before making the platform compatible for mobile devices.
11.2 Implementation plan
Naming
For the implementation of the platform it is necessary to have
an applicable name for the service. The current name “Insider”
needs to be reconsidered, as the new service is no longer a
glance “inside” the organisation but much more than that.
I advise to use a name that can be tailored to the brand, creat-
ing a familiar environment for the organisation. The name
I would advice to use is “[brand name] InMotion”, referring
to the time aspect incorporated in the tool (today, future,
tomorrow), implying that something is happening. Besides
that, the name links to the word “emotion”, representing the
BR-ND mindset. Besides this name it would be convenient to
introduce a working name used by BR-ND for sales purposes
and communication during projects, so not communicated
to the organisation. For the working name I suggest to use
“InMotion”, corresponding with the name suggested before
and appropriate for the context, being able to refer to as “the
InMotion tool”. Besides these names there is always the possi-
bility (and the need) to tailor the name to the clients demands.
Proposition
For providing the service I suggest to use a modular approach,
where clients can choose what part of the services they like to
make use of. These modules (see figure 64) consist of several
in-house campaign options, the use of the platform plus
the Coffee Corner service when desired and the predefined
content and consultancy plus extra content when desired. By
splitting up the predefined content and Coffee Corner modules
BR-ND will be able to appeal to a broad range of clients,
offering more flexibility and being able to match the needs of
+ prede�ned content+ consultancy
campaignA, B or C
tailor-madecampaign
dialogue part(co�ee corner)
extracontent
service platformBASIC PACKAGE
EXTRA OPTIONS
Fig 64:
Suggested
packages
offering
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Furthermore I suggest BR-ND to develop the platform in col-
laboration with a client. Although this might take a bit more
time having to wait for the opportunity to arise, it will mean
lower risk for BR-ND and when successful will form a great case
study. This can help for the future promotion of the tool. This
also makes sense for the Coffee Corner part of the platform
since this needs to wait to be developed before knowing what
the needs of the clients are in regards to their Intranet.
I also recommend making use of interns or graduation stu-
dents for the execution of the interaction and visual design of
the platform as BR-ND enjoys working together and educating
students and this part can already be done in advance.
Developing the platform will require a hefty investment from
BR-ND. Since the platform will have to be built up from scratch,
needs to support a modular approach and in time also a mobile
solution. A rough estimate of the costs involved in developing
the new Insider comes down to a price tag of around €40.000
- €60.000, depending on what features will be implemented,
how compatible the platform will be with existing Intranet like
tools, and the time span for developing it.
Updates, improvements and maintenance of the Insider
should ideally be done at times when clients are paying for the
Insider. Part of the income from active Insiders should therefor
be allocated to development of the tool. With this approach
BR-ND keeps the costs of the Insider low when there are little
or no Insiders active.
After having developed and tested the platform a possibility
would be to collaborate with an already existing platform such
as Socialcast (see page 119). As the tool is already developed it
will not be that costly to make it compatible with another plat-
form. It can help create awareness for the services of BR-ND
and can also be an interesting proposition for clients that do
not have Intranet facilities yet.
11 Evaluation This chapter describes the evaluation
executed to reveal the strength and weak-
nesses of the tool and in this way gathering
insights for improvements. First attention
is given to evaluations done with an expert
on the field of internal branding and two
clients of BR-ND (paragraph 11.1). Secondly
the insights derived form the interviews are
translated into recommendation for BR-ND
(chapter 11.2).
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11.1 Tool evaluation
This paragraph shares the evaluation done with three
people representing two clients BR-ND has worked with or
is working for and an expert in the field of internal branding.
Below you can first find the research goal and an introduc-
tion of the participants. Furthermore the approach and
results of the evaluations are presented.
Research goal
The goal of this evaluation is to learn how both clients
and an expert in the field of internal branding feel the new
Insider meets their needs regarding a tool for the organisa-
tion, supporting the brand innovation process.
This is done by finding answers on the following questions:
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of the tool as
perceived by the clients and expert?
• Do they feel the new Insider would work in the context
of their organisation (their clients)?
• Do the clients and expert feel the concept achieves the
design vision and design guidelines as described in
paragraph 7.2 and 7.3?
• What kinds of changes or improvements for the concept
do the clients and expert indicate?
This information will help to create recommendations for
the new BR-ND Insider (paragraph 11.2).
Participants
Expert
For the expert interview a person was chosen that is familiar
with the brand innovation processes of BR-ND and who is
currently active as a consultant in the field of internal brand-
ing and engagement. The expert has been a consultant at
Positioneringsgroep and now helps organisations to imple-
ment organisational changes. Because of her experience
with the work of BR-ND no further explanation about the
current Insider and the process of BR-ND is needed, making
the evaluation more effective. Furthermore her expertise
in the field of internal branding helps to provide a different
perception to the evaluation, that can bring valuable infor-
mation concerning the recommendation for the tool.11 Clients
The clients were selected based on the client interviews
of paragraph 3.3. Again this was done since less time was
needed to explain the project, leaving more time for the
actual evaluation of the tool. The clients were selected
based on their involvement with the project and their input
during the interviews. Due to time restrictions only two
clients have been interviewed, both from a different com-
pany and involved in a different part of the brand innovation
process (see figure 8 of paragraph 3.3 for a visualisation of
their project).
De Telefoongids & Gouden gids
At the time of the evaluation BR-ND and de Telefoongids
& Gouden gids were in the middle of Naming and Design
phase of a full rebranding process, including all the services
of BR-ND.
The person I have interviewed is:
• Head Internal Communication and Corporate
Responsibility
The head of internal communication was chosen
because due to her function she has a strong focus on
the organisation and has turned out to be one of the key
members of the project team, being strongly involved
with the project and the consequences of the project for
the organisation.
REAAL
BR-ND has been commissioned by REAAL to create a
new brand strategy. No Naming and Design was included.
REAAL has just finished the process and is now working on
bringing the new strategy into the organisation.
The person I have interviewed is:
• Head Brand & Campaign Management and Studio Traffic
The head of branding has been chosen for the interview
because although he is responsible for the external brand
communication is very involved with internal branding, and
for a part of the project has been in charge of the project
team.
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Approach
For both the expert and client evaluation a list of questions
(appendix L) and materials for explaining the concept (appen-
dix M, N) was prepared beforehand. The evaluation sessions
were conducted in a semi-structured way and took around
one and a half hour each. The questions were used as guid-
ance for the evaluation but room was left for extra questions
or to go into more detail. The evaluations were recorded and
afterwards summaries of the interviews were made (appen-
dix O). These summaries cover the questions relating to the
design goal as presented above and all other relevant content
One of the clients point out as main strong point, the transparency the tool offers to the organisation.
Transparency
All interviewees indicate that the tool needs to take into account or needs to be integrated with the intranet of the company, since in some cases intranet already possess functions of the coffee corner. A partnership is recommended.
Integration intranet
“Many companies have intranet and that is slowly moving toward twitter and facebook-like pages. This is sort of an internal social network, if a company already has that, are you able to connect these? There is a chaince that people will say “this works great, I want to keep it.”
The two clients indicate that the platform meets one of the main needs revealed during the project and that they would have liked to use it for their organisation.
Fit with own organisation
“Yes when the input is up to date and relevant. It fills up a gap. We got a lot of questions “ what is going on?”.
The clients indicate that they don’t know whether the tool is accessible for the whole organisation. It is important that the promotion is done well, to avoid that the organisation will perceive it as a toy. This also depends much on the type of organisation.
Accessibility
Everyone indicates that the project asks much from the project team and that it is really dependent on the type of organisation for it to work. However one client indicates that nowadays management is much more involved.
Effort project team and higher management
“Yes, I notice that we make more and more use of managers, to involve them. We use to do this without engaging manage-ment. But I see it as a separate target group to make such a project more successful. It should be made clear what the expectations are of them.”
The platform can help to activate the new brand strategy, however this depends on what is actually done with the information. It should be combined with other means as well.
Activation
“Yes I do think so, If you see it as one of the elements, yes I believe so.”
the platform is a good way to facilitate a dialogue between the project team, BR-ND and the organisation and the organisation internally. However it is not a substitute for everything else, it is a means.
Dialogue
The expert feels that platform helps to offer transpar-ency in the process however should be combined with life communication to really support transparency (coffee corner live). One of the clients feels that the platform contributes much to creating more transpar-ency toward the organisation.
Transparency
“Transparency and that it engages, that are the two main strong points”
The expert indicates that the tool can help to create awareness however this depends on what is done with the information.
Awareness
“Maybe it is too individualistic for that, it is not a groups process, so I don’t know. You are all together on the platform, so maybe.”
The expert feels that the tool can help to create a connection between the organisation. especially the coffee corner part of the platform will help with that. However one of the clients is not sure whether the tool contributes to connection.
Connection
The tool helps to stimulate exemplary behavior of management but this is highly depended on what happens with results and how it is combined with live communication.
Exemplary behaviour
All of the people interviewed, like the names of the phases and how they fit with the process.
Phases
“Yes those are nice, to the point. Has a natural flow, and doesn’t feel highbrow. It explains what it does, descriptive.”
The did you know elements are appreciated by the clients and expert. One client suggest to incorporate brand related did you know’s. The other client feels that it helps to connect the organisation.
Did you know’s
“Yes that is fun, that really says something about a person. Revealing of yourself, sharing things that you normally wouldn’t share in a conversation. “Ow I didn’t know that”, that creates a connection.”
All the interviewees indicate that the tool is not accessible enough for everyone to understand. Especially the questions page needs much explanation.
Accessibility
“If you have to go through something before you understand what you have to do, then you will loose 20 - 30 percent. It has to be clear at once.”
One client is very positive about the possibility to invite someone for coffee, and feels that this can help to get other colleagues involved.
Coffee invites
Two of the interviewees point out that the platform facilitates an integrated proposition, that goes beyond being just a fun research tool.
Integrated proposition
“This is actually something we missed. We were dependent of creating something new every time. This is a platform which you can use continuously. Something we missed in our process, in that sense it contributes to the engagement”
The expert indicates that the platform offers a good combination between individual and collective activities.
Combination individual and collective
The instant feedback elements at the results page are much appreciated by both clients and expert. The feel it is clear and anticipates on curiosity of participants.
Feedback elements
“I believe that people will find that interesting, they want to know what other people have filled in, “do I find a common denomina-tor or not.””
The promotion prior and during the process is essential since people have to go to the platform by their selves, it takes effort to reach this.
Promotion
“Has more to do with how you will create the interaction. As a platform this is great. But then it requires another layer, to go full circle. How are we going to do this, why are we going to shake things up”.
Both clients and expert have no price indication for the platform. They only indicate that it will probably be expensive.
No price perception
Dividing the sales of the services into usage of the platform and content and advice of BR-ND is seen by the clients and expert as a good idea.
Sales platform
The expert indicates that is depends much on the target group whether the platform will work or not. She believes that an organisation needs to be at least 200 people or more, to make the tool relevant. Besides she believes that professional service companies, IT, consul-tants and retail form a potential target group.
Target group
One of the clients suggests to also offer a simpler version without the interactive part, to make it more accessible for certain companies.
Simpler version
The expert suggests to focus on tailor-made solutions for the design as well as for the implementation.
Focus on tailor-made
“People don’t have that much money so I would put the word tailor made on top. That you have some kind of modules that you can include or leave out. You can take the full package or one or two modules.”
One client suggests to keep the naming of elements of the platform simple, just like is done for the phases.
Basic simple naming
“To keep it as simple as possible. 23plusone for example, the regular employee does not understand this”
Both clients wonder whether it would be an good option to incorporate the visual identity of the company within the platform.
Brand identity
One of the clients suggest to connect the bean scores to actual rewards, such as a free cup of coffee a lunch. This will create more motivation and is a nice add-on.
beans connected to physical rewards
One of the clients and expert suggest to move the question category in the coffee corner to the help section, since you will go there first when having a question.
Questions category in coffee corner to help
It is indicated that more explanation and guidance is necessary to make it more accessible for the organisa-tion. Also reminders can help to keep people involved.
More explanation
“Little bit more guidance. It is relatively open and independent, you have to help them a bit. You have to assume that people don't have time”
APPLICABILITY DESIGN VISION & GUIDELINESOVERALL IMPRESSION SALESSUGGESTIONS
Positive
Negative
1
4
5
6
The expert indicates that she misses the branding of the client. She feels that this is necessary to include the logo and atmosphere of the brand, that it feels familiar.
Branding of company
“They like it when they are able to take the credit for it. Chance to sell it will be higher when it enhances the own organisation. That you are able to duo-brand the tool, that the fun-factor radiates on the organisation”.
The clients and expert appriciate the visual world of the platform.
Visual world
“ I really like it. Also visually, nicely executed.”
3One of the clients indicates the engagement of the organisation with the process, as one of the main strong points of the tool.
Engagement
2
discussed during evaluation. All relevant information identi-
fied in each summary was written on post-its. These post-its
have been clustered to discover returning themes and rela-
tions between information (figure 66).
Results
All clusters have been analysed and summarised in an overview
(fig 67), presenting the findings concluded from the evaluations.
The different colours used in the overview indicate the different
topics that were discussed during the evaluation. All findings are
shortly explained and some of them are supported by a quote.
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One of the clients point out as main strong point, the transparency the tool offers to the organisation.
Transparency
All interviewees indicate that the tool needs to take into account or needs to be integrated with the intranet of the company, since in some cases intranet already possess functions of the coffee corner. A partnership is recommended.
Integration intranet
“Many companies have intranet and that is slowly moving toward twitter and facebook-like pages. This is sort of an internal social network, if a company already has that, are you able to connect these? There is a chaince that people will say “this works great, I want to keep it.”
The two clients indicate that the platform meets one of the main needs revealed during the project and that they would have liked to use it for their organisation.
Fit with own organisation
“Yes when the input is up to date and relevant. It fills up a gap. We got a lot of questions “ what is going on?”.
The clients indicate that they don’t know whether the tool is accessible for the whole organisation. It is important that the promotion is done well, to avoid that the organisation will perceive it as a toy. This also depends much on the type of organisation.
Accessibility
Everyone indicates that the project asks much from the project team and that it is really dependent on the type of organisation for it to work. However one client indicates that nowadays management is much more involved.
Effort project team and higher management
“Yes, I notice that we make more and more use of managers, to involve them. We use to do this without engaging manage-ment. But I see it as a separate target group to make such a project more successful. It should be made clear what the expectations are of them.”
The platform can help to activate the new brand strategy, however this depends on what is actually done with the information. It should be combined with other means as well.
Activation
“Yes I do think so, If you see it as one of the elements, yes I believe so.”
the platform is a good way to facilitate a dialogue between the project team, BR-ND and the organisation and the organisation internally. However it is not a substitute for everything else, it is a means.
Dialogue
The expert feels that platform helps to offer transpar-ency in the process however should be combined with life communication to really support transparency (coffee corner live). One of the clients feels that the platform contributes much to creating more transpar-ency toward the organisation.
Transparency
“Transparency and that it engages, that are the two main strong points”
The expert indicates that the tool can help to create awareness however this depends on what is done with the information.
Awareness
“Maybe it is too individualistic for that, it is not a groups process, so I don’t know. You are all together on the platform, so maybe.”
The expert feels that the tool can help to create a connection between the organisation. especially the coffee corner part of the platform will help with that. However one of the clients is not sure whether the tool contributes to connection.
Connection
The tool helps to stimulate exemplary behavior of management but this is highly depended on what happens with results and how it is combined with live communication.
Exemplary behaviour
All of the people interviewed, like the names of the phases and how they fit with the process.
Phases
“Yes those are nice, to the point. Has a natural flow, and doesn’t feel highbrow. It explains what it does, descriptive.”
The did you know elements are appreciated by the clients and expert. One client suggest to incorporate brand related did you know’s. The other client feels that it helps to connect the organisation.
Did you know’s
“Yes that is fun, that really says something about a person. Revealing of yourself, sharing things that you normally wouldn’t share in a conversation. “Ow I didn’t know that”, that creates a connection.”
All the interviewees indicate that the tool is not accessible enough for everyone to understand. Especially the questions page needs much explanation.
Accessibility
“If you have to go through something before you understand what you have to do, then you will loose 20 - 30 percent. It has to be clear at once.”
One client is very positive about the possibility to invite someone for coffee, and feels that this can help to get other colleagues involved.
Coffee invites
Two of the interviewees point out that the platform facilitates an integrated proposition, that goes beyond being just a fun research tool.
Integrated proposition
“This is actually something we missed. We were dependent of creating something new every time. This is a platform which you can use continuously. Something we missed in our process, in that sense it contributes to the engagement”
The expert indicates that the platform offers a good combination between individual and collective activities.
Combination individual and collective
The instant feedback elements at the results page are much appreciated by both clients and expert. The feel it is clear and anticipates on curiosity of participants.
Feedback elements
“I believe that people will find that interesting, they want to know what other people have filled in, “do I find a common denomina-tor or not.””
The promotion prior and during the process is essential since people have to go to the platform by their selves, it takes effort to reach this.
Promotion
“Has more to do with how you will create the interaction. As a platform this is great. But then it requires another layer, to go full circle. How are we going to do this, why are we going to shake things up”.
Both clients and expert have no price indication for the platform. They only indicate that it will probably be expensive.
No price perception
Dividing the sales of the services into usage of the platform and content and advice of BR-ND is seen by the clients and expert as a good idea.
Sales platform
The expert indicates that is depends much on the target group whether the platform will work or not. She believes that an organisation needs to be at least 200 people or more, to make the tool relevant. Besides she believes that professional service companies, IT, consul-tants and retail form a potential target group.
Target group
One of the clients suggests to also offer a simpler version without the interactive part, to make it more accessible for certain companies.
Simpler version
The expert suggests to focus on tailor-made solutions for the design as well as for the implementation.
Focus on tailor-made
“People don’t have that much money so I would put the word tailor made on top. That you have some kind of modules that you can include or leave out. You can take the full package or one or two modules.”
One client suggests to keep the naming of elements of the platform simple, just like is done for the phases.
Basic simple naming
“To keep it as simple as possible. 23plusone for example, the regular employee does not understand this”
Both clients wonder whether it would be an good option to incorporate the visual identity of the company within the platform.
Brand identity
One of the clients suggest to connect the bean scores to actual rewards, such as a free cup of coffee a lunch. This will create more motivation and is a nice add-on.
beans connected to physical rewards
One of the clients and expert suggest to move the question category in the coffee corner to the help section, since you will go there first when having a question.
Questions category in coffee corner to help
It is indicated that more explanation and guidance is necessary to make it more accessible for the organisa-tion. Also reminders can help to keep people involved.
More explanation
“Little bit more guidance. It is relatively open and independent, you have to help them a bit. You have to assume that people don't have time”
APPLICABILITY DESIGN VISION & GUIDELINESOVERALL IMPRESSION SALESSUGGESTIONS
Positive
Negative
1
4
5
6
The expert indicates that she misses the branding of the client. She feels that this is necessary to include the logo and atmosphere of the brand, that it feels familiar.
Branding of company
“They like it when they are able to take the credit for it. Chance to sell it will be higher when it enhances the own organisation. That you are able to duo-brand the tool, that the fun-factor radiates on the organisation”.
The clients and expert appriciate the visual world of the platform.
Visual world
“ I really like it. Also visually, nicely executed.”
3One of the clients indicates the engagement of the organisation with the process, as one of the main strong points of the tool.
Engagement
2
Fig 66: Information from the evaluations clustered on the wall
Fig 67: Overview
findings interviews
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The two clients indicate that the platform meets one of the main needs revealed during the project and that they would have liked to use it for their organisation.
Fit with own organisation
“Yes when the input is up to date and relevant. It fills up a gap. We got a lot of questions “ what is going on?”.
Two of the interviewees point out that the platform facilitates an integrated proposition, that goes beyond being just a fun research tool.
Integrated proposition
“This is actually something we missed. We were dependent of creating something new every time. This is a platform which you can use continuously. Something we missed in our process, in that sense it contributes to the engagement”
One of the clients indicates the engagement of the organisation with the process, as one of the main strong points of the tool.
Engagement
The clients indicate that they don’t know whether the tool is accessible for the whole organisation. It is important that the promotion is done well, to avoid that the organisation will perceive it as a toy. This also depends much on the type of organisation.
Accessibility
All the interviewees indicate that the tool is not accessible enough for everyone to understand. Especially the questions page needs much explana-tion.
Accessibility
“If you have to go through something before you understand what you have to do, then you will loose 20 - 30 percent. It has to be clear at once.”
The promotion prior and during the process is essential since people have to go to the platform by their selves, it takes effort to reach this.
Promotion
“Has more to do with how you will create the interaction. As a platform this is great. But then it requires another layer, to go full circle. How are we going to do this, why are we going to shake things up”.
It is indicated that more explanation and guidance is necessary to make it more accessible for the organisa-tion. Also reminders can help to keep people involved.
More explanation
“Little bit more guidance. It is relatively open and independent, you have to help them a bit. You have to assume that people don't have time”
All interviewees indicate that the tool needs to take into account or needs to be integrated with the intranet of the company, since in some cases intranet already possess functions of the coffee corner. A partnership is recommended.
Integration intranet
“Many companies have intranet and that is slowly moving toward twitter and facebook-like pages. This is sort of an internal social network, if a company already has that, are you able to connect these? There is a chaince that people will say “this works great, I want to keep it.”
1
4
632
One of the clients suggests to also offer a simpler version without the interactive part, to make it more accessible for certain companies.
Simpler version
Both clients wonder whether it would be an good option to incorporate the visual identity of the company within the platform.
Brand identity
The expert indicates that she misses the branding of the client. She feels that this is necessary to include the logo and atmosphere of the brand, that it feels familiar.
Branding of company
“They like it when they can take the credit for it. Chance to sell it will be higher when it enhances the own organisation. That you are able to duo-brand the tool, that the fun-factor radiates on the organisation”.
All interviewees indicate that the tool needs to take into account or needs to be integrated with the intranet of the company, since in some cases intranet already possess functions of the coffee corner. A partnership is recommended.
Integration intranet
“Many companies have intranet and that is slowly moving toward twitter and facebook-like pages. This is sort of an internal social network, if a company already has that, are you able to connect these? There is a chaince that people will say “this works great, I want to keep it.”
The clients indicate that they don’t know whether the tool is accessible for the whole organisation. It is important that the promotion is done well, to avoid that the organisation will perceive it as a toy. This also depends much on the type of organisation.
Accessibility
Everyone indicates that the project asks much from the project team and that it is really dependent on the type of organisation for it to work. However one client indicates that nowadays management is much more involved.
Effort project team and higher management
“Yes, I notice that we make more and more use of managers, to involve them. We use to do this without engaging manage-ment. But I see it as a separate target group to make such a project more successful. It should be made clear what the expectations are of them.”
5
The expert indicates that is depends much on the target group whether the platform will work or not. She feel that an organisation needs to be at least be 200 people or up, to make the tool relevant. Besides she believes that professional service companies, IT, consultants and retail form a potential target group.
Target group
The platform can help to activate the new brand strategy, however this depends on what is actually done with the information. It should be combined with other means as well.
Activation
“Yes I do think so, If you see it as one of the elements, yes I believe so.”
the platform is a good way to facilitate a dialogue between the project team, BR-ND and the organisation and the organisation internally. However it is not a substitute for everything else, it is a means.
Dialogue
The expert feels that platform helps to offer transpar-ency in the process however should be combined with life communication to really support transparency (coffee corner live). One of the clients feels that the platform contributes much to creating more transpar-ency toward the organisation.
Transparency
“Transparency and that it engages, that are the two main strong points”
The expert indicates that the tool can help to create awareness however this depends on what is done with the information.
Awareness
“Maybe it is too individualistic for that, it is not a groups process, so I don’t know. You are all together on the platform, so maybe.”
The expert feels that the tool can help to create a connection between the organisation. especially the coffee corner part of the platform will help with that. However one of the clients is not sure whether the tool contributes to connection.
Connection
The tool helps to stimulate exemplary behavior of management but this is highly depended on what happens with results and how it is combined with live communication.
Exemplary behaviour
The expert suggests to focus on tailor-made solutions for the design as well as for the implementation.
Focus on tailor-made
“People don’t have that much money so I would put the word tailor made on top. That you have some kind of modules that you can include or leave out. You can take the full package or one or two modules.”
The two clients indicate that the platform meets one of the main needs revealed during the project and that they would have liked to use it for their organisation.
Fit with own organisation
“Yes when the input is up to date and relevant. It fills up a gap. We got a lot of questions “ what is going on?”.
Two of the interviewees point out that the platform facilitates an integrated proposition, that goes beyond being just a fun research tool.
Integrated proposition
“This is actually something we missed. We were dependent of creating something new every time. This is a platform which you can use continuously. Something we missed in our process, in that sense it contributes to the engagement”
One of the clients indicates the engagement of the organisation with the process, as one of the main strong points of the tool.
Engagement
The clients indicate that they don’t know whether the tool is accessible for the whole organisation. It is important that the promotion is done well, to avoid that the organisation will perceive it as a toy. This also depends much on the type of organisation.
Accessibility
All the interviewees indicate that the tool is not accessible enough for everyone to understand. Especially the questions page needs much explana-tion.
Accessibility
“If you have to go through something before you understand what you have to do, then you will loose 20 - 30 percent. It has to be clear at once.”
The promotion prior and during the process is essential since people have to go to the platform by their selves, it takes effort to reach this.
Promotion
“Has more to do with how you will create the interaction. As a platform this is great. But then it requires another layer, to go full circle. How are we going to do this, why are we going to shake things up”.
It is indicated that more explanation and guidance is necessary to make it more accessible for the organisa-tion. Also reminders can help to keep people involved.
More explanation
“Little bit more guidance. It is relatively open and independent, you have to help them a bit. You have to assume that people don't have time”
All interviewees indicate that the tool needs to take into account or needs to be integrated with the intranet of the company, since in some cases intranet already possess functions of the coffee corner. A partnership is recommended.
Integration intranet
“Many companies have intranet and that is slowly moving toward twitter and facebook-like pages. This is sort of an internal social network, if a company already has that, are you able to connect these? There is a chaince that people will say “this works great, I want to keep it.”
1
4
632
One of the clients suggests to also offer a simpler version without the interactive part, to make it more accessible for certain companies.
Simpler version
Both clients wonder whether it would be an good option to incorporate the visual identity of the company within the platform.
Brand identity
The expert indicates that she misses the branding of the client. She feels that this is necessary to include the logo and atmosphere of the brand, that it feels familiar.
Branding of company
“They like it when they can take the credit for it. Chance to sell it will be higher when it enhances the own organisation. That you are able to duo-brand the tool, that the fun-factor radiates on the organisation”.
All interviewees indicate that the tool needs to take into account or needs to be integrated with the intranet of the company, since in some cases intranet already possess functions of the coffee corner. A partnership is recommended.
Integration intranet
“Many companies have intranet and that is slowly moving toward twitter and facebook-like pages. This is sort of an internal social network, if a company already has that, are you able to connect these? There is a chaince that people will say “this works great, I want to keep it.”
The clients indicate that they don’t know whether the tool is accessible for the whole organisation. It is important that the promotion is done well, to avoid that the organisation will perceive it as a toy. This also depends much on the type of organisation.
Accessibility
Everyone indicates that the project asks much from the project team and that it is really dependent on the type of organisation for it to work. However one client indicates that nowadays management is much more involved.
Effort project team and higher management
“Yes, I notice that we make more and more use of managers, to involve them. We use to do this without engaging manage-ment. But I see it as a separate target group to make such a project more successful. It should be made clear what the expectations are of them.”
5
The expert indicates that is depends much on the target group whether the platform will work or not. She feel that an organisation needs to be at least be 200 people or up, to make the tool relevant. Besides she believes that professional service companies, IT, consultants and retail form a potential target group.
Target group
The platform can help to activate the new brand strategy, however this depends on what is actually done with the information. It should be combined with other means as well.
Activation
“Yes I do think so, If you see it as one of the elements, yes I believe so.”
the platform is a good way to facilitate a dialogue between the project team, BR-ND and the organisation and the organisation internally. However it is not a substitute for everything else, it is a means.
Dialogue
The expert feels that platform helps to offer transpar-ency in the process however should be combined with life communication to really support transparency (coffee corner live). One of the clients feels that the platform contributes much to creating more transpar-ency toward the organisation.
Transparency
“Transparency and that it engages, that are the two main strong points”
The expert indicates that the tool can help to create awareness however this depends on what is done with the information.
Awareness
“Maybe it is too individualistic for that, it is not a groups process, so I don’t know. You are all together on the platform, so maybe.”
The expert feels that the tool can help to create a connection between the organisation. especially the coffee corner part of the platform will help with that. However one of the clients is not sure whether the tool contributes to connection.
Connection
The tool helps to stimulate exemplary behavior of management but this is highly depended on what happens with results and how it is combined with live communication.
Exemplary behaviour
The expert suggests to focus on tailor-made solutions for the design as well as for the implementation.
Focus on tailor-made
“People don’t have that much money so I would put the word tailor made on top. That you have some kind of modules that you can include or leave out. You can take the full package or one or two modules.”
The findings have been analysed in order to discover valu-
able relations or contrasts between different findings. The
dotted lines and numbers in the overview of the previous
page show which findings have lead to the insights pre-
sented below.
Figure 68 shows the new clusters that have been formed
based on the insights derived from the findings.
The numbers in the overview correspond with the num-
bers of the description of the insights as presented on
page 129.
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Insights
1. Stimulation of engagement
The findings show that the platform contributes to the
engagement of the organisation with the brand innovation
process and in this way meets an important need that was
not addressed by the “old” Insider. The proposition goes
beyond being a good and fun research tool and is a great
channel to bring everything together.
2. Improvement of accessibility
The evaluation has made clear that the accessibility of
the tool needs improvement. It is not instantly clear
what participants need to do and the tool does not offer
enough guidance. The way of promoting the tool within
the organisation has a big influence on this. It is impor-
tant that it is made clear to people why they are asked
to do this and why their contribution is important. Clear
explanation and a movie of the CEO explaining and moti-
vation the organisation can help with this. Also during
the project people need to be stimulated to keep using
the tool, reminders could help to achieve this.
In order to improve the usability of the tool it is advisable
for BR-ND to have an interaction and/or visual designer (or
student as suggested in paragraph 10.1) to take a closer
look at the tool. Also much emphasise needs to be put
on the promotion prior to the launch of the platform. It is
essential to execute campaigns that create awareness for
the brand and how the organisation contributes to this
brand, to sensitise them for the process. Offering ready
made packages can help to make sure campaigns are
carried out effectively. This also means that the suggested
campaign (paragraph 9.4) should be adjusted to put more
focus on the brand.
3. Focus on tailor-made
The tool should offer the possibility to tailor-make the
platform to match the brand identity of the company, as
this will be expected by clients and will create a familiar
environment for the participants. For a full rebrand-
ing process it could be considered not to use the brand
The two clients indicate that the platform meets one of the main needs revealed during the project and that they would have liked to use it for their organisation.
Fit with own organisation
“Yes when the input is up to date and relevant. It fills up a gap. We got a lot of questions “ what is going on?”.
Two of the interviewees point out that the platform facilitates an integrated proposition, that goes beyond being just a fun research tool.
Integrated proposition
“This is actually something we missed. We were dependent of creating something new every time. This is a platform which you can use continuously. Something we missed in our process, in that sense it contributes to the engagement”
One of the clients indicates the engagement of the organisation with the process, as one of the main strong points of the tool.
Engagement
The clients indicate that they don’t know whether the tool is accessible for the whole organisation. It is important that the promotion is done well, to avoid that the organisation will perceive it as a toy. This also depends much on the type of organisation.
Accessibility
All the interviewees indicate that the tool is not accessible enough for everyone to understand. Especially the questions page needs much explana-tion.
Accessibility
“If you have to go through something before you understand what you have to do, then you will loose 20 - 30 percent. It has to be clear at once.”
The promotion prior and during the process is essential since people have to go to the platform by their selves, it takes effort to reach this.
Promotion
“Has more to do with how you will create the interaction. As a platform this is great. But then it requires another layer, to go full circle. How are we going to do this, why are we going to shake things up”.
It is indicated that more explanation and guidance is necessary to make it more accessible for the organisa-tion. Also reminders can help to keep people involved.
More explanation
“Little bit more guidance. It is relatively open and independent, you have to help them a bit. You have to assume that people don't have time”
All interviewees indicate that the tool needs to take into account or needs to be integrated with the intranet of the company, since in some cases intranet already possess functions of the coffee corner. A partnership is recommended.
Integration intranet
“Many companies have intranet and that is slowly moving toward twitter and facebook-like pages. This is sort of an internal social network, if a company already has that, are you able to connect these? There is a chaince that people will say “this works great, I want to keep it.”
1
4
632
One of the clients suggests to also offer a simpler version without the interactive part, to make it more accessible for certain companies.
Simpler version
Both clients wonder whether it would be an good option to incorporate the visual identity of the company within the platform.
Brand identity
The expert indicates that she misses the branding of the client. She feels that this is necessary to include the logo and atmosphere of the brand, that it feels familiar.
Branding of company
“They like it when they can take the credit for it. Chance to sell it will be higher when it enhances the own organisation. That you are able to duo-brand the tool, that the fun-factor radiates on the organisation”.
All interviewees indicate that the tool needs to take into account or needs to be integrated with the intranet of the company, since in some cases intranet already possess functions of the coffee corner. A partnership is recommended.
Integration intranet
“Many companies have intranet and that is slowly moving toward twitter and facebook-like pages. This is sort of an internal social network, if a company already has that, are you able to connect these? There is a chaince that people will say “this works great, I want to keep it.”
The clients indicate that they don’t know whether the tool is accessible for the whole organisation. It is important that the promotion is done well, to avoid that the organisation will perceive it as a toy. This also depends much on the type of organisation.
Accessibility
Everyone indicates that the project asks much from the project team and that it is really dependent on the type of organisation for it to work. However one client indicates that nowadays management is much more involved.
Effort project team and higher management
“Yes, I notice that we make more and more use of managers, to involve them. We use to do this without engaging manage-ment. But I see it as a separate target group to make such a project more successful. It should be made clear what the expectations are of them.”
5
The expert indicates that is depends much on the target group whether the platform will work or not. She feel that an organisation needs to be at least be 200 people or up, to make the tool relevant. Besides she believes that professional service companies, IT, consultants and retail form a potential target group.
Target group
The platform can help to activate the new brand strategy, however this depends on what is actually done with the information. It should be combined with other means as well.
Activation
“Yes I do think so, If you see it as one of the elements, yes I believe so.”
the platform is a good way to facilitate a dialogue between the project team, BR-ND and the organisation and the organisation internally. However it is not a substitute for everything else, it is a means.
Dialogue
The expert feels that platform helps to offer transpar-ency in the process however should be combined with life communication to really support transparency (coffee corner live). One of the clients feels that the platform contributes much to creating more transpar-ency toward the organisation.
Transparency
“Transparency and that it engages, that are the two main strong points”
The expert indicates that the tool can help to create awareness however this depends on what is done with the information.
Awareness
“Maybe it is too individualistic for that, it is not a groups process, so I don’t know. You are all together on the platform, so maybe.”
The expert feels that the tool can help to create a connection between the organisation. especially the coffee corner part of the platform will help with that. However one of the clients is not sure whether the tool contributes to connection.
Connection
The tool helps to stimulate exemplary behavior of management but this is highly depended on what happens with results and how it is combined with live communication.
Exemplary behaviour
The expert suggests to focus on tailor-made solutions for the design as well as for the implementation.
Focus on tailor-made
“People don’t have that much money so I would put the word tailor made on top. That you have some kind of modules that you can include or leave out. You can take the full package or one or two modules.”
Fig 68: Overview findings interviews, clustered according to insights
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identity in order to create a more independent environ-
ment (this because a new logo and name will be created).
Besides the visual aspect also in the sales part a focus
should be put on tailor-made. Companies should be able
to choose a package that fits their current Intranet and
their organisation. This will also make it possible to leave
out the dialogue part, and this way create a more simpler
version of the tool. By doing this a more accessible tool
is created, attractive for a broader range of companies.
Although this packaging approach is already integrated
in the implementation part of the platform, more empha-
sise could be put on this tailor-made approach, especially
for the design component.
4. Integration Intranet
The interviews have pointed out the importance of mak-
ing the tool compatible with the Intranet facilities of a
company.
Intranet is slowly moving towards a more interac-
tive approach. Although in the implementation plan
(paragraph 10.2) Intranet is taken into account, more
research in this area could help to understand the
main players in this field and the possibilities for
collaboration.
5. Type of organisation
The evaluation sessions has made clear that the type of
organisation is key for the platform to be successful or
not. This counts for both the kind of people working at
the organisation and the kind of people of the project
team and higher management. For this reasons offer-
ing a package deal (as discussed above), being able to
include certain functionalities or not, would make the
tool more accessible for a broader target group. Also the
tailor-made option regarding the design could help with
this. The expert indicates that the potential target group
for the “full proposition” are especially the professional
service companies, IT companies, consultancies and retail,
with 200 people or more. This matches the target group
discussed in paragraph 6.2.
6. Integration of real-life communication and other means
The findings show that the tool is able to facilitate a lot
of aspects indicated in the design vision and design brief.
However this strongly depends on what is done with the
results and information gathered from the platform and
should be combined with other means to be successful. The
expert indicates that the combination with real-life com-
munication is vital.
During the brand innovation process it is important that
BR-ND will emphasise the need of real-life communication
next to the platform. Also more assignments can be inte-
grated to stimulate real-life communication. Furthermore it
should be monitored by BR-ND that result and information
are actually used and implemented in order for the tool not
to lose its strength.
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11.2 Recommendations
Below the recommendations derived from the evaluations,
for the improvements of the tool, can be found.
Tool
• Improvement usability
In order to make the platform more user-friendly and
accessible for a broad target group the interaction ele-
ments of the platform need improvement. Especially for
the questions page more guidance should be offered to
the users. Also the names used for the different questions
might be too confusing and unnecessary. Below (figure
69) a possible new design is presented for the question
page that offers more guidance to the participants.
• Dashboard page
In order to make the platform more accessible for
people and to offer more guidance also a dashboard
page is recommended. Such a dashboard page offers
room for a simple and effective explanation movie and
a movie of the CEO explaining the use of the platform.
Also an overview of the most important updates, posts
and questions that are still open, can be given. Figure 70
shows and impression of such a dashboard.
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Fig 69: An example for a new design for the question page
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• Move “questions” category in Coffee Corner to help page
In order to avoid confusion in the Coffee Corner it is bet-
ter to move the questions category to the help section.
Here people will be able to ask a question when they
want to know something. People who want to share a
question in the Coffee Corner will not be confused about
what category to use.
Context
• Physical rewards for coffee beans
In order to increase the motivation of the participants
and to make the coffee bean challenge more relevant,
BR-ND can suggest to clients to link the earned beans
with physical rewards. For instance by collecting cof-
fee beans, a free cup of coffee, muffin or lunch can be
redeemed.
• Life feedback sessions
In order to combine online and offline communication
and in this way increase the strength of the tool I would
suggest to develop more questions that make use of a
combination between online and offline.
Besides BR-ND needs to emphasise that the platform
should be combined with other means. Especially for
feeding back the results it is advisable for BR-ND to
incorporate a live feedback session with a fun and inter-
active approach. This will benefit the engagement and
transparency towards the organisation, which will have
a positive effect on the platform.
• Expert advice for activation phase
As is discussed during the evaluations, much of the
success of the platform is dependent on what is actu-
ally done with the result and information gathered
by the tool. Therefore I would advise BR-ND to
consult an expert in the field of implementation of
organisational changes. The expert can help with the
development of effective content for the platform
and can give advice on how to approach the activa-
tion phase.
Sales
• Promotion packages
Clear packages for the promotion of the tool that
can be offered to clients need to be developed. These
packages need to focus on making people more aware
of the brand and how they are part of this brand, stim-
ulating people to engage in the platform. By offering
packages for the promotion of the platform, this will
contribute to the sales of the platform, as clients are
able to imagine how the organisation is activated. It
would also be interesting to include reminders in these
packages, anticipating on the long-term characteristic
of the platform.
• Tailor-made focus
For BR-ND to appeal to a broad range of companies
it is advisable for the sales proposition to empha-
sise the tailor-made possibilities of the platform.
This includes the possibility to tailor the design to
the visual identity of the brand and to be able to
make use of different packages that fit the organisa-
tion and that fit the Intranet facilities. To be able to
offer this proposition to clients I advise BR-ND to do
more research into the existence of Intranet, to find
out about the main players and the possibilities for
collaboration.
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Summary DesignBased on the present and future analyses
the following design vision has been formu-
lated. To create a platform that supports the
brand innovation process, forming the link
between the project team and BR-ND, and the
organisation, through the use of the follow-
ing elements:
- Invite: Easy & Accessible
- Motivate: Attractive & Rewarding
- Generate: Input, Feedback & Dialogue
- Trust: Transparency & Exemplary behaviour
- Change: Connect & Activate
The structure of the design vision repre-
sents a Maslow hierarchy; first the lower
stage needs to be fulfilled before the next
stage can be reached.
By means of several idea generation initia-
tives, gathering of inspirational materials
and research in the area of gamification a
concept for the new Insider has been devel-
oped and evaluated according to the design
vision and design guidelines.
The concept for the new Insider consists
of a continuous platform facilitating two
main services; one providing predefined
questions per phase to the organisation
corresponding with the phases of the brand
innovation process executed by BR-ND and
the project team. The other service facili-
tating a dialogue between the project team
and the organisation and the organisation
itself, in the form of a micro-blog.
Next to these two main services the
platforms shows transparency to the
organisation by means of visualising the
process in time. Furthermore gaming ele-
ments for motivation are incorporated by
means of instant feedback, virtual rewards
and leader boards.
Besides content used as input for the brand
innovation process also content is included
to stimulate engagement and to create a con-
nection between the organisation. The public
questions feature of the platform, where
results of others can be viewed, supports this.
The services are offered to clients in mod-
ules, splitting up the predefined content
part together with the advice of BR-ND and
the service of the platform (including the
dialogue part).
For the pricing strategy a staggered
approach is suggested, varying cost for
the number of employees in the company.
Set costs together with a subscription fee
per employ per month are charged for the
services of the platform together with a
fixed amount per month for content and
consultancy.
Evaluation has made clear that the user-
friendliness of the tool needs improvement.
Furthermore focus should be given to the
tailor-made possibilities of the platform in
regards to the services as well as the design.
In addition attention should be given to how
to integrate the services with the already
present Intranet facilities of clients.
12 Conclusion This chapter concludes the report
by looking back on the initial assignment
and indicating future steps for BR-ND in
regards to the further developments of the
platform. First a reflection is given on the
initial assignment and how substance is
given to the project (paragraph 12.1). Finally
future steps are indicated for BR-ND that
will help in realising the new Insider (para-
graph 12.2).
13512 12.1 Reflection
The initial assignment of this project was formulated as fol-
lows (paragraph 1.2):
“Redesign BR-ND’s Insider tool, to fit the changing market”.
This was a quite an unrestricted starting point that needed
to be given direction to during the project. By means of
a thorough present and future analysis for the internal as
well as the external world, a clear image of this “changing
market” has been developed. This image made it possible to
form a design vision that could was used as guidance for the
development of the tool.
The overall design vision defined for the new Insider was
formulated as followed:
“to create platform that supports the brand innovation pro-
cess, forming the link between the project team and BR-ND,
and the organisation”.
This part of the vision has formed the foundation of the new
Insider. A continuous platform has been developed creating
a means of communication between the project team and
BR-ND and the organisation throughout the entire brand
innovation process and gives room to realising the different
stages of the design vision.
It can be concluded that the tool succeeds in fulfilling most
of the needs derived by the analysis as presented in the
design vision (see chapter 7.2). However evaluation has
pointed out that the user friendliness of the tool needs
improvement. Creating a more inviting tool is essential
for succeeding in moving up the hierarchy outlined in the
design vision, which forms the backbone of the Insider. This
is a crucial step in the process, with the goal of involving the
whole organisation. When this is not achieved the tool loses
its strength.
Furthermore it should be kept in mind that the tool only
forms a means for supporting the brand innovation process,
so fulfilment of the stages of the design vision, especially
the trust and change stage , are highly depended on the
quality of execution.
Conclusion136
The tool evaluation executed with an expert and clients and
feedback of BR-ND has revealed that the tool anticipates
the need of different stakeholders. This indicates that the
analyses has successfully defined the requirements of the
changing market.
Reflecting on the needs and wishes revealed during the
analysis, it can be concluded that the proposed new Insider
fits the criteria well.
The old Insider is completely refreshed, moving away from
HR-like questionnaires and anticipating on the changing
market, while the 23plusone methodology still maintains its
value within the tool.
The tool is able to support the brand innovation process
(including an activation phase) and bridging the gap
between the organisation and the project team, creating
a more integrated proposition in comparison to the old
Insider, being able to engage the organisation and provide
transparency in the process. Furthermore the tool provides
flexibility to clients being able to tailor content and services
to the context of the organisation.
The Insider anticipates on the changing external world
by providing a tool that uses the brand for organisational
purposes and fits with the external context: being com-
patible with the new world of working, providing more
transparency in the process and helping to give meaning to
an organisation.
Overall it can be concluded that the new Insider as pre-
sented in this report, has potential to become a valuable
asset for the service portfolio of BR-ND and therefore
implementation of the new insider is encouraged.
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12.2 Future steps
Below future steps are indicated for BR-ND that will help to
further guide the developments of the platform.
Start improvement and development
“The proof of the pudding is in the tasting”.
The best way for BR-ND to gain insights about the effective-
ness of the tool is by testing it in a real-life situation.
In order to start the development of the tool, BR-ND should
team-up with possible students or graduates in the field
of interaction design and/or visual design, being able to
improve the user experience of the tool. This can already
start before a client or developer is found.
Also meeting up with potential developers is advisable
for BR-ND. This will help to create an image of the costs,
possibilities and limitation and will help to tell an informed
story towards potential clients. In these meetings the
subjects content management and data supply need to be
discussed extensively.
When finding a client takes some time, BR-ND can decide to
start the development of the predefined content part of the
platform, as this part needs to be developed regardless of
the situation of the client.
Finding a client
As already mentioned, BR-ND should look for a client to
develop the platform with as soon as possible. Having a
clients will give more insight about how to implement the
dialogue part of the coffee corner based on the current
Intranet facilities of the client.
Research Intranet & text mining
I recommend BR-ND to do more research in the world of
Intranet to get a better understanding of the latest trends
and developments, the main players and possibilities for
collaboration.
Furthermore, research in the direction of text mining will
help to decide whether to implement this method for
analysing open questions as well as the dialogue content
generated by the Insider.
Experiment & evaluate
BR-ND should not see the new Insider as a static tool, the
attitude especially in the beginning needs to be one of
‘learning by doing’. Testing different content, gaming ele-
ments and campaigns will give BR-ND valuable insight for
making the Insider better every time it is implemented for
one of its clients.
If this way of thinking is truly embedded in BR-ND’s
approach the tool will stay up to date with the changing
market and grow in its value, and maybe even become a
standard in the world of branding.
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AppendicesThe following appendices have been
included in the report:
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G
Appendix H
Appendix I
Appendix J
Appendix K
Appendix L
Appendix M
Appendix N
Appendix O
Questions expert interview
Questions client interviews
Transcripts interviews
Stimuli generative sessions
Results generative sessions
Set-up brainstorm innovation week
Results brainstorm innovation week
Set-up brainstorm vision
Results brainstorm vision
Idea selection
Concept development
Questions evaluation
Screenshots used for evaluation
Scenario used for evaluation
Summary evaluations
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(plaatje: individueel, werk, organisatie, brand) welke pijlers
geven de meest/minst waardevolle informatie?
• Wat vind je de meest en minst waardevolle vragen/opdrachten/
onderdelen van de Insider?
• Missen er dingen, of zijn er dingen overbodig in de Insider?
• Want zijn in je ogen de strengths van de Insider?
• En wat zijn de weaknesses?
• Ken je andere branding tools die lijken op de Insider of voor het
zelfde doel worden ingezet?
• Ken je andere tools (binnen of buiten het gebied van branding)
waar BR-ND van zou kunnen leren?
• Wat voor veranderingen zijn er de laatste jaren opgetreden op
het gebied van branding, dat volgens jou betrokken zou
moeten worden in de Insider?
• Als je alle resources en tijd zou hebben, wat zou je dan met de
Insider gaan doen?
Appendix A
Questions expert interview (Dutch)
Insider ontwikkeling
• Wat is je rol geweest bij de ontwikkeling van de Insider?
• Hoe zou je de eerste versie van de OIM kunnen omschrijven?
• Waarom is deze versie uiteindelijk doorontwikkeld?
• Hoe is de visie van de OIM en uiteindelijk de Insider, ontwikkeld
over de jaren?
• Is het gelukt om aan die laatste visie te voldoen?
•
Insider nu
• Hoe zou je de Insider nu omschrijven?
• Waarvoor precies zetten jullie de Insider in?
• Wat zijn de verwachtingen van de klant als ze een Insider gaan
doen?
• Wordt de Insider door verschillende klanten voor verschillende
doelen ingezet?
• Waarom willen jullie de Insider nu updaten?
Insider proces
• Kun je het proces toelichten dat de Insider in het algemeen
doorloopt?
• Wat is jullie rol daarin?
• Waar zitten de moeilijke stukken (knelpunten) in dit proces?
• Hoe worden resultaten over het algemeen teruggekoppeld?
• Wat is jullie rol in bij zowel het promoten van de Insider als het
terug koppelen van de resultaten?
• Hoe koppelen jullie resultaten van de Insider terug naar de klant?
Insider resultaat
• Wat zijn de reacties van de deelnemers over het algemeen?
• Wat zijn de reacties van klanten over het algemeen?
• Zijn ze tevreden over het resultaat?
• Wordt er aan de verwachtingen voldaan?
• Doen jullie een evaluatie sessie na de hand?
• Kun je de meest negatieve en positieve reactie herinneren?
• Komen er vaak verassende resultaten uit?
• Zijn de uitkomsten waardevol voor het proces?
• Hebben de resultaten vaak invloed op het proces?
• Hoe word er teruggekoppeld op de resultaten van de Insider in
de Kitchen?
• Denk je dat de werknemers zich meer betrokken voelen bij de
organisatie door dit proces?
• Hoe zou dit beter kunnen?
• Als u het model van de vier pijlers van the Insider bekijkt
143
• Waren er vragen/opdrachten/onderdelen die er uit sprongen
(zowel positief als negatief)?
• Wat vind u sterk aan deze tool? En wat niet zo sterk?
• Vind u de tool vernieuwend?
• Wat vond u van de manier van vragen afnemen?
• Wat lijkt u een goede manier om dit te doen?
• Zijn er nog dingen die u graag had willen weten die niet aan
bod zijn gekomen in de Insider?
Insider resultaat (Josien)
• Wat waren de reacties van de deelnemers op het onderzoek?
• Kwamen er verassende resultaten uit?
• Zijn de uitkomsten waardevol voor het proces geweest?
• Hebben de resultaten invloed gehad op het proces?
• Is de identiteit van de organisatie duidelijk geworden mbv de Insider?
• Was deze anders dan verwacht?
• Wat vond u van de manier waarom de uitkomsten van de Insid
er naar u zijn gecommuniceerd?
• Hoe is de organisatie op de hoogte gesteld van de uitkomsten van
de Insider?
• Hoe is de organisatie op de hoogte gesteld van de uitkomsten
van het brand innovation proces?
• Hebben de deelnemers het gevoel gehad betrokken te zijn ge -
weest bij het proces?
• Denkt u dat de werknemer meer betrokken zijn geworden bij
de organisatie door dit proces?
• Hoe zou dit beter kunnen?
• Als u een ongelimiteerd budget en tijd zou hebben, wat zou u
dan hebben gedaan ipv de Insider?
• Heeft u nog advies mbt de het ontwikkelen van een nieuwe Insider?
• Heeft u nog iets anders te delen over de Insider?
Algemeen (Thomas)
• Bent u tevreden met het resultaat dat BR-ND heeft geleverd?
• Gelooft u in de nieuwe strategie die is neergezet?
• Hadden jullie dit ook alleen kunnen doen zonder hulp van BR-ND?
• Wat vond u van de planning van het proces?
• Vind u dat BR-ND het project goed begeleid heeft?
• Wat vind u van de klant omgang van BR-ND?
• Hoe vind u de prijs/waarde perceptie van de diensten van BR-ND?
• Wat vond u uniek aan de aanpak / proces van BR-ND
• Wat had u anders aangepakt als BR-ND zijnde?
• Denk u dat nieuwe technologieën (social media, tablets etc)
het branding proces kunnen veranderen?
• Wat moet BR-ND doen om future-fit te worden?
• Nog iets dat u wilt delen?
Appendix B
Questions clients interviews (Dutch)
Voorstellen (Thomas)
Wie zijn wij? Wat doen wij voor BR-ND? Waar gaan we het over
hebben? Toestemming voor het opnemen van het gesprek.
Introductie (Thomas)
• Wat is uw functie binnen het bedrijf?
• Hoe bent u in aanraking gekomen met BR-ND?
• Hoe zou u BR-ND omschrijven? (wat is het volgens jou voor
soort bedrijf?)
• Waar hebben ze jullie mee geholpen?
23plusone (Thomas)
• Bent u bekend met 23plusone?
• Heeft u gewerkt met 23plusone? En de drivograms (kaartjes)?
• Wat was u ervaring hiermee?
• Wat vind u van de drivograms?
• Vond u deze methode een goede leiddraad om een merk te bouwen?
Service portfolio (Thomas)
• Welke tools (services) kent u?
• Uitleg service portfolio.
• Met welke tools (services) hebben jullie gewerkt?
• Vond u de services goed op elkaar aansluiten?
De volgende vragen worden gesteld voor al de tools die gebruikt zijn:
• Is deze tool waardevol geweest voor het proces? Was deze tool
leuk om te gebruiken?
• Vond u de tool vernieuwend? Wat vind u sterk aan deze tool?
En niet zo sterk?
• Voelde u, u betrokken in het proces?
Insider algemeen (Josien)
• Hoe zou u de Insider omschrijven?
• Waarom hebben jullie voor de Insider gekozen?
• Wat was jullie doel voor het gebruiken van de Insider?
• Wat waren de verwachtingen van de Insider? En zijn deze uitgekomen?
Insider proces (Josien)
• Kunt u het proces van de Insider dat jullie doorlopen zijn bes-
chrijven (zover u dit nog kan herinneren)?
• Hoe heeft u dit proces ervaren?
• Met de Insider wordt gekeken naar: de individueel, werk con-
text, organisatie, brand. Welke informatie was het meest/minst
waardevol voor jullie?
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De eyeopener kwam voor mij toen we op het Antonius project ook
gebuikte. Toen moesten wij als merk bureau steeds een stapje in-
houden omdat een andere partij het hele project met de fusie deed
en die waren nog aan het rekenen en businessmodellen aan het
doorrekenen en praten met maatschappen en artsen. Heel ingewik-
keld en moeilijk. Toen hadden wij de IM ingezet en toen bleek dat
dat heel goed te gebruiken was om mensen te betrekken bij het to-
taal stuk. Toen mensen IM terugzagen bleek dat de twee organisa-
ties die moesten fuseren wel verschillend waren maar dat ze het-
zelfde wilde in de toekomst. En toen zei de raad van bestuur van
het ziekenhuis “dit is een goed hulpmiddel om volle kracht door te
gaan bouwen aan het merk”. Want het blijkt dat als je mensen bij
het merk traject betrekt dat ze dan heel enthousiast worden over
de toekomst. Was voor mij een beetje een eyeopener, van het is
niet alleen een meetinstrument maar het is ook echt een interven-
tie-instrument.
Het is altijd zo geweest dat we het presenteerde als een onder-
zoeksinstrument om de identiteit te onderzoeken en er komt dan
data uit die je kan gebruiken voor het positionerings traject. En
daarnaast zeiden we altijd “en ja het is ook wel goed om mensen te
betrekken”. En vanaf dat moment werd het duidelijk “he het is bi-
jna eerder andersom”. Je hebt een interventie methode tool nodig
om de mensen te betrekken en dat je ook nog relevante informatie
uithaalt is mooi meegenomen.
Op een gegeven moment, samen met drie dames van de internal
branding en engagement en Diana een keer om de tafel gaan zitten
omdat we toen zeiden van “ja als we toch veel daar mee te maken
krijgen dan moeten we kijken of we niet ook modules er in moes-
ten stoppen die wat beter de cultuur meet, die wat meer de zach-
tere kant van de organisatie meet”. En op een gegeven moment is
23plusone ontstaan en hebben we dat erin kunnen stoppen. Visie is
toen wel beetje gekanteld naar interventie op de eerste plaats en
inhoud op de tweede plaats.
Dus de Insider die er nu staat hoe zou je daarvan de visie om-
schrijven?
Nou die visie is wel wat we net hebben gezegd. Je hebt een tool
nodig om met de organisatie samen te bepalen hoe het merk eruit
moet gaan zien, bedoel ik niet visueel, waar het merk voor moet
staan. En als je dat met elkaar doet dan werkt dat beter. Tegen de
tijd dat het er dan is, is het al omarmd, dat is wel de visie. Maar als
ik puur kijk naar wat het eigenlijk is, dan vind ik dat dat nog hele-
maal niet goed aansluit bij die visie. Het is misschien wel zo bedoelt
maar als je puur kijkt naar wat het is, blijft het toch maar gewoon
een online vragenlijst die twee weken draait. Dus als ik echt heel
eerlijk ben is de Insider op dit moment nog wel beetje meer een
Appendix C
Transcripts interviews (Dutch)
Expert interview - Kim Cramer
Wat is jouw rol geweest bij de ontwikkeling van de Insider?
In het vorige bedrijf was ik verantwoordelijk voor alle produc-
tontwikkeling en marketing daarvan, van de tools dus. Dat betek-
ent dat ik met betrekking tot de Insider Diana aanstuurde. En Diana
was de productmanager van de Insider, dus die had de taak om de
kar te trekken en dingen door te ontwikkelen, ideeën te generen.
En ik begeleide dat allemaal een beetje. Dus wat dat betreft heb ik
ook op de inhoud van de Insider invloed gehad. Het was niet zo dat
ik het in mijn eentje zat te ontwikkelen. Zorgen dat het ontwikkeld
werd. Voor Diana waren daar andere mensen mee bezig. Heb door
de jaren heen gezorgd dat het gebeurde.
Zou je de eerste versie van de OIM kunnen omschrijven?
Allereerste versie is nog van voor mijn tijd. Zou ik meer omschrijven
als een meetinstrument, waarbij het interessant was om te kijken
vanuit die data of er inspiratie te halen was voor de positionering
van het merk extern. En dan was eigenlijk het argument van, “als
je extern een merk gaat bouwen en iets gaat beloven aan je doel-
groep dan moet je wel weten of je dat intern kan waarmaken”. Dus
moet je weten wat voor identiteit je organisatie heeft. En misschien
zit daar dan wel iets heel interessant in wat je kan gebruiken. Ken je
het identiteitsmodel van Kapler? Hij had zes aspecten opgenoemd,
zoals de typische gebruikers. En die vulde die dan voor het merk in.
Dan is de theorie een beetje dat als je identiteit is ingevuld, voor de
positionering licht je een van die aspecten eruit en daar ga je over
communiceren. En daar is die eerste versie van de Insider opgebas-
eerd. Nou als je wil weten waar je je schijnwerpers op wilt zetten
moet je eerste weten wat die dan allemaal zijn. De eerste IM was
er op gericht om die identiteit in kaart te brengen. Nou als ik een
speciale identiteit heb, in die tijd van Achmea, “willen heel graag
zorg uit handen nemen”, dan ontzorgen we dus. Dat is een van die
aspecten die is gevonden bij de IM, dan is besloten “dat is wel heel
bijzonder we gaan dat aspect uitvergroten voor de positionering”.
Dus heel erg denken van de identiteit is heel rijk, zitten allemaal
verschillende kenmerken in. Dan ga je een zo’n kenmerk gebruiken
voor je positionering.
Dus dat was ook de visie?
Ja eigenlijk wel.
Wanneer kwam dan dat besef van “we moeten het verder
ontwikkelen”?
Voor mij kwam dat toen we... We hadden al meerdere IM gedraaid.
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costumisen. We hebben een keer voor Veldhoven groep behoorlijk
ver kunnen stretchen bij Metrixlab. Maar altijd binnen hun mogeli-
jkheden. Dat zou ik wel wat verder willen brengen. Door het ge-
woon interessanter te maken, maar heeft uiteindelijk wel weer het
hoofddoel om mensen te engagen. Dat ze alleen al door de vorm
van zo’n Insider denken van “wow bij wat een gaaf bedrijf werk ik”
alleen dat al.
Uiteindelijk hebben al die kleine dingetjes allemaal te maken met
die visie van mensen betrekken en ervoor zorgen dat ze een goed
gevoel krijgen.
Kun je het proces toelichten dat de Insider in het algemeen door-
loopt?
Begint met checklist van allerlei dingen die geregeld moeten wor-
den. Heel operationeel. Zoals de vragenlijst en ook contact tus-
sen Metrixlab en IT persoon, technische details. Moeten zo snel
mogelijk database hebben, “verschillen tussen groepen, zitten die
kenmerken in die database”. Moeten afstemmen hoe we interne
campagne gaan doen zodat alle medewerkers weten dat ie er aan
komt en mee gaan doen. Dat soort dingen. Planning afspreken. Da-
tabase krijgen is soms nog best probleem, kwestie van afwachten
en achteraan zitten. Meeste werk is voor ons de standaard vragenli-
jst opzetten, die met de klant bespreken. Dan gaat die naar Metrix-
lab, die gaat het programmeren, krijgen we een test link en dan is ie
klaar. Proces interne campagne is echt een creatief proces, is beetje
afhankelijk van de klant. Soms wordt dat zelf gedaan en denken
we mee. Maar voor DTG hebben we echt het creatieve proces zelf
gedaan en echt samen met de klant geïmplementeerd.
Wordt de Insider ook weleens zonder campagne gedaan?
Wordt ook weleens zonder gedaan dan is respons meestal lager. Wij
adviseren dat, dat moet gebeuren. Als daar niet een budget voor
is dan adviseren we de klant dat zelf te doen. Dat is hoe het nu in
de praktijk gaat. Maar vind eigenlijk dat het altijd moet. Vroeger
verkochten we los de IM en op een gegeven moment zeiden we “ja
dat communicatie traject is eigenlik wel belangrijk en als een klant
dat niet zelf bedenkt dan moeten wij dat gaan zeggen”, en dan de
volgende stap was “dan moeten wij zorgen dat het gaat gebeur-
en”. Dat ding verkocht je voor een bedrag en dan was het altijd
“owja moet nog wat bij, als we dat moeten gaan ontwikkelen”. Als
je van ene bedrag komt is best wel eng om opeens nog meer geld
te gaan vragen. Op een gegeven moment ben ik dat bij plan van
aanpak gaan zetten van “als je een Insider doet dan moet je reken-
ing houden dat je tussen de vijf en zeven duizend euro kwijt bent
voor zo’n communicatie traject”. De praktijk leert als je de lef hebt
om dat te doen dan kopen klanten dat ook want die vinden het ook
een goed idee en die snappen dat het geld kost. Dat heeft best wel
meetinstrument dan een engagementinstrument. Vind het ook wel
bij engagement, je kan mensen alleen betrekken als je ze ook iets
geeft. En nu geven we alleen de vragen en we geven niet de feed-
back of de dialoog.
Wat zijn de verwachtingen van de klant als ze een Insider gaan
doen?
Aan de ene kant denk ik weleens, de klant heef niet zoveel verwa-
chtingen die vertrouwd erop als wij iets adviseren dat het een goed
idee is. Als ze wel verwachtingen hebben zit het in de betreken van
de mensen en iets te weten te komen van de meer emotionele kant
in de organisatie. Dus over de mensen, echt op mensen niveau. Zijn
natuurlijk heel veel HR-achtige onderzoeken maar die gaan heel
vaak over “hoe ervaar je de werkdruk”, hele detail dingen over “hoe
ervaar je je manager, wordt je goed beloont”. Dat soort vragen en
gaat niet zo zeer over de vragen van “wat vind je belangrijk in je lev-
en”. En dat aspect, wat heel erg in 23plusone zit, dat vind de klant
heel interessant want dat hebben ze nog niet die informatie en dat
je dat dan ook nog eens kan relateren aan “wat vinden mijn mensen
nu eigenlijk van hun eigen merk en hoe zouden ze willen dat het
was”. Antwoord op dat soort vragen verwachten ze eruit.
Wordt de Insider door verschillende klanten voor verschillende
doelen ingezet?
Verschilt niet echt per klant. Wat wel zo is, dat we aan die stan-
daard Insider iets kan toevoegen specifiek voor de klant. Bij REAAL
hadden ze ook net klantbeloften gemaakt. Toen hadden we paar
vragen in de Insider gestopt over klantbeloften. Of mensen die wel
kende, wat ze ervan vonden of ze die goed vonden. Dus dan is het
in dit specifieke geval zo van dat je iets wat normaal niet in de In-
sider zit, wel voor een klant kan doen. Maar in principe is het doel
wel standaard.
Willen jullie de Insider updaten om aan de visie te voldoen of zijn
er nog meer redenen?
Nu, grootste doel is om aan die visie te gaan voldoen. Zitten paar
redenen waarmee ik al een paar jaar mee in mijn hoofd zit. Ik vind
de interface niet mooi. Vind het dat het naar een professioneler
niveau kan. We zijn natuurlijk al paar jaar geleden al een beetje met
deze visie gaan ontwikkelen naar aanleiding van de praktijk, dus
zijn al heleboel dingen gedaan. Met Metrixlab kwamen we daar
nooit heel veel verder mee omdat ze dat ons niet konden bieden.
Maar dat heeft te maken met het visuele en gebruiksvriendelijkheid
en ook te maken met dat ik denk dat mensen gemotiveerder zijn
om het in te vullen en door te gaan als ze feedback krijgen onder-
weg. En dat kan ook nooit. Tenminste dat was niet met Metrixlab
zo, konden we dat niet door ontwikkelen. Zou het nog meer willen
kunnen costumisen naar de klant. Dus wel standaard maar visueel
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dat is laatste is wel dat we onszelf regelmatig in een timesqeeze
duwen, dat je heel snel die conclusies moet opleveren. Dan heb je
twee verschillende stappen die je met de klant kan nemen. Je hebt
een grote bak met data, ene manier is met project team van de
klant naar grote bak met data kijken en kijken van wat herkennen
we daarin, hoe kunnen we het interpreteren. En met z’n alle weet
je meer en herken je meer. En bovendien is de klant helemaal aang-
esloten. Een andere methode die weleens voorkomt is dat wij de
interpretatieslag maken en zeggen, “dit zijn de tien belangrijkste
inzichten” en dat je dat al in samengevatte vorm bij de klant brengt.
Jullie gebruiken zeker vaker de eerste?
50/50 in de afgelopen jaren. Dat eerste is ook weer een stukje en-
gagement want als je de klant erbij betrek krijgen zij veel beter be-
grip van alles wat er speelt, als ze het zelf doen. Vroeger hadden
we misschien meer de neiging om te zeggen “wij weten het, wij
hebben de data voor je bekeken en dit komt er uit”. En ik denk dat
naast het betrekken van de klant, “laten we er samen naar kijken”,
denk dat het ook extra informatie kan leveren van dingen die je zelf
niet had gezien. Dus die eerste methode vind ik wel beter.
Daarna wordt het weer terug gekoppeld naar de organisatie?
Ja je hebt vaak een project team waar je echt de data mee door-
loopt en dan in de loop van de presentatie, ga je weer naar de board
enzo, wordt wel een indikking en samenvatting van die presentatie.
En als je het terugkoppelt naar de organisatie dan is het natuurlijk
al in een samengevatte vorm. Gaan niet hele negatieve dingen ter-
ugkoppelen, moet natuurlijk ook enthousiasmeren, dus dan pakken
we kritisch maar vooral ook positieve dingen eruit. Tot nu toe is het
altijd zo van “klant, wat voor communicatie kanalen heb je allemaal
intern?”. Zijn vaak de zelfde als bij het voortraject. En dan soms kan
de klant dat zelf, en soms help je hem met een artikeltje schrijven
voor het personeelsblad of intranet. Dus soms help je de klant en
soms doen ze het zelf. En in de meeste gevallen gebeurt het onvol-
doende.
Wat zijn de reacties van de deelnemers?
Ik vraag er wel altijd naar maar krijg er vaak geen heel goed beeld
van. Het eerste waar je het uit kan leren is natuurlijk de respons. Als
de respons heel hoog is dan moet er iets goed zijn, moeten ze het
wel beetje leuk vinden. En andere is, hoeveel mensen zijn er aan
beginnen en hoeveel maken het af. Maar die gegevens hebben we
niet eens altijd. Als ik heel basaal moet zeggen: mensen vinden het
leuk en ze vinden vooral de vraag over de merken heel leuk, “wat
vind je een inspirerend merk, wat zou je op je T-shirt zetten, 23plu-
sone oefening eigen merk”. Wat ik vaak terug krijg is “het duurde
heel lang”. Vaak geven we een indicatie aan het begin aan van hoe
lang het ongeveer duurt. Daar zitten we altijd een beetje te worstel-
en want je wilt niet zeggen het duurt 25 min want dan gaan mensen
er niet eens aan beginnen maar als je zegt het duurt 15 min dan
lang geduurd voordat ook mensen dat standaard durfden te gaan
aanbieden, dus gebeurde ook weleens niet en dan zie je toch dat
het wat minder impact heeft. En ik vind dat het naar de toekomst
toe gewoon onderdeel van het plan moet zijn. Eigenlijk ook iets wat
je niet weg moet bezuinig, misschien wel integraal in de kosten op
worden genomen.
Daarna hebben wij er geen werk aan in principe. Hooguit twee keer
in de week vragen naar de respons, want de klant is nieuwsgierig.
Maar heb je op zich niet zo veel werk aan. Al hoewel bij REAAL in
de terugkoppeling, want deden na elke fase een evaluatie, kregen
wij toen terug van ”voor ons is het heel gaaf en bijzonder en zijn
hele enthousiast, we hadden van jullie kant meer aandacht daar
voor verwacht. We snappen wel dat jullie dit misschien al wel voor
de tiende keer doen maar...”. Dat het voor de klant ook leuk is dat
de dag dat ie live gaat dat je even beeld van “spannend he, gaat live
vandaag” dat je daar meer aandacht aangeeft. “We moesten steeds
zelf om respons vragen terwijl het wel leuk zou zijn om aan het eind
van iedere dag een overzichtje te krijgen”. Dus op zich niet veel
werk aan, behalve beetje klant aandacht geven. Dan sluit ie. En dan
hebben we heel veel werken, komt alle data binnen en moeten we
gaan interpreteren. Eerste stap is gewoon data even op een rijtje te
zetten en te kijken “wat betekent het nou”. En tweede stap daarin is
“maak het maar duidelijk in een presentatie naar de klant”.
Jullie krijgen echt gewoon lijsten met data?
In principe een rapportage van Metrixlab, een PowerPoint met ta-
bellen en grafieken. In principe leveren zij een volledige rapport-
age van alles wat is gemeten maar soms komen we in tijdnood. Dan
hebben we weleens gezegd “stuur ons maar gewoon platte Excel
sheets dan maken we zelf wel PowerPoint sheets erbij”. Dat is dan
ietsje meer werk, maar op zich niet heel veel meer werk want de
rapportage van Metrixlab geven we nooit zo door aan de klanten.
Maken we toch een eigen rapportage van en dan knippen en plak-
ken we de tabellen wel ,maar de interpretatie slag moeten we
toch zelf doen. Krijgen we rapportage denken we “waarom deze
sheets?”. Als je de dat al op de juiste manier verwerkt en visuali-
seert hoe we hem ook willen gebruiken, scheelt heel veel ruis op de
lijn en tijd. Veel efficiënter. Dat is ook iets naar de toekomst toe, je
moet een manier zien te vinden dat wat je eruit krijgt dat dat direct
gestandaardiseerd en gevisualiseerd is, dat je het gelijk kan gebrui-
ken. Nu is het altijd een vertaalslag van platte data naar hoe wij het
willen gebruiken naar de klant toe. Omdat wij het al zo vaak hebben
gedaan is het een redelijk standaard proces of oefening, als je het
echt hebt over de sheets maken. Maar de conclusies trekken, moet
je even over nadenken en over praten. Je kan zeggen “dit is de top
vijf van de 23plusone kaartjes”. Maar je kan ook goed kijken van wat
komt er precies uit en wat leert ons dat nu precies over de mensen.
En dat laatste is iets daar moet je wel wat langer op kauwen. En
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zeggen mensen achteraf, “dat duurde lang”. Is ook een opmerking
die je vaak terug hoorde. Is positief en als het iets minder positief is
dan is het “kost te veel tijd”.
Wat zijn de reacties van de klanten?
Meestal ook heel positief en heel veel herkenning. De resultat-
en zijn vaak een bevestiging voor dingen die ze al dachten, zit
ook weleens een eyeopener bij. Maar vaak meer bevestiging dan
eyeopeners. Ook soms wel een beetje schrik wat we hadden bij de
telefoongids bijvoorbeeld, negatieve resultaten van het merk maar
ook het geloof in de organisatie. Zelfs bij de directie. Als je dan met
die objectieve cijfers terug komt “luister eens directie jullie zitten
hier met z’n achten en vier van jullie geloven er niet meer in”, kan
heel confronterend zijn. Weet je wat ook scheelt, er is altijd wel ie-
mand binnen project team die dit project trekt, en dat is in som-
mige gevallen een onderzoeker. En die is vaak van het heel erg op
de cijfertjes te reageren. En wat ik net zij die interpretatie slag, daar
zit ook nog wel iets blackbox-achtig iets in, dat waneer je met een
onderzoeker te maken hebt moeilijk te accepteren is. “Hoe kom je
nou bij die conclusie want dit is toch 37% en dit 38%”. En dat is nat-
uurlijk ook wel beetje lastig want je doet dit ook om onderzoek te
doen. De specifieke cijfertjes zijn niet het doel, maar wat je daar uit
kan halen aan inspiratie en eyeopeners of bevestigingen of confron-
taties. Dat is vaak een specifieke doelgroep die net iets ander reag-
eert dan de rest van de klant.
Zijn ze tevreden over het resultaat, hebben jullie een evaluatie
sessie eigenlijk?
Ja niet standaard, probeer dat wel altijd in te bouwen, als je van
de een naar de andere fase gaat dat je dat dan even evalueert met
elkaar. Als je echt close bent met een klant gebeurt dat ook altijd
wel een beetje tussendoor. Dus dan heb je niet altijd een formeel
evaluatie moment. Kan eigenlijk niet heel veel negatieve ervarin-
gen noemen.
Geen knelpunten in het proces?
Wel soms, maar dat zijn dan meer specifieke dingen, bijvoorbeeld
“de wijziging hebben we al doorgegeven maar hebben jullie nog
niet doorgevoerd”. We zijn misschien beetje slordig in hele opera-
tionele dingen en in dat het helemaal gelikt met aandacht voor de
klant, dat het helemaal slick is. Nou ik zou het slordigheidjes noe-
men. Zijn kleine dingetjes waar mensen vaak niet over klagen.
Zijn de resultaten over het algemeen waardevol voor het proces?
Er zijn wel projecten dat ik achteraf terug kijk en denk “hebben
we achteraf nu iets met de resultaten uit de Insider gedaan?”. Er is
natuurlijk ook geen garantie dat je ergens tussen die resultaten er-
gens een pareltje vind dat je inspiratie geeft ofzo. En bij sommige
projecten is heel heel duidelijk van “nou dit kwam zo uit de Insider
rollen en hebben we zo in de Trinity gestopt”. Maar meestal kan je
dat niet zo letterlijk nemen. Dat is soms wel beetje moeilijk bij het
managen van de verwachtingen van de klant. Gaat er iets uitkomen
en hoe gaat dat de rest van het proces beïnvloeden? Ten eerste dat
je mensen betrokken houd in de terugkoppeling dan gaan ze straks
het nieuwe makkelijker omarmen, maar dat is natuurlijk niet meet-
baar. En ten tweede omdat er soms iets uitkomt wat je rechtstreeks
terug vind in de positionering. Maar soms ook niet. Dat is wel zo dat
er een aantal modules of vragen zijn waar ik van denk na in al die
jaren heb ik daar eigenlijk nooit meer iets mee gedaan.
Welke zijn dat?
Nou dingen die ik er ondertussen al heb uitgesloopt. Zoals, er zat
een hele serie van vragen in over “ik werk prettig samen met mijn
collega’s”, volgens mij vragen die in de module van de werk context
zaten. En er zat ook veel overlap in dingen die gaan richting indica-
tie met de organisatie. Zitten een aantal vragen, ook vragen die ik
wel leuk en interessant vind, van “hoe trots ben je op de organisatie
enzo”. Die uitkomsten zijn of erg schrikbarend of “wow wat goed
zeg, jullie zijn wel een hele trots bedrijf”. Maar je doet er voor de
rest niets mee, is alleen een constatering. Wat leuk is daaraan dat
je aan die mensen weer kan terug koppelen van ”wow jullie zijn zo
trots, dat hebben we nog niet eerder gezien”. Dat is natuurlijk weer
een feel good ding wat leuk is om terug te geven, maar niet zoiets
waar je natuurlijk heel veel van leert. Dat niet wil zeggen dat het er
gelijk uit moet.
In hoeverre worden de resultaten van de Insider in de Kitchen
meegenomen?
Vaak is het dat we of aan het begin van de Kitchen of in eerdere
sessies de resultaten gepresenteerd hebbend, dus mensen heb-
ben al de kennis van wat er uit de Insider en Outsider is gekomen en
daar blijven we dan op terug komen. “Dit is wel interessant dat je
dit nu neerlegt want we hebben net gezien dat dat in de organisa-
tie heel erg belangrijk is”, of juist niet. Zelf als experts in de Kitchen
blijven we dat wel doen. Kijk als er echt interessante dingen uitko-
men vanuit de organisatie, dan heb je zelf natuurlijk al wel beetje
idee van welke richting het op kan gaan. En als het nodig is ga je het
in de Kitchen beïnvloeden. Vaak ontstaat dat ook wel een beetje
vanzelf omdat mensen dat toch hebben opgeslagen. Als er uit de
Insider dingen komen van “ow daar moeten we een beetje van weg
blijven”, dan speelt dat wel mee in het creatie proces of andersom.
Om welke dingen gaat het dan?
Vooral die verandering van nu en wat het zou moeten zijn.
En wordt er ook naar de individueel gekeken?
Ja ook. Kijk in de Kitchen is de uitkomst dat er minimaal een Trinity
ligt en de Trinity bestaat uit 23plusone, dus de 23plusone resultaten
uit de Insider kunnen daar heel leidend in zijn.
Is het dan meer een vergelijking achteraf, of is het ook deels in-
spiratie voor de Trinity?
Ja dat laatste denk ik ook. Ik denk ook dat voor een Kitchen ses-
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Huiskamertje op scherm “welke bank kies je dan en welk schilderij”.
Daar kreeg je wel een beetje een sfeerbeeld. Dat gebied van “hoe
kunnen we voor creatieve disciplines, hoe kunnen we die nou inspir-
eren met data uit de Insider?”. Dat is iets wat ik nog wel interessant
vind maar wat nooit echt tot bloei is gekomen. We hebben weleens
als we al van te voren wisten van hier komt een rebranding, hier
moet echt een nieuw brand worden ontwikkeld, of als wij dat von-
den of de klant wist dat nog niet, hebben we weleens gevraagd wat
ze van hun eigen naam en logo vinden. Maar dat was eigenlijk meer
om bewijs voering op te bouwen dat ze niet gehecht zijn eraan of
niet zo mooi vinden, maar niet echt voor inspiratie.
Nog andere dingen die missen?
Niet zo inhoudelijk maar meer van hoe de tool op dit moment ge-
bruikt wordt en hoe ik het zou willen. Maar dan moet het wel veel
inspirerender en state of the art zijn in vormgeving, en gebruik
van feedback. Maar inhoudelijk... nou een van de dingen die we bij
Miele hebben gedaan, over “purpose”. “Wat maakt ons nou blij om
dit de hele dag door te doen”. Voor Miele eerste poging om daar
iets meer te weten te komen daarover door er gewoon rechtsreeks
naar te vragen, “dus ja natuurlijk maken jullie wasmachines maar
eigenlijk ben je met een groter goed bezig en wat is dat dan”. Als
voorbeeld, “Coca-Cola is natuurlijk ook maar een frisdrank maar die
willen je een happy moment geven”. Rechtstreeks gevraagd “wat
is het dan voor jou”, kwamen mooie dingen uit. Die input zou ik er
ook wel willen uithalen. Maar misschien niet door er rechtstreeks
naar te vragen, misschien zijn er betere manieren.
Wat zijn in jouw ogen de strenghts van de Insider?
Een van de strenghts is de hele organisatie vragen wat ze van hun
eigen merk vinden en hoe ze dat in de toekomst anders zouden wil-
len zien. Dat je dat ook durft te vragen aan je eigen mensen. Wat
ik er ook goed aan vind maar dat we er al heel erg op achterlopen,
goed aan vond, dat het niet alleen platte stellingen en vragen en
vijfpuntsschalen zijn. Zitten er wel een paar van in, maar dat er ge-
probeerd is om de vraag op een inspirerende manier te stellen. Zo
met dat T-shirt en die muziek. Ik vind dat we van alleen maar vra-
genlijst een hele slag hebben gemaakt naar op een inspireerde en
leukere manier dingen te vragen, dingen die meer creativiteit op-
wekken. Maar daar is in al een paar jaar niets aan gebeurt en is nu
enorm aan het achterlopen, als je nu ziet wat er allemaal mogelijk is
met technologie. Alleen al audiovisueel wat er allemaal mogelijk is
om op het computerscherm te zien. Kunnen wij nu nog wel roepen
“het is op een hele inspirerende manier gebracht”. Het is nog steeds
wel een heel goed ding, maar voldoet totaal niet meer aan mijn
kwaliteits en vernieuwingseisen. Ik vond dat heel bevestigend dat
Martijn zei “ow je bedoelt die online vragenlijst” toen dacht ik “ja
shit je hebt gelijk, zo bijzonder is dat niet meer”. We zaten gevan-
gen in het Metrixlab en een andere context qua bedrijf. Weinig drive
sie heb je misschien niet eens al die resultaten nodig, zijn vooral
23plusone resultaten uit de Insider. Nu doen we die Insider van, in
die twee weken rammen we er alles doorheen. We gaan zorgen dat
iedereen die kennis in zijn hoofd heeft voordat we aan die Kitchen
beginnen. Maar eigenlijk heb je alleen de persoonlijke drijfveren en
voor het merk van nu en in de toekomst en misschien een paar ref-
erentie merken nodig om een Kitchen te starten. Misschien is dat
op dat moment in de timing als je een continu platform hebt, miss-
chien alleen die dingen nodig en nog niet al die andere troep.
Heb je die andere troep dan wel nodig? Individueel...
Individueel is nuttig.
Dan heb je werk...
Vragen over samenwerken en zichtbaar beloont worden en “ik
word goed gemanaged”. Meer je eigen werkomgeving. Volgens mij
is dat een module die nu niet zo nuttig. Vooral ook omdat er veel
overlap zit in andere vragen.
Ja en ook niet voor het terugkoppelen naar de organisatie, dat het
daar leuke dingen voor oplevert?
Nee.
En de organisatie ...
Verbondenheid, “ik voel me trots als dit bedrijf goed presteert”,
iets van vijf stellingen. Dan is er identificatie met de strategie, die
vind ik op zich wel interessant. In de laatste Insider heb ik hem ook
verkort van iets van vijftien stelling naar vijf. Vind hem interes-
sant, hoeft niet perse eruit op dit moment. En dan sfeer, weet niet
zo goed wat ik er mee moet. Persoonlijk vind ik het zo’n vraag van
“oke nou ok het is dus een gestreste organisatie”, bevestiging van
wat we wisten. Maar het is wel een leuke vraag, dat het niet re-
chtsreeks vraagt “wat is de sfeer in de organisatie”. Misschien zou
je wel echt muziek moeten laten luisteren. Owja en competenties in
organisatie. Die kan nog wel interessant zijn. “Waar vind je dat deze
organisatie goed in is en waar niet”. Zit meestal niet in HR onder-
zoeken en dat kan nog wel beetje inspiratie geven. En dan krijg
je merk en alles wat in merk zit vind ik heel nuttig. En dat vinden
mensen ook heel erg leuk. Soms kan je weleens afvragen bij refer-
entie merken, komen altijd bijna zelfde merken naar boven, maar ik
vind dat toch wel inspirerende data.
Missen er dingen?
Niet eens zo zeer op inhoud. Waar we ook wel met Diana naar
gezocht hebben toen... Toen wij als bedrijf de shift maakten van
alleen maar strategie naar ook naming en design erbij, “hoe kun-
nen we nu zorgen dat er dingen uit de Insider komen waar creatie
ook wat aan heeft, dat de namers en designers daar ook inspira-
tie uit kunnen halen”. Dat is nooit tot bloei gekomen, niet echt go-
ede ideeën op tafel gekomen. Bleef beetje bij “goh vind je je merk
nou meer een blauw vierkantje of een rood rondje”. Wat we ook
weleens hebben gedaan, lieten we mensen huiskamers inrichten.
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om dat te gaan veranderen, het was goed genoeg.
Zou je alle vijfpuntsschalen enzo eruit willen halen en alles op
een meer inspirerende manier willen vragen?
Nou om dingen te weten te komen is zo’n vijfpuntsschaal natuurlijk
heel goed, maar zelfs dat kan je visueel op een leuke manier aan-
kleden.
Denk je dat je er mee aan kan komen bij een bedrijf als het alle-
maal heel kwalitatief wordt, dat het allemaal inspiratie materi-
aal word?
Ik denk dat de kracht van het instrument er inzit dat het inspira-
tie en objectieve data combineert. Want dat heeft natuurlijk ook
erg te maken met reputatie van wetenschappelijk onderbouwt en
creatief. Goed weten wat je doet en heel creatief zijn. Dus zou die
combinatie willen behouden. Maar dat betekent niet dat het er
saai en droog uit hoeft te zien. Je kan een vijfpuntsschaal hebben,
maar ook een poppetje hebben dat gaat lachen als je hem naar
recht schuift, zeg maar wat hoor, In plaats van “ik klik rechterbol-
letje aan”. Heleboel van deze ideeën zijn er al een paar jaar, probl-
eem was dat er niet de wil was, maar ook dat het veel geld kost om
uit te voeren. Dat zat niet in een potje “innovatie”. Wel vaker din-
gen gewild en niet kunnen doen. En soms was er wel een klant en
die wilde daar wel een beetje extra voor betalen en zo kwamen er
wel gave dingen. Voor Veldhovengroep hebben we meer aandacht
besteed aan het design en met een extern bureau nog een evalua-
tieonderzoekje gedaan over het event, zag er erg mooi ook uit. Dat
waren wel dingen waar wij blij van werden. Ik denk dat we gewoon
achterlopen in plaats van vooruit lopen, en dat moet om.
Zijn er nog andere weaknesses?
Dat het heel erg een moment opname is. Niet zozeer dat de data
dan niet waardevol is, maar meer dat het daarna voorbij is. We had-
den vroeger alleen het meetinstrument, toen hebben we er een
voorkant aan geplakt zoals ik net beschreef “ok ook zorgen dat er
een campagne loopt”. Voor het proces daarna daar roepen we ook
weleens van “heb je een tekstje nodig”. Maar dat is nog niet uitge-
dacht van “wat zijn de stappen die je daarna neemt”. Zou je ook een
standaard proces voor moeten hebben waar je de klant mee onder-
steunt. Stel dat het een ding is dat twee weken loopt, je hebt een
voorkant, loopt ie twee weken, twee weken na de sluiting doe je
dit, dan doe je dat. Dat je een aantal standaard stappen hebt. Maar
ik zou graag willen dat we verder vooruit denken, “wat doe je nou
daarna”. Heel erg learning by doing, allemaal heel ad hoc.
Ken je andere branding tools die lijken op de Insider of voor het
zelfde doel worden ingezet?
Nee ken ik niet maar zie wel veel dingen om me heen die me inspir-
eren. Geloof niet dat er zo iets nu is voor het merk of purpose.
Wat zijn die andere dingen dan?
Wat wij toen in Wenen hebben gezien op SIME voor Microsoft (jon-
gen van Indie). Online mysterie game, Facebook platform. Wat
we net zagen van Royal Club. Wat me ook inspireert zijn online
magazines. Wij bepalen nu de volgorde, maar zou het niet een ont-
dekkingstocht moeten zijn van de mensen zelf. Die dan aan het
bladeren of navigeren zijn door een online omgeving. Of misschien
een combinatie, van “nu willen wij dit weten voor ons proces”, maar
tegelijkertijd kunnen ze gewoon rond kijken. Heeft te maken met
de opzet “is het strak geregisseerd stappenplan of kunnen ze zelf
rondneuzen”. Vond ik toen heel erg leuk (VMC.nl). Alles op het ge-
bied van social media: Roamler, Facebook, Seven days of your life
van Erik.
Wat voor veranderingen zijn er opgetreden op het gebied van
branding dat meegenomen moet worden?
“Why question”, terug naar de vraag waarom, “voor wie, hoe hel-
pen we de wereld”. Bewust zijn. En dan natuurlijk technologie,
nieuwe dingen, sociaal media.
De wereld is transparant aan het worden. Je kan nu niet als bedrijf
alleen maar met top van de organisatie bedenken van dit moet er
gebeuren. Je moet zorgen dat je identiteit en imago klopt en match
bij elkaar. Is geeneens dat het vroeger niet moest, maar was toen
minder zichtbaar. Dat kan nu niet meer, wereld wordt transparant
dus wordt bijna een en hetzelfde. Dus betekent ook dat je als or-
ganisatie, al die poppetjes moeten dat leven. Hoeft maar een pop-
petje te zijn die een vervelende fout maakt en de hele wereld weet
het, of iets slechts te zeggen over de organisatie. Al die poppetjes
moeten dat voelen en daarom denk ik dat je ze ook maar beter mee
kan nemen in het proces. Is heel veel moeilijker als de directie zegt
van “dit hebben we bedacht en dit moeten jullie nu gaan voelen en
doen”. Samen doen en goed doen en andere dingen die het nodig
maken om het goed te doen. Geen gebakken lucht verkopen.
Als je nu alle geld en tijd van de wereld zou hebben, wat zou je
dan doen?
Iedereen door de brainscanner. Nou als ik geld en tijd had ik wel
meer met brainscanning gedaan. We gebruiken 23plusone om te
begrijpen wat mensen belangrijk vinden, kan je ook rechtstreeks
uit het brein halen. Maar als ik geld en tijd zou hebben dan zouden
hier vijf josien’s en thomassen zitten en dan zou ik mensen die echt
dat soort dingen kunnen prototypen hier hebben zitten. Wat ik voor
me zie is een continu online mobiel engagement platform, moet
wel een betere naam moet krijgen. Met een minimale looptijd van
een jaar. Wat je gebruikt als je start en wat dan doorloopt tijdens
het traject, als je dingen gaat definiëren en als je je merk gaat bou-
wen en ook daarna nog. Wat ik nog een beetje een vraagteken vind
“hoelang loopt zoiets door, is dat dan een onderdeel van je bedrijf
op den duur of gaat het nieuwigheidje er van af en moet er weer
iets ander komen?”. Dat laatste denk ik wel, “hoe lang hou je dat
vol?”. Dat iedereen dat enthousiast blijft doen, dan moet je telkens
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Met het tot stand brengen van de brand. Kijken naar de oude en
nieuwe situatie en ons daar ook in begeleiden. Daar hebben ze een
heel proces voor, om van a naar b te komen.
Ben je bekend met 23plusone?
Ja.
Heb je er zelf mee gewerkt?
Ja, meer met BR-ND. Niet op eigen initiatief. Nou jawel met mijn
eigen team, heb ik laten zien: dit is de Trinity. Omdat ik van HR de-
gene ben die in het branding proces zit heb ik wel laten zien hoe we
dat hebben gedaan met de Kitchen enzo. En we hebben hier natu-
urlijk alle kaartjes uitgedeeld voor de Insider dus iedereen heeft er
wel mee zitten spelen. Meer op een fun manier, meer kennismak-
ing mee.
Wat is je ervaring van de 23plusone?
Wat het fijne eraan is, is dat het heel concreet is. Branding gaat veel
over gevoel, emotie, associaties die je bij een bepaald merk hebt.
Dit maakt het concreet en inzichtelijk, omdat je 24 kaartjes heb kan
je uitleg daar aan geven. Maakt het simpeler om daar over gesprek-
ken te hebben, zeker met mensen die niet zo creatief zijn. Ook voor
ons MT: voor mensen van financiën en operations is het heel moe-
ilijk om dat los te krijgen. Dit is een goede methode om bepaalde
waardes en gevoelens concreter te maken en zo uitleg te geven.
Ook bij de Kitchen, dat we dat allemaal die dingen presenteerde,
maakte het wel een stuk makelijker om daar vorm aan te geven.
Heb het positief ervaren.
Vond u deze methode een goede leiddraad om een merk te bou-
wen?
Ja en ook een middel om een discussie te voeren. Je kan een kaartje
pakken en vertellen wat je daarbij voelt. Je hebt het in HR ook, ver-
schillende spellen met kaartjes voor teambuilding enzo. Kaartjes
concept ken ik al, maar niet op deze manier. Deze is echt gelinkt
aan een brand. Goede manier om discussie op gang te krijgen en
concreet te maken hoe het allemaal tot stand is gekomen, dat het
wel een gedegen proces is geweest.
Thomas uitleg service portfolio
Komt alles bekend voor?
Ja, ik zit alleen te denken wat de kickoff en vision meeting was. Ja
volgens mij was kickoff in december en was ik daarbij. Wat nou ook
alweer precies de vision meetings zijn?
Uitleg Thomas: Desk research waarbij zo veel mogelijk naar het totaal
plaatje gekeken wordt. Praten dan met verschillende klanten enzo.
Oow dat ken ik wel ja, was even vergen dat dat de vision meetings
waren.
Ben er wel bij elke stap bij geweest.
Thomas gaat stap voor stap langs het service portfolio.
Vond u de services goed op elkaar aansluiten?
Ja heb alleen bij de Insider bijvoorbeeld, daar mis ik een beetje de
nieuwe dingen er op zetten. Misschien raakt dat op, op een ge-
geven moment.
Even over het benchmarken, ik hoor het niet vaak terug komen.
Alleen vanuit de individueel. Wordt er veel gedaan mee, in ho-
everre wordt dat naar de klant gebruikt?
Alle vragen die we kunne benchmarken die benchmarken we,
vooral de vijfpuntsschalen. Persoonlijke drives, merk drives natu-
urlijk niet. In sommige gevallen kunnen we specifieke categorieën
benchmarken. We hebben voor REAAL wel bepaalde 23plusone
scores vergeleken met andere financiële dienstverleners. Als je de
Outsider doet kan je het daar ook aan relateren. Vooral voor die
persoonlijke drives is het belangrijk omdat je daar aan kan zien hoe
bijzonder het eigenlijk is bij bepaalde drives hoe hoog of laag ze
zijn. In hoeverre we eigenlijk echt heel veel gebruik van maken, go-
ede vraag. Leuk om te zeggen “we hebben nog nooit een bedrijf
gezien die zo trots is, boven de benchmark”. In persoonlijke drives
zijn dat vaak de inspiratiebronnen voor het bouwen van de Trinity.
Vaak ook in je sales verhaal, vinden mensen dat heel prettig, bouwt
mee aan de geloofwaardigheid. Maar of we er echt heel veel mee
doen... Vraagt het vanuit “in hoeveree moet ik daar rekening mee
houden?”. Voor 23plusone is het belangrijk dat sowieso.
Wat is ook alweer de Outsider, doen jullie die zelf?
Bij de Outsider werken we met dat model van brandappeal in het
midden. We doen het samen met Metrixlab. Outsider hebben we
nog nooit voor een klant zelf gedaan.
Zitten in die Outsider ook wel vragen die je in de Insider ook zou
kunnen vragen, zoals van “is er echt iets uniek aan je organisatie?”.
“Ik houd echt van ... en er zijn momenten dat ik naar... verlang”,
kan je ook best intern vragen. Dan kan je het beter vergelijken. On-
geveer de helft van de vragen van de Outsider worden intern ook
gevraagd.
Client Interview - HR Adviseur Sales bij De Telefoongids &
Gouden Gids
THOMAS:
Hoe bent je in aanraking gekomen met BR-ND?
Ik ben aangesloten bij de project groep, heb er zelf niet mee te
maken gehad. Zijn pitches geweest en ben pas aangesloten toen zij
er al waren. Ik ben zelf niet bij de pitches geweest.
Hoe zou je BR-ND omschrijven, wat is het volgens jou voor soort
bedrijf?
Ik relateer dat echt aan branding, merken creëren en beleving-
swereld. Echt een branding bureau dus niet een marketing bureau.
Dus echt op een conceptueel en strategisch niveau.
Waar hebben ze jullie mee geholpen?
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aansluiting me de Kitchen en de uiteindelijk Trinity. Vind het een
heel goed middel om de mensen hier enthousiast te maken, want
is naar iedereen gegaan, maar vraag me wel af....want uiteindelijk
is met het project team en de MT in de Kitchen de Trinity opgezet.
Maar dan vraag ik me af hoe de resultaten van de Insider en Outsid-
er uiteindelijk linken met de Trinity die met de project groep en MT
is opgezet. Uiteraard geeft het inzicht in: wat vinden de medewerk-
ers en komen we een beetje op hetzelfde uit. Maar het beïnvloed
niet de Trinity die we uiteindelijk kiezen, want dat is wat uiteindelijk
uit de Kitchen komt. Het is wel goed om het inzichtelijk te hebben,
zeker de Outsider voor klanten. Vooral wat we nu vinden kan je heel
veel mee...dat geeft alleen maar de urgentie aan, van dat we echt
iets nieuws moeten verzinnen. Want we werden echt door intern en
extern, en intern zelfs nog harder, gezien as stoffig, oud en oubol-
lig en heel functioneel. Dus daar was het heel sterk voor om aan te
geven waar staan we en dat is absoluut niet wat we naar toe willen,
dus dan gaf het eigenlijk onderbouwing om het project aan te gaan.
Dus het gaf nog meer onderbouwing aan het management van dit
project moeten we doorzetten. Maar resultaten van wat moet het
nu worden, want mensen geven ook aan op basis van de kaartjes
van waar hebben ze het meest gevoel bij. Dat vraag ik me af in ho-
everre komt dat terug in de Trinity. Je kan het wel vergelijken met
de resultaten, maar het heeft er niet echt invloed op, in mijn optiek.
Omdat uiteindelijk de project groep en het MT de beslissing heb-
ben gehad en de Insider en Outsider hebben daar niet veel mee te
maken gehad.
Welke services vond jij waardevol? Waren er services die weg
hadden kunnen gelaten worden?
Vond ze eigenlijk allemaal wel waardevol op hun eigen manier. De
Brandheart is niet zo veel meer terug gekomen. En misschien moet
er een Brandstatement bij als processtuk.
Waar dan?
Die is eigenlijk gevormd met de Trinity tegelijk. De Brandheart vond
ik een hele goede weergave, maar heb hem daarna eigenlijk nooit
meer echt terug zien komen. Het is ook eigenlijk de Trinity dus in
hoeverre moet je dat ook eigenlijk terug laten komen?
Thomas toelichting van Brandheart: het proces eindigt soms daar,
het Brandheart kan dan worden gebruikt om bijvoorbeeld reclame bu-
reaus te briefen.
Dus die is misschien wel heel belangrijk voor andere partijen. Als
dat soort dingen wel noodzakelijk zijn voor reclame bureaus enz.
dan moet je die hebben, kan ik zelf niet zo inschatten.
Misschien voor jullie minder waardevol?
Op zich wel op het moment zelf, maar daarna hebben we het nau-
welijks meer gebruikt. Maar misschien gebruikt communicatie het
wel voor briefing? Nu is het ook niet ingezet in presentatie naar de
board of EDSA om hun te overtuigen, de Trinity wel.
Vond je de tools vernieuwend?
Ik heb eigenlijk voor het eerst zo’n uitgebreid branding proces
meegemaakt dus dat was sowieso nieuw voor mij. Ja wel vernieu-
wend. Vooral brainscanning dat, dat ook wordt voorgesteld al is dat
nog nooit gedaan. Het gaat wel volgens een bepaald proces ,het
gaat om research. Maar dat er wel wordt gekeken naar wat voor
soort research er nog meer kan worden gedaan. Zo’n scan is nog
nooit ingezet, dus dat is vernieuwend. Proces op zich: ik heb niet
echt vergelijkingsmateriaal.
Kan je nog dingen herinneren die je niet zo leuk vond aan het
proces?
Nou nee over het algemeen heel positief. Moeilijke vraag. Zit vooral
aan de Kitchen te denken, daar hadden we verschillende activit-
eiten. Vond het hele positief dat we op een andere locatie zaten en
door die activiteiten op een gegeven moment iedereen los komt.
Wat ik negatiever vond, dat lag niet zo zeer aan het proces. Maar
dat er toen eventjes moest ingegrepen worden in de groep omdat
er lacherig werd gedaan. Omdat mensen natuurlijk, vooral MT-
leden, niet gewend zijn om over gevoelens te praten en dan worden
ze lacherig en cynisch, angst voor het onbekende. Dat vond ik jam-
mer dat er toen minder serieus mee om werd gegaan. Maar dat lag
niet zo zeer aan het proces maar aan de groep en hoe manage je
een groep. Uiteindelijk is het allemaal goed gegaan, werd gezegd
“hallo jullie moeten dit wel serieus nemen”.
Maar werd dit dan door de groep gecorrigeerd?
Nee werd door Joris gecorrigeerd op advies van Alexander. Alex-
ander gaf aan van het gedrag te schrikken. Dat mensen te veel op
elkaar reageerde terwijl het bedoelt is om constructief kritiek te
geven. Dit werd opgevangen door Alexander en tegen Joris gezegd.
Die groepsdynamiek is belangrijk om op te letten. Dat is ook eigen
verantwoordelijkheid, maar wel fijn dat, dat word geconstateerd
door Alexander en op in wordt gespeeld.
En ik denk dat we in het begin heel hard van start zijn gegaan en
dat het nu allemaal wat langzamer gaat. Dit heeft natuurlijk ook
met ons te maken. Maar in het begin waren er heel duidelijk stap-
pen, aan het eind is het wat losser in de planning. En dat ligt ook
aan dat wij bezig zijn aan een strategisch plan. Maar in het begin
was er een stuk duidelijke planning dan aan het einde.
Is dit niet helemaal duidelijk gepland aan het begin?
Jawel maar het moet ook flexibel kunnen zijn en kunnen schakelen.
Ik denk dat het verwacht was dat de uitkomsten van het onderzoek
iets sneller zouden zijn. Past op zich prima in de planning, levert
geen problemen op. Denk dat het begin misschien iets duidelijkere
stappen heeft, aan het eind iets minder.
Zijn er nog andere positieve of negatieve dingen?
Ik vond het een heel gedegen proces, ergens op gebaseerd. Gebas-
eerd op feiten en ook creativiteit. Je hebt ook feiten nodig om het
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over de bühne te krijgen. Goede combinatie.
En strategisch meedenken, en niet alleen van “ken alleen mijn ei-
gen toko”. Meedenken met hoe onze business in elkaar zit, heel
positief.
Voelde je, je betrokken bij het proces?
Ja zeker. We spraken altijd met kernteam af om voor te bereiden
voor een MT meeting. Hoe ga je dat sturen. Dus ja, er zijn altijd mo-
menten dat je bij elkaar komt.
JOSIEN:
Heb je zelf een Insider gedaan?
Ja heb ik gedaan.
Heeft de hele organisatie heeft meegedaan?
Ja op zo’n online vragenlijst.
Hoe zou je de Insider omschrijven?
Als een soort online vragenlijst, maar het zag er wel gelikt uit. Niet
zo’n vies tool ding, gewoon gelikt met logo “kijk in de spiegel van
je merk” en die kaartjes. Wel heel beelden en visueel, zo zou ik het
omschrijven.
Waarom hebben jullie voor de Inisder gekozen?
Een, om een goede onderbouwen te krijgen van waarom we dit ook
alweer doen, wat onze eigen medewerkers vinden van ons merk,
om de urgentie aan te geven. Iedereen praat erover maar dan heb
je het ook feitelijk staan wat iedereen ervan vind. De resultaten
geven ook aan dat intern men nog negatiever zijn dan klanten. Ze
zien het als oud, stoffig en heel functioneel als informatie voorz-
iening. Bevestigd wat wij denken, concreet onderbouwd. En ook,
waar vinden mensen dat we naar toe moeten. Hebben ook een
medewerkers betrokkenheidonderzoek elk jaar, en dit kwam wel
overeen. Eigenlijk ook leuk om te zien dat veel mensen dezelfde
richting op denken. Ook heel belangrijk om mensen betrokken en
enthousiast te krijgen, dat ze een puntje op de horizon hebben. Zo
van “we zijn er mee bezig, we hebben een lange weg te gaan, maar
we vragen ook om jullie mening”. Ook dat filmpje hielp daarmee
aan het begin van de Insider.
Dus ik denk als middel om mensen betrokken te krijgen, is het een
heel goed middel. Maar daarin heb ik wel een puntje. Zoals eerder
werd gevraagd, van “wat zou je verbeteren aan het proces?”. Als je
zo’n Insider doet, is er best een lange weg te gaan tot het eindre-
sultaat. Mensen vragen heel veel “wat gaat er gebeuren”, we kun-
nen nu nog niets vertellen want dat is vertrouwelijk. Wat zou je tus-
sentijds kunnen doen om toch mensen te betrekken, zonder dat
je mensen gelijk te veel vertelt. Dat is iets waar we te weinig naar
gekeken hebben. Dat is onze eigen verantwoordelijkheid, maar ook
handig om daar over mee te denken. Het was allemaal heel leuk
gelanceerd en met de kaartjes, maar daarna is er niets meer ge-
beurt. Dan ebt het weg of twijfelen ze over het feit of nog wel wat
gaat gebeuren terwijl je ze juist enthousiast kan houden, mensen
kijken er heel erg naar uit.
Er is weinig feedback en ik weet ook even het antwoord niet, maar
het zou wel handig zijn om daar naar te kijken. Hebben het daar
toevallig ook net over gehad, kunnen we iets communiceren naar
de medewerkers want die vraag is groot. We kunnen de Trinity wel
laten zien, maar niemand begrijpt dat, moet je ook uitleg geven.
Hoe kan je nou mensen laten zien dat je verder bent in het proces,
zonder dat je iets weg geeft?
Kunt u het proces van de Insider dat jullie doorlopen zijn beschri-
jven (zover u dit nog kan herinneren)?
Ze hebben de Insider gehad. Reminders gehad, naar iedereen ge-
maild en via het intranet. Even nadenken...en nadat het gesloten
was heeft iedereen een dankjewel mail gehad.
En zijn de resultaten weer teurg gecommuniceerd naar de
deelnemers?
Nee, alleen naar de board. Kan me niet herinneren. We hebben het
wel aan het management team terug gekoppeld maar niet aan alle
medewerkers. Wel een samenvatting, maar niet alle resultaten an-
ders krijgen ze weer teveel informatie. Er is wel een samenvatting
geweest via intranet. Dus alleen een samenvatting maar niet in de-
tail, omdat dat dan meer vragen dan antwoorden oplevert omdat je
het niet in context kan zetten. Resultaten zijn niet gepresenteerd of
iets, wel aan het management.
Met de Insider wordt gekeken naar: de individueel, werk con-
text, organisatie, brand. Welke informatie was het meest/minst
waardevol voor jullie?
Wat het meest is blijven hangen is de resultaten van wat mensen nu
denken van het merk. Wat het minst is blijven hangen voor mij per-
soonlijk was de algemene conclusie van wat het zou moeten wor-
den, en daar is voor mijn gevoel ook het minst mee gedaan. Niet
dat, dat perse erg is omdat je het wel kan vergelijken me de Trinity.
Maar het is niet bij mij blijven hangen wat ook al weer het resultaat
was van wat mensen vonden. We hebben het wel vergeleken en het
paste wel redelijk goed bij elkaar. Trinity stel je op en verder denk je
er niet bij na wat uit de Insider kwam. Of dat erg is, dat weet ik niet.
Waren er vragen/opdrachten/onderdelen die er uit sprongen
(zowel positief als negatief)?
Ja die kaartjes is natuurlijk gewoon blijven hangen, dat je dat kan
aanvinken. Ja en wat men nu vind, dat is het meest blijven hangen.
Wat vind je sterk aan de tool? En wat niet zo sterk?
Als middel om in te zetten om mensen betrokken te krijgen juist
erg goed, maar wat doe je met het resultaat. En tijdsgebonden... ja
stond twee weken open en dat is wel genoeg. Prima periode, soms
is korter zelf beter. Dat is per organisatie inschatten.
Zijn er nog dingen die je graag had willen weten die niet aan bod
zijn gekomen in de Insider?
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Ik weet niet meer precies wat er allemaal in zat. Ik weet niet of
mensen konden aangeven wat ze coole merken vonden, stond dat
in de Insider? Ik vind dat op zich wel een leuke. Er staat me iets van
bij, maar dat is wel een leuke vraag. Ook de T-shirt vond ik leuk aan
het einde, omdat we die intern hebben opgehangen. Soort terug-
koppeling, T-shirt geprint en in de gang gehangen. Dat was leuk.
Dus hebben toch wat met de resultaten gedaan. Meer tastbaar,
belangrijkste dingen eruit gehaald. Dat was hartstikke leuk, leuk
gedaan.
Wat waren de reacties van de deelnemers op het onderzoek?
Positief. 60 of 70% heeft meegedaan, dat had op zich hoger
gekund. Positief, nieuwsgierig, leuk, funfactor om dat in te vullen.
Ze voelen zich ook betrokken, “ze vragen het ook aan ons”. Redelijk
bereid om mee te doen, er is altijd een groep de nooit mee doet.
Over het algemeen bereid en de ervaringen waren goed, mensen
zijn nieuwsgierig. Het was ook kort en krachtig, niet van die ellen-
lange vragen lijsten, maar ook visueel.
Kwamen er verassende resultaten uit?
Nee dat denk ik niet, meer bevestiging wat ook fijn is want het had
ook de andere kant op kunnen gaan.
Is de identiteit van de organisatie duidelijk geworden mbv de In-
sider?
Ja ik denk dat, dat wel een basis heeft gegeven waaruit je verder
gaat denken.
Was deze anders dan verwacht?
Ja dat denk ik wel, ik denk wel dat we in de goede richting zaten te
denken. Maar wat het verassend heeft gemaakt is het hogere doel
dat we hebben geformuleerd.
Heeft de Insider hier aan bijgedragen?
Nee dat denk ik niet. Nee ik denk dat, dat vooral uit de Kitchen is
gekomen. De Insider heeft meer gezorgd dat het klopt met de Trin-
ity, maar niet bijgedragen aan het resultaat van het hoger doel of
de drie uiteindes van de Trinity op zich. Er zijn wel overeenkomsten,
maar dat hoger doel is echt uit de Kitchen gekomen.
Wat vond u van de manier waarom de uitkomsten van de Insider
naar u zijn gecommuniceerd?
Ja wel goed. Eerst was alle data doorgestuurd en dan zit je een
beetje te kijken en er mee te spelen. Daarna was er een presentatie,
die was heel helder, helemaal prima.
Hebben jullie al ideeën over hoe jullie de organisatie op de hoog-
te gaan stellen van de uitkomsten van het brand innovation pro-
ces?
Wat we kunnen communiceren proberen we wel te communiceren.
Planning staat op het intranet, high level planning, heel algemeen.
Maar er staat niet echt een einddatum op. Maar wel dat ze weten
dat het een proces is dat lang kan duren, dat is op zich helder. Maar
er is vanaf de Insider weinig gecommuniceerd. Alleen dus de sa-
menvatting en Tshirt, daarna niets meer gecommuniceerd.
Weet je al hoe je het gaat terug communiceren?
Nee nog niet over nagedacht, beetje afhankelijk van de strategie,
volgende fase waar we inkomen. In de vorm van workshops of iets
anders, dat weten we nog niet. Zijn nog niet zo ver.
Denkt u dat de werknemer meer betrokken zijn geworden bij de
organisatie door dit proces?
Ja mensen onthouden het wel nog steeds en hebben nog steeds die
kaartjes en daarom is er ook nieuwsgierigheid. Omdat er gevraagd
is naar hun mening, blijft die nieuwsgierigheid hangen.
Als u een ongelimiteerd budget en tijd zou hebben, wat zou u
dan hebben gedaan ipv de Insider?
Moeilijke vraag. Ik vond die T-shirts hartstikke leuk en de kaartjes
en dat het erg visueel was. Ja in de ideale wereld, vanuit mijn per-
spectief, hadden we de kernwaarden niet van te voren geformu-
leerd maar ook als onderdeel van het branding project. Corporate
brand en internal brand, hoeft niet allemaal hetzelfde en is ook niet
precies hetzelfde. Maar het is wel leuk voor het proces om te kijken
in hoeverre je kernwaarden kunt creëren die bij het corporate brand
passen. Die hebben we nu wel passend gemaakt omdat die vrij
breed waren maar in de ideale wereld zijn dit twee processen: voor
corporate brand en wat dat betekend voor interen waardes en pro-
cessen. Misschien heel erg mijn ding vanuit HR perspectief, maar in
de ideale wereld zijn dit twee processen die naast elkaar lopen. Je
hebt brand als geloof en kernwaarden als gedrag (zoals Alexander
ook heeft verteld). Je hebt gedrag en attitude nodig om de organi-
satie te zijn die je wilt zijn en die we ook verkopen aan de markt
dmv branding. Het hoeft niet helemaal bij elkaar te passen, maar
het zit wel aan elkaar verbonden. Het moet wel met elkaar klop-
pen. Als je een rebranding proces in gaat, zou je ook een cultuur of
intern proces kunnen doen dat daar misschien simultaan aan loopt.
Als je ook denkt aan hoe de services uit te breiden, is dit een inter-
essant onderwerp. Misschien ook een manier om meer mensen bij
de branding te betrekken. En dan niet zo zeer bij de vormgeving,
maar meer bij de waardes. Dus bij zo’n rebranding proces goed om
ook naar bestaande kernwaarden te kijken. We hebben het nu be-
wust niet gedaan omdat die kernwaarden net waren gelanceerd,
dus we hebben ervoor gekozen om ze passend te maken. Maar voor
rebranding goed om dit mee te nemen. En of BR-ND dat dan doet,
of een andere organisatie...
THOMAS:
Ben je tevreden met het resultaat dat BR-ND heeft geleverd?
Ja. Ik vind de brandfans ook heel handig, om te zien waar staat je
brand dan op die waaier. En ook visueel dat je op een geven mo-
ment ook er een beeld bij krijgt. Ja positief en gedegen proces.
Niets op aan te merken?
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Nee over het algemeen niet, alle andere verbeter puntjes heb ik al
eerder opgenoemd.
Gelooft je in de nieuwe strategie die is neergezet?
Ja ik geloof daar erg in. Ik denk ook naast het feit dat ik er zelf in
geloof, heb ik het gevoel dat onze medewerkers er ook in gaan gel-
oven als ze het zien.
Hadden jullie dit ook alleen kunnen doen zonder hulp van BR-
ND?
Nee dat denk ik niet. Niet zonder hulp van een bureau in ieder geval
en ik denk ook niet zonder hulp van BR-ND. Wat het fijn maakt is
dat het een klein bureau is. Met grotere bureaus ben je vaak een
van de vele klanten en gaat het veel meer procedure achting, bij
elke stap een offerte ofzo. Samenwerking is prettig, snel schakelen,
zit flexibiliteit in maar blijven steeds kijken naar de horizon. Kijken
naar “waar we moeten we staan”. Denk dat Kim hier ook een grote
rol in speelt. Dus dat is heel positief, ze managed het wel zo dat we
bij de les blijven. Het laatste deel van het proces is het moeilijkst
omdat je dan ook met strategische dingen zit. Misschien dat daar
nog andere momenten in vast kunnen worden gezet, dat weet ik
niet.
Vind je dat BR-ND het project goed begeleid heeft?
Vind ik van wel ja.
Wat vond je van de planning van het proces?
Ja nu is het wat losser inderdaad. Denk wel dat, dat het ook aan
ons ligt omdat we met allemaal beslissingen zitten. Ik denk ook dat
door het wachten op het kwalitatieve research, dat daar een luwte
zit. En dat is misschien prima, maar dan moeten we wel bedenken
dat we daarna weer samen komen. Dat staat dan niet straks vast.
Je moet natuurlijk ook niet meeten om te meeten. Misschien heeft
het research gedeelte wel iets langer geduurd dan verwacht. Miss-
chien is dat het.
Wat vind je van de klant omgang van BR-ND?
Prettig, professioneel, maar niet te formeel.
Hoe vind je de prijs/waarde perceptie van de diensten van BR-
ND?
Dat moet je niet aan mij vragen, geen flauw idee. Daar gaat Erik
over.
Wat vond je uniek aan de aanpak/proces van BR-ND?
Ik denk dat ze heel goed in staat zijn om er echt boven te hangen
en de business te begrijpen, en ook de mensen. Vanuit business
oogpunt er boven te hangen en bedenken hoe gaan we dat dan
aanpakken. Ik denk dat ze goed bepaalde groepsdynamiek kunnen
aanvoelen en wat we zouden moeten doen om het te verbeteren. Ik
denk dat, dat erboven staan, en de vinger erop leggen, vind ik wel
een uniek punt.
Wat had u anders aangepakt als BR-ND zijnde?
Moeilijke vraag. Ben hier geen expert in. Ik heb niet veel vergelijk-
ingmateriaal, dus moeilijk om te beantwoorden. Heel belangrijk is
dat je de rollen van iedereen in het project worden gedefinieerd.
Maar dat is ook wel gebeurt, is een goed punt geweest.
Vind het moeilijk zonder vergelijkingsmateriaal, maar hun inlev-
ingsvermogen is heel hoog, dus dat is een goed punt.
Iedereen heeft tegenwoordig Blackberries enzo. Denk je dat
nieuwe technologieën (social media, tablets etc) iets voor het
branding proces kunnen betekenen?
Ja op zich wel. Je kan altijd een circle of interest creëren zowel op
interne en externe basis. Denk dat het zeker wel kan meehelpen,
kan natuurlijk ook niet vertrouwelijke dingen delen maar wel dis-
cussie creëren of rumours werkt ook goed. Of ze nu waar zijn of
niet, dan hebben ze het er in ieder geval over. We hebben intern
ook yammer, soort interne twitter achtig iets, waar je berichten op
kan achterlaten. Dit wordt steeds vaker gebruikt. Is wel grappig,
mensen gaan toch communiceren dat ze bij een klant zijn geweest
en iets nieuws hebben gezien. Het kan dus wel discussie creëren
of ideeën ophalen, en dat kan intern of extern zijn. Dat mensen je
gaan volgen voor bepaalde zaken. Met brainscanning gaan we PR
voor inzetten, maar je kan er al eerder in het proces volgers op krij-
gen, dus je zou absoluut waarde kunnen creëren.
Wat moet BR-ND doen om future-fit te worden?
Ja mooi woord, future fit. Moeilijk vraag. Zit een nieuwe interim bij
communicatie die had het erover hoe mensen met elkaar omgaan
in allerlei cirkels. Had Alexander het ook over, Google plus waar je
aparte cirkels kan maken. Denk wel dat het zit in veel trends vol-
gen en ook, daar had die interim het ook over, flagging. Dat als je
een goed merk hebt dat een icoon is waar je trots op bent, dat je
dat dus flagged. Wel heel interessant onderwerp, weer iets nieuws
geleerd. Zij gaan het automatisch doorsturen, wat waarde creëert.
Hoe je, je merk laad heeft veel invloed op de waarde. Hij had een
voorbeeld ervan: Dat je een muts hebt van KPN, een schaatmuts,
of er staat op de voorkant KPN of een schaatser met ergens klein
KPN. Wat dat doet is dat mensen die schaatsen leuk vinden den-
ken “zij staan voor schaatsen”. Eigenlijk zouden wij ook een beeld
moeten vormen met gemeentes of wat dan ook, om plaatjes te lat-
en zien van daar staan wij voor. Hoe je jezelf in de markt zet is wel
belangrijk voor hoe je wordt ervaren. Weet niet of dat deel is van
je branding proces. In de vormgeving misschien. Moet maar even
opzoeken: flagging. Mensen associëren zich graag met persoonli-
jke waardes, wat ze interessant vinden. En niet met wat bedrijven
belangrijk vinden, dus moeten we daar op in spelen. Waar willen zij
mee geassocieerd worden, dat is wat social networks doen. Jij vind
dit, dit en dit leuk, dat is belangrijk. Wil je met dit bedrijf geasso-
cieerd worden moet je wel ergens voor staan. Je moet passen bij
persoonlijke waarden van groepen mensen.
Uitgebreid interview. Wat ik leuk vind is het resultaat te zien van
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de interviews, of jullie dat willen delen. En vind het ook alleen maar
goed, want je moet jezelf scherp houden. Zijn wij te laat me begon-
nen, kun je niet vroeg genoeg bij zijn. Hoop dat jullie er wat aan
hebben.
Client interview - Hoofd interne communicatie en maatschap-
pelijk verantwoord ondernemen bij De Telefoongids & Gouden
Gids, Ervaring in rebranding bij vorige werkgever (TomTom)
THOMAS
Hoelang werkt BR-ND al voor de DTG?
Ze werken al lang voor de Telefoongids, voor de Goudengids weet
ik het niet. De Goudengids is in 2008 overgenomen. Die zijn toen
gefuseerd. BR-ND (Positioneringsgroep) werkte toen al voor de
Telefoongids of de Goudengids. Zijn hebben hier al een keer een re-
branding gedaan, maar dat is nooit doorgezet. Dat is het enige wat
ik er van weet. Dit was onder de hoed van Dolf Wijer, de corporate
marketeer. Die is er nog steeds in een andere rol. De executie ervan
is nooit er doorgekomen.
Blijkbaar is het wel goed gegaan dat ze weer BR-ND hebben
gevraagd?
Intern is er wel een stevige relatie opgebouwd, er is wel een ver-
trouwensbasis gelegd. En dat zie ik nu ook wel bij de manier waar-
op ze werken. Maar ik denk dat zij zich wel ook nog eens verbazen
over ons.
Dat vorige voorstel is dus niet uitgevoerd. Waarom niet?
Dat weet ik dus eigenlijk niet. Volgens mij was het in de tijd dat de
Goudengids werd overgenomen. Ik denk dat het budget technisch
niet gelukt is, of met EDSA. EDSA is de moeder holding, en miss-
chien is het daar opgehouden. Misschien hebben ze gezegd dat we
dat even niet gaan doen. In 2009 of 2010 hebben we een herfinan-
cieringronde gehad, en dat zijn ook wel spannende tijden. Dus ik
weet het niet. Het kan allemaal daarmee te maken hebben. Eric zou
het je wel kunnen vertellen.
Hoe zou je BR-ND omschrijven?
Integer, innovatief, intelligent. De kunst van BR-ND is dat ze niet
het geijkte pad volgen als ik kijk naar merken en het herposition-
eren van bedrijven. Zij weten veel van merken, zij hebben een gi-
gantische kennis. Ik vind het mooi dat ze met echt nieuwe dingen
komen. Dat hele brainscanning verhaal is gewoon nog nooit ee-
rder gedaan. Innovatief, vriendelijk, het zijn ook gewoon gezellige
mensen. Dat vind ik voor mij persoonlijk prettig werken.
Ken je het principe 23plusone?
ja
Heb je er ook mee gewerkt? Wat vond je ervan?
Ja. Boeiend. Ik vond het een spannend element in het denken over
merken omdat: je kan jezelf daar heel goed mee identificeren, om-
dat je daar zelf gedachtes over hebt. Voor mij gelden bepaalde
kaartjes die voor een ander niet gelden. Ik vind het leuk dat je het
naar je eigen normen en waarden kan trekken. Je kan er met col-
lega’s mee spelen, en je kan dit doen met vrienden en familie. Niet
dat ik dit heb gedaan, maar dat kan ik me wel voorstellen dat je er
een best grappig iets van kan maken. Ik vind daarnaast mooi dat je
merken heel makkelijk met elkaar kan vergelijken. Je ziet direct het
verschil tussen een Apple, een Google, een Telefoongids. Waarom
zo’n merk wel zoveel emotie los maakt bij mensen en waarom wij
niet. Door die kaartjes omdat die zelf simpel zijn en omdat je met
de kaartjes kan identificeren, snap je het wel en is het makkeli-
jk uit te leggen. Ik vind het een mooi spel/gedachten filosofie om
bepaalde dingen uit te leggen, ook intern. Daarvoor heb ik het ook
gebruikt.
Dus de kaartjes vond je goed/fijn mee te werken?
ja prima
Denk je ook dat het een goede leidraad is om een merk te bou-
wen?
Nou daar is natuurlijk wel iets meer bij nodig, maar ik denk wel dat
je de basis/fundament ermee kan leggen. Dus als je kijkt hoe we het
hebben gebruikt in de Kitchen met de directie onder begeleiding
van Kim en Alexander, het wekt discussie op, en in groepjes heeft
iedereen daar een andere mening over. Elke groep komt met een
andere Trinity, maar er komen ook overeenkomsten uit. Het dwingt
je ook om keuzes te maken. Hoe je merk eruit ziet en hoe je het zou
willen. Het versimpeld een moeilijk proces in het begin om die dis-
cussie aan te wakkeren. Ik denk dat je er een stevig fundament mee
kan neerleggen. Merken zijn daarnaast uit zoveel dingen opgebou-
wd. We kunnen een fantastische Trinity neerleggen, maar als je dat
waardeloos in de markt zet, dan flopt het alsnog. Dus het is niet een
definitie van succes.
Ik heb hier de service portfolio, opgedeeld in drie fases. Komt
alles je bekend voor?
Ja. Kickoff meeting was ik er niet bij. Vision meetings weet ik ook
niet. Zijn dat projectteam meetings?
Uitleg Thomas.
ok. Kwalitatieve research vs Outsider, wat is daar het verschil tus-
sen?
Uitleg Thomas.
Waar zit het brainscanning gedeelte?
Uitleg Thomas: is validatie van Trinity.
Dan herken ik alles verder. We zitten dus nu hier (naming & design
fase).
Vond je de services goed op elkaar aansluiten?
Ja. Dat geloof ik wel. De kracht vind ik dat ze je meenemen in het
hele proces. Daar zitten ook niet maanden tussen. Er zitten strakke
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deadlines in die je als bedrijf dwingen om door te gaan. Het is du-
idelijk wat we hier doen om daar te komen.
Vond je elke tool even waardevol?
Als ik er nu naar kijk, dan zou ik het Brandheart terug moeten zien.
Ik weet wel wat het is maar wat er allemaal precies instond dat vind
ik lastig om terug te halen. Weten jullie hoe die eruit ziet voor ons?
Nou dat doet er even niet toe, maar van de rest weet ik nog hoe
het eruit ziet. En van het Brandheart niet meer. Verder vind ik alles
relevant. Elk stapje heeft geleid tot de volgende en tot waar we nu
zijn. Ik denk dat bepaalde dingen wel zwaarder zijn, met beslissing
momenten.
Wat vond jij de zwaardere dan?
Insider en Outsider zijn zwaarder in het proces, en het bepalen van
de Trinity, maar daar heb je de Kitchen weer voor nodig. En die
Brandfan vind ik helemaal top. Die vind ik zo makkelijk en helder te
begrijpen voor iets wat bij ons in ieder geval zeker complex is. Om-
dat we zoveel verschillende merken hebben en zoveel verschillende
producten. Daarmee categoriseer je en maak je alles helder waar
wat hoort. Dus daar zit ook wel een zwaartepunt in. En in de ex-
ecutie ook, maar daar zijn we nog niet. Ik heb er alle vertrouwen in,
maar dat moet nog blijken.
Vond je de tools leuk om te gebruiken?
Ja ik vond de Kitchen een helemaal leuke dag, met spel en film en
gekke dingen en dat proeven en voelen. Dat dwingt je om bepaal-
de dingen uit te leggen. Zonder dat je vage verhalen krijgt. En de
kaartjes vind ik ook helemaal cool.
Vind je dat vernieuwend?
Ik had het nog nooit gezien dus ja. Ja wel innovatief, met in de
Kitchen enzo. Het is wel de rode draad in hun proces en de filosofie.
Wel vernieuwend ja.
Heb je ook dingen in de tools waarvan je denkt deze vind ik niet
zo sterk?
Vond de Insider niet zo gebruiksvriendelijk. Je moest daar met
knopjes schuiven. En intern hoorde ik veel dat de knopjes het niet
deden. Dat mag gebruiksvriendelijker of duidelijkere interface.
Verder ben ik niet zo gespecialiseerd dat ik kan zeggen of ik iets an-
ders zou hebben gedaan.
Voelde je, je betrokken in het proces?
Ja. Dat komt overigens door mijn rol, ik moet betrokken zijn. ik heb
een goede klik met ze, met beide. Het is vaak heel relaxed. Dat je
met een glaasje wijn om vijf uur op kantoor komt kletsen, en met
nieuwe inzichten en nieuwe ideeën komt. Dat spreekt mij aan.
Bovendien vind ik het een leuk traject en leerzaam voor mij.
Was deze rol voor jou in het begin duidelijk?
Ja. Ik kan me voorstellen dat het voor andere mensen anders voelt.
Ik moet er straks wat mee gaan doen. Ik moet het gaan communi-
ceren. Je moet wel weten waar je het over hebt. Dat zou wel een
beetje oenig zijn als ik nu zeg “wat is die Trinity nou?”. Nogmaals
hoe visueler je het maakt en hoe simpeler je dingen uitlegt, dat
vind ik de kracht van de kaartjes, dan blijft het hangen. Brandheart,
shit…
Thomas legt functie Brandheart uit.
JOSIEN
Heb je zelf de insider gedaan? Wat vond je ervan?
Ja, ik heb van te voren al met de kaartjes gespeeld. Ik was heel
nieuwsgierig wat er voor mij uit zou komen. Ik heb het voor mezelf
gedaan en daar komen gewoon grappige dingen uit. Ik heb het van
tevoren op 23plusone.org gedaan. Dat vond ik heel leuk. En toen
wist ik wat er ging komen. Dat vond ik leuk.
Hoe zou je de insider omschrijven?
Ik vond het wel wat lang. Speels, visueel, niet gebruiksvriendelijk
(klachten over schuifbalken). Klachten, was meer gezeur. Informa-
tief, je moest ook nadenken over Google etc.
Wat was de reden om voor de insider te kiezen?
Ik heb geen alternatief gezien haha. Wij hebben expliciet tegen
elkaar gezegd, “je kan niet rebranden zonder dat je je medewerk-
ers erin betrekt”. Daar geloof ik heilig in. Nou zullen er vast bedri-
jven zijn die daar anders over denken maar een bedrijf als dit waar
toch wel kritische mensen zitten, de betrokkenheid is nog niet om
over naar huis te schrijven. Ik vind bij zulke grote projecten dat je de
werknemers mee moet nemen.
Dus het doel was je werknemers erin te betrekken?
Ja, en ook hun input krijgen. Het is wel grappig, vorige week is het
in de Edsa groep gepresenteerd, en daarin is het heel fijn om feiten
te presenteren. En daar komt de insider in terug. Dan kan je zeg-
gen: “luister, onze mensen geloven niet meer in het merk of hebben
er negatieve associaties mee”. Hoe moet je dan ooit mensen trots
op hun bedrijf laten zijn, Als het merk al niet meewerkt.
Wat waren de verwachtingen van de uitkomst van de insider
voor jou?
Daar was ik wel nieuwsgierig naar. Ik vond het heel opvallend dat
meer dan de helft van de directie het merk niet goed vind, dat vond
ik een mooie insight. En het kwam erg overheen met de externe
perceptie. Dat hoeft namelijk niet zo te zijn. Dat had ik niet verwa-
cht. En dat iedereen eerlijk was, ook de directie. 4 van de 7 vinden
het een klotemerk. Ik kan me voorstellen dat de directie leden den-
ken, “ik blijf een beetje neutraal”, je kan ze er bijna uitpikken.
Hoe zou je het proces van de Insider beschrijven?
we hebben gekeken hoe we dit intern gaan uitrollen en hoe krijgen
we zoveel mogelijk mensen mee. Daar hebben we een thema om-
heen bedacht, “wat willen we er nou mee zeggen?”. Toen kwam de
slogan “kijk in de spiegel van je merk”. Ik wilde niet een platte uit-
nodiging van de CEO, omdat het een creatief proces is. Dus we heb-
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ben het niet met een e-mail maar met een filmpje gedaan. Kijkend
in de spiegel. Van tevoren hebben we kritisch naar de vragen gekek-
en. Daar waren we ook wel bij betrokken, het was niet, dit is het en
daar kan je niks meer aan veranderen. Het is vaak vervelend aan
onderzoeken dat je er niks meer aan kan toevoegen of weglaten
omdat je anders het hele onderzoek verpest. Dat was dus flexibel.
Toen hebben we allerlei informatie op intranet gezet over de re-
branding en planning. Toen hebben we ook droogmolens in het ge-
bouw gezet met T-shirt van de T-shirts vraag. Uiteindelijk mochten
mensen het T-shirtje meenemen. Uiteindelijk is het goed gegaan,
veel mensen hebben gereageerd. Veel participatie.
Dus intranet leeft wel?
Ja dat leeft wel redelijk
Met de Insider wordt gekeken naar: de individueel, werk con-
text, organisatie, brand. Welke informatie was het meest/minst
waardevol voor jullie?
dat is me niet bijgebleven. Hoe?
Josien legt uit.
Nee weet niet meer.
Zijn er vragen of opdrachten die eruit sprongen?
T-shirts. Omdat je er ook iets mee kan. De tagcloud. Die is aan
beide kanten blijven hangen, Insider en Outsider. Die is bij mij bi-
jgebleven. De associaties waren niet alleen negatief van de buiten-
wereld. Er waren ook nog positieve dingen zoals “betrouwbaar”.
De manier van vragen gaf af en toe problemen?
als je aan mij vraagt “is het een gebruiksvriendelijk onderzoek”,
geef ik een 6. Dat kan dus beter, dat moet een 8 zijn.
Zijn er dingen niet aan bod gekomen?
Zat er een vraag in maakt me merk me trots? We hebben nog
getweekt en gedaan. We hadden net een werknemers tevreden-
heids onderzoek gedaan, dus misschien zijn die vragen er tussen
uitgehaald. Dat zou ik nog wel interessant hebben gevonden, of het
merk tot trots leidt.
Wat waren de reacties van de medewerkers?
Ze vonden het spannend. De aanloop ernaar toe hebben we leuk
en ludieke dingen gedaan met stickers op auto’s en spiegels. Daar-
over was nog niks gecommuniceerd dus dat was wel een leuke trig-
ger. Het enige wat ik jammer vind is de tijd tussen de Insider en de
tijd dat je gaat communiceren is lang, en tot nu toe hebben we zo
weinig informatie kunnen geven naar de medewerkers. Dat gaat
natuurlijk ook niet. We kunnen niet laten zien van we hebben drie
nieuwe namen en designs. Maar daar zit wel een dingetje voor mij.
Nogmaals de tijd tussen het invullen en nu, voordat we iets kunnen
gaan communiceren is lang.
Hoe hebben jullie dat teruggekoppeld naar de werknemers?
We hebben een medewerkers meeting gehad met de CEO, een dri-
eluik moment.. En intranet. In de interne nieuwsbrief en de T-shirts.
Vind jij dat de uitkomsten van de insider waardevol zijn voor het
proces?
Onmisbaar.
Hebben ze veel invloed gehad op het proces?
In ieder geval bevestigd wat we al dachten. Dat had invloed op dat
het nu wel helemaal doorgaat. Dat we met deze veranderingen niet
door kunnen gaan onder het huidige merk. Zowel de Insider als de
Outsider.
Hebben jullie dan alleen naar het huidige of ook naar de toekom-
stvisie gekeken?
Ja. Er stonden namelijk ook wel dingen over in over aanhaken op
onze nieuwe strategie. Er stonden ook wel dingen in dat er meer
passie in kon. Hebben we wel naar gekeken.
Is die identiteit van de organisatie duidelijk geworden met de
Insider?
Ja je ziet wat er wel is en je ziet precies wat je mist. Dus je weet wat
je moet doen om de identiteit te versterken.
Wat vind je van de manier waarop de uitkomsten van de insider
zijn gecommuniceerd naar jullie?
Dat weet ik nog wel. Een hele lange Excel met een lange lijst van de
T-shirt vragen. Zij hebben er toen een presentatie van gemaakt met
allemaal piecharts, en meest opvallende dingen. Dat was voor ons
top. Omdat we de T-shirts wouden gaan drukken heb ik de lange li-
jst opgevraagd, zo kan je het ook aangeleverd krijgen: “dit zijn de
resultaten en succes ermee”. Maar er waren overzichtelijke grafiek-
en die we zelf ook meteen konden gebruiken. Dat is wel prettig
Hebben jullie al ideeën hoe je de resultaten terug gaan koppelen
naar de organisatie?
Nee daar zijn we ook mee aan het worstelen. We hadden vanmor-
gen ook een meeting over de scenario’s. daar hadden we ook een
discussie hoe je het dan gaat communiceren intern. Daar zijn we nu
mee bezig, de translationfase, hoe gaan we het doen? Wordt het
een big bang, of zet je er een merk naast.
Hoe wordt dat uiteindelijk gekozen?
Dat is een mega denk proces. Je moet alle risico’s afdekken. Op wat
voor invloed heeft het op je klanten, adverteerders, gebruikers, je
medewerkers, je belanghebbende. Dat wordt uiteindelijk bepaald
door de directie en het projectteam samen. Wij geven een advies
af met pro’s en con’s. dat is wel een doordacht ding. Maar we zijn
er nog niet uit, dus we moeten niet te snel besluit nemen. En ik
wist dat dit het moeilijkste stuk wordt. De Insider, de Outsider, de
Kitchen, de Trinity zit heel veel denk werk in, maar nu gaat het pas
echt gebeuren. Welke naam gaan we kiezen, dat is wel onderbouwd
met feiten en onderzoeken en brainscanning. Maar hoe je dat gaat
laden? Ga je dat met een big bang doen? Wordt het niet oude wijn
nieuwe zakken? Dat is nu een grote uitdaging.
Denk je door de Insider dat de deelnemers zich betrokken voelen
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in het proces?
Ja. De tijd tussen het invullen en het communiceren van de resul-
taten is naar mijn mening te lang. Daar had ik zelf misschien ook
wat meer bovenop kunnen zitten maar nu hebben we een hele tijd
niks kunnen communiceren. We kunnen alleen maar communiceren
over het proces. De CEO laat dan alleen zien in welk proces we zit-
ten. Maar de mensen willen gewoon wat zien. Interesseert het hun
dat we nu met scenario’s etc bezig zijn. Als ik in de finance of back
office zit, interesseert mij dat ook niet. Mensen hebben niet een
goed beeld hoeveel werk erin gaat zitten. Zoals merkrecht onder-
zoek, dat zijn dure advocaten. Dat is wel het mooie van BR-ND, ze
zijn klein, maar hebben wel de expertise. Zoals Kiki, Yvo en Elles.
Die weten wel waar ze het over hebben. Dus ik heb wel vertrouwen
over wat die aan het doen zijn. En wij zelf ook, we hebben ook go-
ede mensen in dienst.
Heb je ideeën om mensen beter te betrekken tijdens het proces?
Nee, ik vind dat we dat wel goed hebben gedaan met de Insider. Je
kan het misschien visueler maken, de planning visueler maakt of
een aftel klok hebt. Het blijft moeilijk wat je tijdens een business
update gaat roepen. Als mensen in de gang vragen “hoe is het met
je merk”? En je komt aan met het proces verhaal, zie je mensen
denken, “wanneer komt het merk nou?”. Dus vind ik dat moeili-
jk. Je wilt niet dat mensen het merk op straat gaat gooien. Interne
communicatie=externe communicatie. Nou zijn we niet beursgeno-
teerd, dus dat valt mee. Maar als je beursgenoteerd bent, dan vraag
ik me af of je een Insider moet doen. Dat is misschien te gevoelig.
Twee, als je een mensen een zegje laat doen, dan moet je daar ook
wel iets mee doen. Dus als je nu drie namen en drie concepten laat
zien, moet je daar iets mee doen. Stel nou iedereen kiest één con-
cept en het wordt een andere, dan gelooft ook niemand je meer.
Dan moet je dat wel verdedigen. Je kan wel zeggen dat het uit de
brainscanning komt, maar vraag het dan niet. En je vraagt mensen
van hun werk, elk uur is natuurlijk centen verdienen in deze sales
organisatie.
En als je een opdracht geeft wat vind jij nou een mooi logo?
Ben ik met je eens, maar je moet er dan iets mee doen.
En als inspiratie?
Je zou wel een paar focusgroepen kunnen houden, dat je die laat
meedenken. Het proces is niet democratisch. Het is de board die
uiteindelijk bepaald, samen met de mensen die ermee bezig zijn.
Het is een utopie om te denken dat het met deze processen mo-
gelijk is.
Heb je nog advies voor de nieuwe insider?
Gebruiksvriendelijker. Weet het ook niet meer heel goed. Maak het
vooral visueel. Met die kaartjes bijvoorbeeld, dat is leuk. Maar de
kaartjes waren niet goed te lezen. Is een tijdje geleden, raar hoe
snel je weer dingen vergeet.
THOMAS
Ben je tevreden over het resultaat?
Ja. Tot nu toe ja. Dikke 8. Waarom geen tien? We zijn er nog niet.
Met de transitie scenario’s en brainscanning, dat is voor hem ook
nieuw. Dat wordt nog spannend. Ik heb wel blind vertrouwen. Als
het over een jaar staat, en het is goed geladen, en de juiste keuzes
zijn gemaakt op feiten. Dan zou het een 10 zijn.
Zouden jullie dit zonder BR-ND gedaan kunnen hebben?
Ik geloof niet in ware liefde. Ik denk dat BR-ND en de Telefoongids
een goede match is, en zeker met dit team. Beide ambitieus en
harde werkers. Flexibel. Maar hadden het niet kunnen doen, ook
niet op deze manier met de Brandfan. Maar niemand is onmisbaar,
we hadden anders ongetwijfeld een ander bureau gehad. Ik zou wel
willen weten wat voor namen er uit zouden komen met een ander
bedrijf. Lijkt me te gek als je dat parallel zou kunnen doen. Volmon-
dig is het een goede klik en een prettige samenwerking. Qua per-
soonlijker in het team loopt het ook goed.
Vind je dat BR-ND het proces goed begeleidt heeft?
Ja, naast het project team wat vaak aangesloten is op processen
hebben ze de directie aan de hand meegenomen. Door duidelijk en
geforceerd momenten in te plannen met het MT. Dit is namelijk een
project waar mensen heel gemakkelijk vanaf haken. Omdat het te
lang kan duren, en dan haak je af, en dan weet je het niet meer. Dan
moet je weer bij het begin beginnen. En dat is niet gebeurd.
Wat vind je van de planning?
Snel. Er zitten korte adempauzes is maar dat houdt het motortje
ook aan. En we moeten nu weer een nieuwe planning maken voor
de komende tijd weer. We hadden een planning tot nu toe, we heb-
ben alles gedaan. We zijn twee weken te laat, en dat is natuurlijk
niks. Normaal kan je maanden uitlopen.
Heeft het te kort of te lang geduurd?
Nee. Ik vind het een moeilijke vraag. De resultaten van de Insider en
Outsider duurde lang omdat je het wel moet communiceren, maar
ik kan me voorstellen dat je er wel tijd voor nodig hebt. Ik kan er
niks negatiefs op zeggen.
Wat vond je van de klant omgang?
Gezellig. Ik heb een goede klik met ze. Ik ga dan ook na werken nog
even langs, praten hoe een meeting is gegaan bijvoorbeeld of een
meeting voorbereiden. Met een glaasje wijn. Ze zijn mee geweest
naar Wenen, dat was hartstikke leuk. Dan praat je ook een keer op
een andere manier met elkaar dan alleen maar over dat brand. Je
komt daar uiteindelijk toch wel weer op terecht.
Wat vind je van de prijswaarde perceptie?
Nee ik weet niet wat ze kosten. Als je 200.000 zegt of 50.000 geloof
ik het, 20.000 niet.
Wat vind je uniek aan BR-ND?
Slim, in alle opzichten. In verzinnen met kaartjes, brainscanning.
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Ook slim hoe ze dingen aanpakken, proces, vooruitdenkend op de
volgende stap. Slim in de contacten, hoe ze omgaan met mensen,
verbanden leggen tussen afdelingen. Creatief slim, sociaal slim, in-
telligent slim.
Had je iets anders aangepakt als je BR-ND zou zijn?
Moeilijke vraag. Er is één moment geweest, dat was de eerste keer
dat we gingen kijken naar de visuele concepten en namen. Dat ging
te snel. Want dat is zoveel. Dan komen er 200 namen voorbij en vi-
suele werelden. Misschien zit er wel een filosofie achter, omdat juist
snel te doen. Maar de meeting duurde 2,5 uur en dat een hele mid-
dag op het strand moeten zijn met een hele relaxte omgeving waar
je alles op kan nemen. We hebben het een keer ’s avonds gedaan
en dat vond ik niet zo’n goede meeting. Dat had ik anders gedaan.
Echt de tijd daarvoor nemen. Het is namelijk ook een leuk moment.
Dat je de eerste schifting gaat maken. Je gaat van 200 naar 30 van
10. En daar moet je de tijd voor nemen.
Zat er een aanpak achter?
Weet ik niet. We hebben ook gezegd achteraf dat we het nog een
keer zou moeten doen, of meer tijd nemen.
Dus je zou wel alle services gebruikt hebben?
Ja. Moeilijke vraag omdat ik geen referentie heb met andere pro-
cessen. Alles sluit wel naadloos op elkaar aan. En je hebt het één
nodig om te komen tot de volgende stap. Er zitten geen stappen
in waarvan ik denk laat die maar zitten. Misschien wel het Brand-
heart. Er is één ding afgevallen. Een meeting met allemaal bekende
mensen, mensen die bekend zijn in de communicatie wereld en
veel met merken hebben gedaan. Om aan die te vragen wat zij er
van vinden. Het is niet gelukt om deze mensen bij elkaar te krijgen.
Maar of ik dat gemist heb weet ik niet.
Denk je dat de nieuwe technologieën in kunnen worden gezet
bij BR-ND?
Ongetwijfeld. Ik kan me voorstellen dat je social media inzet voor
focusgroupen. Dan hoef je niet fysiek bij elkaar te komen. Dan kan
je op facebook een groep aanmaken, waarbij je dingen met elkaar
gaat delen. Ik kan me ook voorstellen om twitter te gebruiken om
de eerste buzzen te creeren bij het nieuwe merk. Maar ik weet niet
of BR-ND zich moet gaan bemoeien met hoe wij het in de markt
moeten gaan zetten. Maar ik denk dat wij wel behoefte hebben
om met hun erover te sparren. Maar om social media er voor in te
zetten, vind ik moeilijk. Dus meer als communicatie middel. Miss-
chien wel met focusgroepen, bijvoorbeeld als je een internationaal
bedrijf bent die over de hele wereld zit.
En om dingen terug te communiceren intern?
Ja zou ook nog kunnen. We hebben intern Yammer. Daar hebben
we niks mee gedaan, daar zaten maar twee mensen op. Maar daar
zie ik wel mogelijkheden. Maar ik ben geen social media expert. Ik
heb sinds kort Facebook en kijk eens per week.
Tips om BR-ND future fit te maken?
ze moeten weer op een gegeven moment met een nieuw iets ko-
men. Brainscanning, we zijn de eerste die dat hebben gedaan. Dat
moeten ze helemaal dik gaan inzetten. Dat is heel cool, uniek, in-
novatief, sexy. Daar moeten ze fors op gaan inzetten. Ze moeten nu
al gaan bedenken wat is de next thing. Misschien met de kaartjes,
misschien uitbreiden naar USA, daar een vestiging openen. Ze heb-
ben die mensen via Skype leren kennen, je moet het maar doen.
Krachten bundelen. Blijven innoveren, blijf slim, blijf coole dingen
doen.
Geloof je in de nieuwe strategie die er aan komt?
Ja absoluut. Gaan met die banaan. Klaar met het papieren imago.
Nog iets anders wat je wilt delen?
Nee, vond het best intensief. Wel leuk hoor.
…..je kan bij product ontwikkeling niet al je medewerkers erbij be-
trekken. Zoals Apple, heel succesvol, maar er is een selectief gro-
epje mensen wat weet wat er gaat gebeuren.
Heeft de CEO geen tunnelvisie?
Nee er zijn wel veel mensen erbij betrokken. 10 mensen intern en
8 mensen directie. En 1000 Insider en Outsider. De CEO zal op het
einde niet iets tegenhouden. Hij is niet de beslisser. Dat zijn wij met
zijn allen. Wij gaan een advies afgeven en moeten er met zijn allen
achterstaan. Edsa geeft alleen akkoord over wat het gaat kosten.
Niet over de naam. Die zijn betrokken bij de Insider, en 2 maan-
den betrokken bij process, planning en resultaten. Moet ook. Zeker
na de ervaring die we ervoor hebben gehad. Maar nu weten ze al-
lang hoeveel het gaat kosten, ze zijn niet achterlijk. Je kan niet iets
afkeuren als je er de hele tijd betrokke
Cllient interview - Hoofd Merk & Campagnemanagement en
Studio&Traffic bij REAAL
THOMAS:
Hoe bent je in aanraking gekomen met BR-ND?
Bij een masterclass over merken bij SRM en Kim kletste daar de
boel aan elkaar. Toen dacht ik, die heeft een goed verhaal. Daarna
heb ik haar nog een keer gezien bij SWOOC. Toen dacht ik als ik oo-
it zo’n traject ga doen, ga ik dat aan Kim vragen. Dat heb ik gedaan
en heb ook een andere partij gevraagd een voorstel te doen. Die
van BR-ND sloot naadloos aan bij REAAL. Nuchter, to the point.
Met een heel duidelijk stappenplan en met een duidelijke uitkomst.
Dat het niet een soort van ding blijft waar je links of rechtsmee kan.
Maar dit geeft echt richting en dat sprak ons aan.
Hoe zou je BR-ND omschrijven?
Vakgekken. Achtergrond, iemand die het vanuit de wetenschap
en praktijk benadert, die kruising is cruciaal. Dat wetenschappeli-
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jke helpt voor onderbouwing naar de organisatie, maar dan ook de
vertaling kunnen maken naar de praktijk. Anders blijft het maar een
mooi verhaal. Dat samen voegen van wetenschappen en praktijk is
heel mooi. Voor de rest ook gewoon een prettig persoon. No non-
sens, geen gelikt verkoop verhaal. Sommige kunnen heel goed een
verhaal verkopen, maar als het erop aan komt blijft er weinig van
over. Bij hun zit je ook aan tafel met degene die het ook tot uitvoer-
ing brengen.
Waar hebben ze jullie mee geholpen?
Hoe zorgen we ervoor van REAAL een aantrekkelijk merk te maken,
onderscheidend in de markt. In ieder geval het mert aantrekkelijk
maken. REAAL is heel erg een merk van de ratio. Vanaf 2004 zijn
we erg ingegeven met ratio, “zoveel procent dat”. Daar hebben dan
een product voor. Financiële dienstverlening is sowieso een no in-
terest markt en daar komt veel ratio bij kijken, maar emotie speelt
ook een belangrijke rol. Wanneer je een huis of auto koopt heeft dat
veel met emotie te maken maar er komt ook financiële dienstver-
lening bij kijken. We moeten emotie bij het merk toevoegen, maar
ook niet meer dan dat. Maar niet sexy of hip maken, dat is het per
definitie niet. Realist in verzekeren, en voeg daar emotie aan toe.
Ben je bekend met 23plusone?
Ja ben ik bekend mee.
Wat was u ervaring hiermee?
Vanuit de gedachte als je emotie wil toevoegen door dat dan in 24
hapklare brokken te presenteren, maakt het wel overzichtelijk. Dat
je dat kan vatten in een overzichtelijk aantal, is 24 overigens nog
veel. Uiteindelijk in de implementatie, iedereen voelt daar wat bij.
Ook samen met de uitleg, iedereen kan het plaatsen. Het enige is
dat de terminologie die gebruikt wordt dat als je naar de finan-
ciële dienstverlening toe vertaald, daar zitten wat elementen in,
zoals sexy/passie, die dan naar de erotiserende betekenis wordt
uitgelegd. Terwijl dat niet altijd hoeft. Zo ook met prestige/vooruit-
gang , wordt in hoekje van innovatie of techniek geplaatst, terwijl
dat niet hoeft. Te richtinggevend, de kaartjes. Bij de Kitchen zag je
dat daar veel mensen op af haakte, “sexy/passie met die hartjes”.
Bij ons gepassioneerd met flair, zijn ook dingen die op een andere
manier worden getriggerd dan sexy/ passie. Zijn allemaal degelijke
mensen, zijn dan woorden die gelijk opzij worden geschoven. Net
zo als speels en plezier gelijk associaties op roept die mensen blok-
keren, terwijl als je het uitlegt mensen er wel voor open staan. Maar
de methodiek op zich, ja.
Vond je deze methode een goede leiddraad om een merk te bou-
wen?
Voor ons wel. Zijn 101 modellen die je kunt helpen bij dit proces,
dus je pakt er eentje die bij de organisatie past en waar je zelf wat
mee kan. Dit was er zeker eentje van.
Heb je ook ervaring met andere methodes?
Andere partijen had ik al een keer eerder mee gewerkt, die pakken
modellen erbij die veel minder aansprekend waren. Meer highbrow.
Hier kon ik me goed in vinden.
Uitleg service portfolio
Welke tools heb je gebruikt?
De Insider, Outsider, Kitchen Trinity, Brandheart. Die brandfan ken
ik vanuit Kim, maar niet gebruikt. Alles is gevalideerd vanuit kwan-
titatief en kwalitatief. Herken veel.
Vond je de tools goed op elkaar aansluiten?
Nou, staat hier ander beschreven overigens, maar ze hebben ge-
woon van te voren een plaatje gemaakt van dit zijn stappen die we
nemen en dit moet leiden tot: en dan heb je eerst onderzoeksfase
en validatie en vervolgens de doorvertaling. Dus alles zit hier in.
Vond je elke tool even waardevol?
Alles is nodig om de volgende stap te kunnen nemen. Voor ons was
belangrijk intern en extern, om het intern te dragen en verwacht-
ingen te managen en ambassadeurs te creëren. Dus de Insider was
heel belangrijk en visie gesprekken, waren belangrijke tools om
het verder te brengen in organisatie. Dus gaat twee kanten op: ene
kant om inzicht te geven en andere kant om het bij ons verder te
brengen intern. Dat betreft, wel mooie opbouw naar de Kitchen
toe. Vind trouwens Kitchen qua benaming wat minder spannend,
hoe zeg je dat. Zet hoop mensen op verkeerde been die uiteindelijk
wel aangehaakt zijn maar niet genoeg om...Ze hebben het wel een
keertje horen vallen en uitgelegd gekregen, maar volgende keer
zijn ze het kwijt. In presentaties ook als Kitchen beschreven, naar-
mate je dat naar meer mensen gaat doorsturen, zet het mensen op
het verkeerde been.
Niet beschrijvend genoeg dan?
Nee. Wel mooi met metaforen van proeven en zintuigen enzo, in
die zin klopt het wel. Maar ik zou een wat zakelijkere benaming
pakken, die wat meer beschrijft. Zo kan je het wel beschrijven “we
gaan alle zintuigen prikkelen” en kan je als metafoor de keuken ge-
bruiken. Maar in de presentaties die door het pand hingen stond
overal Kitchen op. Heb er overal workshop van gemaakt. “Kitchen,
wat de fuck is een kitchen?”. Gaan mensen denken dat wij met een
grote groep spannend allemaal merk dingetjes hebben gedaan.
Niet veel mensen kunnen er een beeld van vormen. Bij ons werken
zoveel mensen, niemand denkt na over het merk. Mensen zijn
bezig met eigen dingetjes dat ze al 100 jaar doen, weten helemaal
niet hoe dat ene dingetje bijdraagt aan het merk. Kijken er op een
hele andere manier tegenaan. Door het Kitchen te noemen wordt
het voor die mensen bijna een klein leuk speeldingetje.
Vond je de Tools leuk om te gebruiken?
Ja. Veel traditionele enquêtes zijn zinnetjes en een aantal keuzes.
Alleen maar tekstueel geprikkeld, en hier wordt alles geprikkeld
zowel visueel als tekstueel. Ik geloof heel erg in beelden, en dat
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dat meer los maakt dan alleen maar woordjes. Die prikkelen niet
genoeg, lees je over heen. Beelden wordt je sneller geraakt. We
hadden ook een onwijs hoge respons rate. En ook om uiteindelijk
af te maken, als je eenmaal begint. Ik doe dat altijd omdat ik het
leuk vind om te kijken wat er gevraagd wordt, maar bij heel veel en-
quêtes haak ik halverwege af. Kan ik me niet meer concentreren.
Visueel is heel belangrijk. En de rest, bijvoorbeeld het maken van
Brandheart of merkkompas hebben wij hem trouwens genoemd,
de Trinity. Kompas geeft richting, merkwaarden die daar uit rol-
len. Trinity is heel erg zo’n model naampje. Merkkompas geeft ook
intern veel meer richting aan, door het zo visueel te maken door
de driehoek en de verschillende laagjes. Heb zelf nog een aantal
dingetjes toegevoegd. Door op de onderste laag er ook echt bij te
zetten van “wat” en “hoe”, “op welke manier”. En de ambitie. Om
het intern nog wat meer vorm te geven. Zodat de plaatjes meer tot
leven komen. Brandheart wordt redelijk goed begrepen. Ook nog
iets wat de Trinity mist, het daadwerkelijke inzicht. Tot wel inzicht
moet je komen om daadwerkelijk naar je Trinity te komen. Je moet
een bepaald inzicht hebben om die stap te kunnen maken.
Welke stap, vanuit waar?
Om de Trinity goed te kunnen begrijpen moet je wel weten, wat
is het inzicht dat heeft geleid dat je het zo hebt vormgeven, wat
is dan het inzicht. Bijvoorbeeld het kan zoiets zijn als dat je gel-
ooft dat je voor mensen de wereld een stukje beter kan maken,
dat dat leid tot welke merkwaarden je hebt gekozen. Dat inzicht
heb je nodig. Ook wel discussie over gehad, met het hartje... Dat
mensen van je merk gaan houden dat is voor sommige mensen
echt een stap. Om echt van je merk te gaan houden, dat is wel echt
wat. Mijn overtuigen was ook dat je als medewerker niet meer je
REAAL pet en privé pet op hebt, dat wordt een. Vergelijk het met,
bijvoorbeeld jij bent secretaris en gaat UPC mailen dan verwacht je
als persoon gewoon binnen een dag antwoord. Kom je op kantoor,
als afdeling hebben we afgesproken als iemand een klacht indient
of een vraag dat je daar vijf werkdagen over mag doen. Waarom
vind je als privé persoon dat dat niet langer als een dag mag du-
ren en als medewerker dat we daar vijf dagen over mogen doen.
Dat verschil mag er niet meer zijn. Hoe jij privé behandelt wil wor-
den, zo gedraag je je ook op je werk. Behandel een ander zo als je
zelf ook behandelt wil worden. Maar veel mensen verschuilen zich
achter een merknaam of bedrijf. Proberen dat mensen dat nu los-
laten en kijken wat hun eigen maatstaf is. We zijn afgelopen jaren
zoveel bezig geweest met overnames en eindjes aan elkaar kno-
pen, dat we heel weinig geïnvesteerd hebben in het merk en de
company pride. Zijn nu bezig om mensen stiekem een beetje trots
te laten worden, dat ze op een feestje zitten en weer zeggen dat ze
voor REAAL werken in plaats van Utrecht. Dat is het eerste, en dan
langzaam naar die stip op de horizon. Van REAAL te houden, dat
ze weer zo trots zijn dat er ook houden van bij komt te kijken. Dat
hart was dus aan ene kant als metafoor heel goed maar in tekst en
definiëren, kwam heel vaak houden van terug. Had ik zo iets van,
hmm moet je ook oppassen. Mensen kunnen daar ook door af-
haken, dat het bijna soort van sektarisch begin te worden. Van die
kleine dingetjes moet je bewust van zijn, wat dat doet bij een club
zoals onze met nuchtere mensen. Het is dat wij er dan tussen zitten
en naar de organisatie nog een klein beetje aanpassen. Maar je wilt
uiteindelijk wel dat het wat gaat doen in een organisatie, je wilt wel
wat te wegen brengen. Moet wel oppassen dat je ze niet al gelijk
van je vervreemd omdat ze zich helemaal niet meer huis voelen,
om het zo te beschrijven.
Voelde je, je betrokken in het proces?
Ja. Kan ook niet anders. Binnen het bedrijf is alles zo aan het ve-
randeren. Het hele business model gaat op z’n kant. Economisch
veradert er veel, dit is het moment om dit ook tegen het licht te
houden. Ook omdat het zo aan het veranderen is heeft iedereen zo
iets van “wie zijn we eigenlijk”. Was ook eigenlijk wel een beetje te
verwijten naar de directie toe, dat het bedrijf ontbrak aan visie en
strategie omdat we zo aan het veranderen zijn. Goed moment om
dit de organisatie binnen te halen. Want dat kan dan ook weer de
directie helpen om de stip op de horizon duidelijk te maken. Want
dat is nu niet duidelijk, het ultieme doel. Nee en ook vanuit mijn
geloof, het is niet alleen maar een campagne kunstje, maar het
gaat uiteindelijk om die inhoudelijkheid. Dus wat vanuit die organi-
satie komt moet ook kloppen, en dat maakt een merk. Door ieder-
een heel erg bewust van te maken wat zijn of haar bijdrage daar
aan kan zijn, dat maakt uiteindelijk het merk en niets anders. En ik
zorg dat het leuk verpakt word en passend is daarbij. Bij ons zie je
heel extreem, er is een probleem “ow dat lossen ze bij communica-
tie wel op”. Maar communicatie is een middel.
JOSIEN:
Heb je zelf een Insider gedaan?
Ja.
Wat vond je ervan?
Goed, leuk. Ja ik was natuurlijk al bevooroordeeld omdat ik me met
het tot stand komen ook bemoeid heb. Inhoudelijk bezig mee ben
geweest. Maar vond het leuk om te doen.
Waar om hebben jullie voor de Insider gekozen om die te doen?
Vanuit onderzoek hebben we veel ervaring met tracking en imago
en zulk soort onderzoeken, die zijn vaak heel erg plat. Dit was, door
die kaartjes, een veel aantrekkelijkere manier om mensen te laten
deelnemen. Vond ik met name aan de Insider gewoon goed, puur
vorm gedeelte. En met name ook omdat we het uit de medewerk-
ers willen laten komen en hun stem is daarin cruciaal. Voor ons in-
teressant om te zien wat daar in de gap was tussen hoe medewerk-
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ers zelf in het leven staan en hoe ze dat ervaren. Wij konden ge-
woon zien wat daarin de gap was en om te zien “waar zijn de mo-
gelijkheden met het kapitaal dat we hebben”. Wat hebben zij ini-
tieel in zich als medewerker, en hoe kunnen wij daar als bedrijf van
profiteren. Dan maak je mensen daar extra belangrijk in. Dat is es-
sentieel denk ik. Ik denk ook niet dat je dit verhaal kan doen binnen
zo’n grote organisatie als de onze, waar zoveel mensen bezig zijn
uiteindelijk de klant te servicen, als je die zou overslaan. We hebben
het ook aangejaagd door mensen van te voren te laten weten dat
dit traject eraan zat te komen, wat van hen verwacht werd en waar-
om hun stem zo belangrijk is. Hebben het helemaal aangejaagd en
het verhaal naar iedereen gemaild vanuit de directie voorzitter als
boegbeeld.
Kun je het proces van de Insider dat jullie doorlopen zijn beschri-
jven?
We hebben dat “ik hou van REAAL” genoemd, in kader van houden
van. “Ik hartje Reaal” en als ondertitel “doe mee met de merkbelev-
ing”. We hebben het door heel het pand in alle locaties op spiegels,
op wc’s, op deuren, het hele verhaal met van die stickers neergezet
zodat niemand dat kon ontgaan. We hebben de directie voorzitter
een flipcamera meegegeven om zich zelf te filmen, om te laten zien
dat hij ook maar een mens is. Grappige dingen, als gewoon mens.
Hij doet dan ook een oproep om mee te doen met de merkbelev-
ing. Wij hebben het merkbeleving genoemd, richting medewerk-
ers. Wat vernederlands en naar onze mening wat begrijpelijker
gemaakt. We hebben nog soort kaartjes gemaakt met ook daar
weer merkbeleving en verhaaltje van directie voorzitter met een
verhaal over aantrekkelijk merken, belang mee te doen. En dan
hadden we chocolaatjes, en op die chocolaatjes als logo allemaal
sterke merken. Bijvoorbeeld van Apple tot en met Shell, tot en met
Hema. Grappig, krijg je gelijk mailtjes over. Mensen gaan reageren
dat we daar Shell als voorbeeld geven. Mensen hebben gelijk een
menig, dat is goed, maakt wat los. Vervolgens ook mailtjes of die
chocolaatjes fairtrade zijn. Wel mooi dat mensen er mee bezig zijn.
Dus dat hebben we gedaan en we hebben in het traject ook gezegd
dat we de resultaten weer zouden delen. Op een gegeven moment
hebben we weer chocolaatjes uitgedeeld. Voor de terugkoppeling
van de Insider nog keer gedaan en met de terugkoppeling van het
hele proces, met Pasen. Eerste keer op de bureaus, voor het invul-
len van de Insider samen met de link van de Insider. En met de ter-
ugkoppeling merk verhaal naar de medewerkers, naar hun huis ges-
tuurd met Pasen. Ook vanuit dat de partners betrokken worden bij
het verhaal, om een beetje Company pride te creëren. Goede reac-
ties op gehad, vonden mensen attent. En ook weer samen met een
koppeling naar de directie voorzitter, waar hij het verhaal nog een
keer vertellen. Die man kan het verhaal heel goed vertellen omdat
hij vanaf het eerste moment er bij betrokken is geweest, is hij een
van de grootse ambassadeurs geworden. Hij kan het verhaal ook in
een nutshell vertellen, en op een emotionele en betrokken manier.
Geen verkoop verhaal maar oprecht zijn verhaal. Dus die koppeling
ook daarbij, samen met die merkfilm. Helpt om het verhaal nog een
keer visueel te laten landen. Kracht zit hem in de herhaling zodat
het meer gevoel bij mensen krijgt.
Hebben jullie een samenvatting van de resultaten van de Insider
teruggekoppeld?
Ja samenvatting. We hadden ook een kopgroep “geef om de klant”.
Daar zitten allemaal, vanuit management, allemaal mensen die in
de verschillende beschrijfonderdelen werkzaam zijn. We hadden
zoiets van, we willen vanuit elke discipline en ambassadeur hebben
om in hun eigen bedrijfsonderdeel dat weer naar de vloer te bren-
gen. Dus dat ze daar het woord gaan verkondigen. En die groep is
bij elke stap die we hebben genomen betrokken geweest. Bij het
optuigen van de Insider, en zo bij elke stap die kopgroep te betrek-
ken om zo als olievlek de organisatie in te laten gaan. Je moet het
van meerdere mensen horen. Moet niet mijn verhaal zijn vanuit
merk of marketing, anders krijgen mensen het gevoeld dat het een
communicatie kunstje wordt. Het moet ook vanuit eigen ambassa-
deurs ook gedragen worden, en dat was wel heel goed. Die mensen
hebben we ook gebruikt om filmpje mee te maken om hun verhaal
te vertellen hoe ze het ervaren hebben. En dat is geweldig want ze
vertellen eigenlijk het zelfde verhaal maar dan in eigen woorden.
Het merkkompas is eigenlijk zo eenvoudig dat iedereen het ook kan
vertelen, iedereen voelt het ook.
Bij de Kitchen, de hoofd directie (6 of 7 mensen), ambassadeurs
vanuit kopgroep en nog links en recht wat mensen, en dat was het
clubje. Die hebben we daar continue bij betrokken, ook de directie.
Verwachtingen gemanaged.
En die acties zijn die samen met BR-ND tot stand gekomen?
Ze hebben wel inspiratie gegeven, maar uiteindelijk inhoudelijkheid
zelf gedaan. Ook vanuit de ervaring naar de organisatie toe, zo iets
van dat moeten we zelf doen. Wel gevraagd van wat hebben jullie
met andere partijen gedaan. Niet zo iets van “gaan jullie dat dan
ook maar doen”. Voor het traject met nieuwe partijen, als ik Kim
en consorten was, zou ik dat wat strakker optuigen. Zit er niet echt
heel erg in, wel heel erg op Insider en Outsider. Terwijl het helpt om
het in de organisatie te laten landen, het niet een feestje te laten
zijn. Zoveel mensen, als je wilt dat iedereen dat adopteer moet je
veel medestanders krijgen die dat dragen. Daar moet je best veel
energie in stoppen. Niet alleen een In en Outsider draaien, maar
ook echt werken om het in de organisatie in te krijgen. Bij ons was
dat de lijn tussen wat ik doe en de hoofddirectie kort. Dus maakt
dat ik redelijk toegang heb. Maar als daar een laag tussen had
gezeten is het wel de voorwaarde dat de directie het draagt, vol er
achter staat. Dan helpen dit soort dingen, ook om het heel helder in
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presentaties te brengen. Bewust voor gekozen om alle presentaties
naar directie en kopgroep door Kim te laten doen. Ook beetje van
“vreemde ogen dwingen”, autoriteit. Als ik dat doe dan wordt heet
een beetje “preken van eigen parochie”. We hadden zoiets van, laat
Kim dat maar brengen als externe specialist. Al die extraatjes als
chocolaatjes heeft wel geholpen om respons te creëren.
Waren er vragen/opdrachten/onderdelen die er uit sprongen
(zowel positief als negatief)?
Ik denk vanuit de Outsider, de inzichten vanuit de concurrentie.
We hebben ook nog klanten en niet klanten bevraagd en we heb-
ben onze distributiepartners in de Outsider meegenomen. Zodat
we een heel mooi beeld krijgen van “hoe kijken ze tegen ons aan”,
maar ook tegen het concurrentie veld. En dat gaf wel hele mooie
inzichten. Met name dat de investeringen in het afgelopen jaar in
het distributie kanaal, dat wij daar wel weer beter gescoord hebben
dan de concurrentie. Dan zie je dat die investering heeft uitbeta-
ald. Aan de andere kant, richting klanten en niet klanten, dat er ge-
woon een heel vlak beeld is van ons. Bij alle financiële dienstverlen-
ing overigens. Dat we die afgelopen jaren heel goed zijn geweest
in producten verkopen, maar niet in de moment of truths. Op het
moment dat je schade rijd ofzo, dat dan de service en dienstverlen-
ing goed is. Dan kun je zien dat we daar niet op gefocust hebben.
Mensen hebben een heel grijs beeld. Vond ik echt mooie inzichten.
En bij de Insider met medewerkers, hoe ze zelf in het leven staan.
En hoe ze REAAL ervaren.
De 23plusone voor de individueel?
Ja. De merkwaarden moeten wel passen bij de medewerkers.
Kan wel hele spannende dingen aan mensen toedichten of merk-
waarden gaan definiëren. Maar als mensen daar naar kijken met
grote ogen van “dat ken in niet”, dan houd het op. Dus die inzichten
waren goed.
Wat vind je sterk aan deze tool? En wat niet zo sterk?
Dat het heel erg inzicht geeft in wat mensen zelf drijft en de dri-
jfveren ten opzichten van het merk. Heel goed, geeft onwijs inzicht.
Minder vond ik het visuele en tekstuele, op sommige vlakken. Miss-
chien moet je hem wel operationaliseren naar type dienstverlening
of branche. Bij financiële dienstverlening is dat wat anders dan bij
een fastmover. High involvement versus low involvement.
Zijn er nog dingen die je graag had willen weten die niet aan bod
zijn gekomen in de Insider?
Goede vraag. Imago wordt belangrijk verhaal, niet alleen naams-
bekendheid maar ook hoe je wordt gepercipieerd. Wij zijn bezig
geweest om een imago onderzoek op te tuigen. Hoe dat zich ver-
houdt tot definiëren van het werk. Hebben natuurlijk Insider en
Outsider gehad, op basis van methodiek om tot je merkwaarden te
komen, hoe zich dat verhaal tot imago. Als je dat wil onderzoeken.
Dit is je status, de nul meting. Naar een traject van een aantal jaren
toe. Hoe ga je dat meten in een imago onderzoek. Betekent dat je
weer de Outsider gaat doen? Of kun je dat ook op een andere ma-
nier doen. Beetje mee aan het stoeien geweest. Imago onderzoek
die we nu hebben gedaan, krijg je weer van die kaartjes van mensen
die er heel Amerikaans uitzien. Hoe ga je imago versus dit, tegen
elkaar afzetten in de volgende stap. Je wilt dit in een aantal jaren
tegen het licht houden. In hoeverre krijgen we hier feedback op en
hoe gaan we dat sturen. Aan welke touwtjes moeten we trekken
om die merkwaarden teruggespeeld te krijgen. Houd ergens op he.
Het is nu gedefinieerd en dan ga je aan de slag om het gedragen te
krijgen intern, traject dat doorlopend is. Nu komt er een traject dat
je in een soort loepje elke keer, dat doe je jaarlijks denk ik, dat je dat
tegen het ligt wil houden en dan weer wilt sturen om het constant
te kunnen aanpassen op de veranderende omstandigheden. Eigen-
lijk komt er nog een proces achteraan. Ook intern van “waar staan
we, is dat gat al gedicht, of word die groter?”.
Wat waren de reacties van de deelnemers op het onderzoek?
Buiten het aanjagen over merken, eigenlijk niet zo heel veel. En-
keling neemt de moeite om iets ongenuanceerd de lucht in te schi-
eten. Maar over het algemeen positief. Gewoon ook vanuit die am-
bassadeurs overigens. Mensen hadden zoiets van “goed eindelijk er
wordt wat van duidelijkheid gecreëerd”. Hoe wij ons bijvoorbeeld
onderscheiden ten opzichten van andere, hadden mensen wel erg
behoefte aan.
Kwamen er verassende resultaten uit?
Wat ik nog wel grappig vond, dat op sexy/passie medewerkers privé
sterk scoren, zien zichzelf als gepassioneerde typen, meer als in de
bench naar voren kwam. En aan de andere kant veraste me dat ook
weer niet, omdat het wel erg meegaande mensen zijn. Gaan heel
ver in diensten, maar niemand weet dat omdat we het niet tentoon
spreiden. Dat was een bevestiging van dat dat in mensen aanwezig
is, maar dat mag wel meer naar de oppervlakte gebracht wor-
den. Dat onderscheid onszelf ten opzichte van de concurrentie. We
wisten dat dit aanwezig was, maar in die mate dat dit naar voren
kwam, was wel leuk.
Heeft buiten de individuele 23plusone ook de 23plusone voor de
nieuwe merkwaarden invloed gehad op het proces?
Ja ik denk het wel. Die groep die met de Kitchen aan de slag is
gegaan, uiteindelijk ook vanuit de uitkomst echt wel begrijpt waar-
om bepaalde... Als je uiteindelijk met die kaartjes aan de slag gaat,
wat echt afvalt. Dat er een aantal kaartjes echt overblijven waar een
goede discussie over ontstaan. Dus door die groepen te verdelen en
er mee aan de slag te laten gaan, krijg je al vrij snel dat, soort van
selectie, dat er gediscussieerd gaat worden. Binnen die kaartjes die
overblijven kan het nog een aantal kanten op. Het help de discussie
scherper te maken. Bij ons met de verhouding tussen speels/ plezier
versus passie, maar ook fit/sportief, discussie over. Ik was heel erg
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fan van speels/plezier omdat ik geloof dat als mensen met plezier
en overtuiging hun werk doen dat dat dan afstraalt naar je klanten
toe. Andere zaten meer op fit/sportief, hele competitieve club, en
ook een fitte. Maar of dat onderscheidend is? Lekkere discussies
over. Uiteindelijk door discussies, uiteindelijk mensen die het felst
waren, heel veel sympathie gingen voelen en het mooie er wel van
inzage. Woorden op een weegschaal leggen. “Wat is de definitie
van fit/sportief”, kom je toch op hetzelfde uit. Mensen geven an-
dere vertaling aan en daar moet je achter zien te komen, “waarom
heb je gekozen voor dit kaartje?”. Sommige liggen heel dicht tegen
elkaar en dan kiezen we samen een van de twee, omdat dat beter
aansluit bij wat we beogen.
Is dat nog gecheckt met de resultaten van de Insider?
Ja, ook gevraagd aan Kim om de keuzes die gemaakt zijn nog een
keer met de Insider en Outsider tegen het licht te houden om het
ook daarna toe te schrijven. Ook in de Brandstatement en Brand-
heart om voor te zorgen dat je er geen gaten meer in kan schieten.
Even advocaten van de duivel spelen, om het echt hard te maken,
dat het klopt. Bijvoorbeeld ook toen we het gepresenteerd hebben
binnen de directie kwamen er ook nog aantal vragen terug van “hoe
hard is dat”. Hoe blijkt dat ten opzichte van de concurrentie, omdat
dat toch nog even extra tegen het licht te houden. Dat hebben we
gedaan en dat klopte. Even een paar stappen terug doen, valideren.
Hebben de deelnemers in het proces, tussendoor nog feedback
gehad?
Nee, na de Insider resultaten terug gegeven en na de workshop, en
helemaal aan het eind van het verhaal.
Hebben jullie na de workshop de Trinity gedeeld?
Ja. Het verhaal is daarna pas weer gekomen. Wel strakke planning
maar toch genoeg tijd tussen gezeten om alles goed neer te zetten.
Was de organisatie op de hoogte van het proces door bijvoor-
beeld een planning?
Ja, elke keer werd er gezegd wanneer wat komt, om zo de verwa-
chtingen te managen.
Hebben de deelnemers het gevoel gehad betrokken te zijn ge-
weest bij het proces?
Goede vraag. We zijn zo aan het veranderen, dus dit is onderdeel
van een groter geheel. Maakt het moeilijker, speelt zo veel. Moet
uitkijken dat we ze niet gek maken met alles wat op ze af wordt
gestuurd. Waar ik echt in geloof dat het in zo’n vorm, zo simpel is
dat iedereen het kan begrijpen wat we ermee beogen. Geeft soort
van hou vast. Stip op de horizon waar we naar toe willen, dat daar
aan bij draagt. Iedereen die dit verhaal, we zijn nog bezig naast am-
bassadeurs om zoveel mogelijk mensen het te laten dragen... Ik kan
in een half uur het verhaal vertellen en dan is iedereen om. Klinkt
heel arrogant, maar zo is het wel.
Omdat jullie beursgenoteerd zijn, gaf dat nog problemen met
het communiceren naar de organisatie toe?
Nee. We hebben dit zorgvuldig afgestemd met de directie en de di-
rectie naar de raad van bestuur. Iedereen was op de hoogte van de
stappen. Als daar vragen zouden zijn geweest dan hadden we dat
wel gehoord. Iedereen gelooft in het proces en dat dat nodig is om
het helder te omschrijven.
Wat vond je van manier dat de uitkomsten van de Insider naar
jullie zijn gecommuniceerd door BR-ND?
Goed. We hebben wel een heel team zitten die er mee bezig zijn ge-
weest. Alle terugkoppelingen hebben we na lopen schaven. Het was
niet dat het werd opgeleverd en naar de organisatie door werd ge-
presenteerd. Alle stappen die we hebben gezet, met elkaar hebben
gemaakt, hebben we onwijs veel gespard heen en weer. Kim gaf
aan dat dat niet veel vaker voorkomt, dat wij zo er zo in betrokken
zijn om het aan te scherper. Ook met oog op de organisatie om het
goed de organisatie in te krijgen. Heel mooi aangegeven wat we ve-
randert wilden zien, en telkens kwamen zij met een aangescherpte
versie, hielp heel goed. Echt gevoel dat je kan sparen om het uitein-
delijk beter te maken, prettig.
Heeft u nog advies met betrekking tot de het ontwikkelen van
een nieuwe Insider?
Die plaatjes en woordjes dan. Het is een beetje the whole package.
Hoe ga je je organisatie helpen om de respons zo hoog mogelijk te
maken, door de organisatie duidelijk te vertellen wat je doet en wat
je van ze verwacht. Bij dat gedeelte, kan nog wel wat punten op
worden gescoord.
ZIt het dan in het aanmoedigen om dat te doen of om het op
zich te nemen?
Beetje afhankelijk van wat de organisatie wil. Beide denk ik. Aan
ene kant, het mooie is de inhoudelijkheid, theoretisch gezien goed
verhaal, scoren ze serieus punten. Vervolgens is het “hoe verkoop
je verhaal intern”, zoveel mogelijk respons en dat medewerkers het
gaan beleven en ervaren. Ik begrijp het wel vanuit mijn vak hoe het
werkt, maar gewone medewerkers ook bereiken vergt een andere
benadering dan voor mijzelf en de directie. Dus daar valt nog wel
iets te behalen. Voor de rest was de insider dummie proof zeg maar.
THOMAS:
In hoeverre waren eigenlijk de aandeelhouder betrokken bij het
proces?
Puur intern. Aandeelhouders zijn hartstikke belangrijk maar heb
zoiets van “zit hier om consistent merk te bouwen op lange termi-
jn” en dat begint intern. De aandeelhouder bepaald niet de merk-
beleving, wie wij zouden moeten zijn. Begint bij definiëren van
“waarom zijn wij hier?”.
Bent je tevreden met het resultaat dat BR-ND heeft geleverd?
Ja. Ja vind het heel mooi, helder, simpel uiteindelijk. Hoe de percep-
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tie is bijvoorbeeld bij de directeur bij ons, die zei tegen mij van “ja
hartstikke mooi, maar dat hadden wij toch ook zelf gekund”. Eigen-
lijk is dat het verhaal zo simpel is dat iedereen zo iets heeft van..
Hadden jullie het ook zelf gekund?
Nee. Simpelheid qua uitkomst, goed verhaal, klopt. Iedereen die
het ziet heeft zoiets van “common sense” geen hogere wiskunde.
Dat maakt het in mijn ogen gewoon goed.
Je gelooft er dus in?
Als ik het verhaal vertel en ik moet mensen extra gaan overtuigen
hoe goed het wel niet is, dan schiet het zijn doel voorbij. In die zin is
de eenvoud, het klopt bij de organisatie. Maar uiteindelijk de weg
ernaar toe is wel een heftig traject geweest, om iedereen erbij te
betrekken. Vergt wel nodige missie werk. En ook het met elkaar,
het sparen om het sterker te maken. Gaat uiteindelijk om woordjes
op een weegschaal te leggen. Die doorvertaling die je daar aan-
geeft zodat negen van de tien medewerkers het in een keer begri-
jpt. Op het moment dat ik drie van de tien moet uitleggen, is het
niet goed genoeg. Al die stappen er naartoe vergt van het project-
team ook veel, essentieel om het gevoel te krijgen. Anders wordt
het alleen maar een report.
En hoe was de planning?
Planning was goed, op elkaar afgestemd. Hangt per organisatie
af, dat je met elkaar tot planning moet komen. Is denk ik niet een
model voor, heeft tijd nodig om dingen op te tuigen. Denk dat dit
wel een reëel beeld schept van hoe lang zoiets duurt. Bijna jaar voor
uit getrokken, bij ons. We hadden dit nodig.
Vind je dat BR-ND het project goed begeleid heeft?
Ja. Vind wel het prettigste dat degene waarmee je praat, dat dat
ook je aanspreek punt is. Kim was een dedicated aanspraakpunt,
werkt wel goed. Vind ik een voorwaard, vond ik hier ook prettig.
Wat vind je van de klant omgang van BR-ND?
Goed. Ben ik heel simpel in. Het is people business, dus je moet ook
met elkaar kunnen fietsen. Dat bepaald of je iets aanneemt van
elkaar. Dat is wel randvoorwaarde nummer een, open en eerlijk te-
gen elkaar. Is gewoon goed.
Hoe vind je de prijs/waarde perceptie van de diensten van BR-
ND?
Jeetje ja, moeilijk om intern te verkopen. Kan zelf wel zeggen dat
ik het value for money vind. Ik weet wel wat voor kosten dat geeft
zo’n Insider en Outsider, dat kost geld. Ik geloof dat het elke cent
waard is, maar daar zal niet iedereen van overtuigd zijn. Kan me
ook wel voorstellen. Wij waren als merk een beetje in de war. Vanaf
2004 zijn we al bezig met allerlei overnames, REAAL weer van de
planken gehaald, Axa overgenomen. Allemaal merken opgegaan in
REAAL, die mensen werken nu bij ons. Samenraapsel van culturen
en medewerkers. Dan is het nodig om opnieuw te definiëren. Als je
een merk bent met minder mensen dat zal je dit anders benaderen.
Dit is wel een aanpak voor grote organisaties. Bij kleinere organisa-
ties of een andere branche, dat dat er dan heel anders uitziet.
Wat vond je uniek aan de aanpak /proces van BR-ND?
Heel goed is de combinatie tussen wetenschap en praktijk. Insider,
Outsider, 23plusone verhaal, is gewoon een model dat wetenschap-
pelijk onderbouwt is en heel goed doorvertaald naar de praktijk.
Vind ik er heel sterk aan, geeft heel duidelijk richting.
Wat had je anders aangepakt als BR-ND zijnde?
Misschien wat je er aan toe kan voegen: het nog meer verkopen van
je verhaal. Dat ik overtuigd ben is een, maar ik moet het verhaal
weer intern brengen. Denk dat dat uiteindelijk kan helpen om het
verder te brengen. heb je intern ambassadeurs nodig die dat richt-
ing directie brengt. We weten ook wel welke knoppen we moeten
drukken. Dat is wel wat als leverancier, dat je daarbij kunt helpen.
Denk je dat nieuwe technologieën (social media, tablets etc)
kunnen helpen bij het proces?
Wellicht.
Maak je daar gebruik van?
Weinig, begint een beetje te komen, appjes en dingetjes. De uit-
leg is essentieel. Voorbeeld dat Kim gaf voor waarom het ene merk
aantrekkelijk is dan andere merk en waar dat dan in zit. Mooi voor-
beeld om punt te maken. We hadden zelf nog filmpje van TED, zo’n
knakker vertelt waarom Apple als merk het beter doet dan andere
merken, “the why question”. Die vertelt dan uiteindelijk waar het
om gaat.
Als je dan naar Apple kijkt wat ze doen, misschien is die van Sony
wel tien keer beter. De man gaat dan naar de essentie. Dat verhaal,
wordt iedereen stil van. The why vraag, onze ambitie, en dat je noo-
it uitverandert bent. Degene die beste is in aanpassen aan de veran-
derende omstandigheden overleeft. Dus niet de sterkste. Betekent
dus dat je continu in een loepje bezig bent om jezelf te verbeteren
in belang van de klant. Maar dat verhaal naar de professionals toe
kan het inhoudelijk, maar naar niet professionals moet dit meer in
hapklare brokken. Weg blijven van terminologie.
Wat moet BR-ND doen om future-fit te worden?
Kijken of er weer een nieuwe vorm, qua model, of daar een sim-
pelere versie van is, dat het sneller gaat. Als je me van te voren had
vertelt dat dit een jaar ging duren had ik je heel hard uitgelachen
denk ik. Een half jaar is toch wel een beetje de maximale horizon.
Dus het duurde te lang?
Ja goed, het verhaal hebben we al eerder gedefinieerd. Basis is al-
lang gelegd. Maar ik denk dat je naar een model zou moeten waar-
mee het sneller kan en eenvoudiger.
Wat zou je er dan uithalen?
We hebben gekeken naar intern, klanten, niet klanten, distribu-
tiepartners. Hangt af van je dienstverlening of product. Had zoiets
van “we gaan all the way”. Om het hele plaatje te maken kan je niet
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zeggen, “doen we dat wel, en dat niet”. Dat zou raar zijn.
Dus voor jouw kan het niet korter?
Ja weet ik niet hoor. Misschien kan het wel. Je krijgt wel een heel
heel heel duidelijk beeld, misschien is het niet nodig om het zo uit-
gebreid te doen. Misschien is er wel een methodiek waarbij je veel
harder gaat. Kan me voorstellen dat niet iedereen zo geduldig is.
Nog iets dat je wilt delen?
Ja, daarom heb je een nog simpeler model nodig. Ik denk dat heel
veel bedrijven in een soort vergelijkbare situatie zitten. De wereld is
zo rap aan het veranderen. Het gaat zo hard dat je eigenlijk de tijd
niet heb om zulk soort exercities te doen. Ook als je het over online
hebt, over media. Op het moment dat je een reclamebureau aan-
neemt met expertise op het gebied van sociaal media, tegen de tijd
dat je proeftijd door bent is de kennis alweer veroudert. Je moet ei-
genlijk naar een model toe, het deel erachter, dat je het continu te-
gen het licht kan houden om het bij te sturen. Ik wil het eigenlijk elk
jaar tegen het licht houden, aan welke touwtjes moeten we trekken
om meters te maken. Dan is dit iets meer lange termijn. Het verhaal
hierna “wat ga ik doen straks”, om zo de vinger aan pols te houden
dat je snel kan ingrijpen.
Is dat jouw functie ook, ga je dat doen?
Ja is wel de bedoeling ja. Ik zie dat vanuit mijn rol, om ook con-
stituent dat beeld uit te dragen. Dat is missie werk, blijft continu,
ook intern, het verhaal uitgedragen waar we voor staan. Komen
nieuwe mensen bij, is een doorlopend proces. Onze organisatie
gaat er anders uit zien, dit is er ook een onderdeel van, de organi-
satie is aan het schipperen “waar gaan we dat onderbrengen”.
Onderdeel in marketing, directie. Ik weet hem wel. Als je gelooft
dat dat de organisatie maakt tot wie je bent, dan moet je het niet
een onderdeel van marketing maken maar ook bij je directie leg-
gen en daar op sturen. Anders dan interne communicatie binnen
de afdeling. Op dat momnet kan je het bij alle bedrijfsonderdelen
naar binnen pompen en bij marketing is het toch meer een me-
dia kunstje, verkoop verhaal. Terwijl ik geloof dat het echt vanuit
je medewerkers komt. Klinkt beetje Amerikaans. Als je kijkt naar
Bill Gates, die staan ergens voor, maakt dat mensen trots zijn en
daar graag willen werken. Dat maakt dat vroeger ze bij Joop van de
Ende wilde werken. Zo’n bedrijf staat ergens voor, en dat willen wij
ook zijn. Mensen moeten bij ons willen werken. Krijgt ook andere
medewerkers, mensen die ook mee willen veranderen en dat leuk
vinden.
Nog een andere kritische noot. In het hele traject is Kim het gezicht
en aanspraakpunt geweest. Denk dat je duidelijk moet zijn met
de partij waarmee je in zee gaat, van met wie doe je dit. Along the
way is Alexander in het traject gekomen. Ik denk dat het goed is
om vanaf het begin al gelijk met gezichten naar buiten te komen
en dat dat de aanspraakpunten zijn. Of om gewoon dat ene gezicht
altijd naar voren te laten komen en de andere op de achtergrond
te laten blijven. Heeft bij ons wel eens voor verwarring gezorgd. Ik
zat volledig in het traject, dus kon het nog wel beetje plaatsen maar
als je de ene keer wel versterking meeneemt en de andere keer in
dezelfde setting dat niet doet. Mensen gaan ook beetje wennen
aan een gezicht en gesprekspartner. Denk dat dat ook heel belan-
grijk is , ook in de perceptie van meerwaarde en geen meerwaard.
Ook met het traject op oog qua geld, met de perceptie dat het duur
is. Dus probeer ook in de perceptie de verwachtingen te managen,
dus door altijd alleen te komen of altijd met z’n tweeën. En niet
de ene keer wel en de andere keer niet. Consistent. Kim werd als
het gezicht gezien, die was er altijd. Laat die persoon dat dan lek-
ker doen . Tenzij dat het omgekeerd is natuurlijk, als Alexander het
gezicht is naar de klant toe. Dat is wel belangrijk.
Ook met die Kitchen, het duidelijker naar voren laten komen naar
de mensen waarvoor ze er zijn. Voor heel veel mensen was dat niet
helemaal duidelijk. Om dit echt nog even wat duidelijk naar voren
te brengen.
Client interview - Director Brand Innovation bij Vlisco Group,
hiervoor werkzaam als Director Brand Marketing Strategy bij
Veldhoven Group
THOMAS
Hoe ben je in aanraking gekomen met BR-ND?
Ik heb Kim leren kennen bij een presentatie van EURIB, Rotterdam.
Daarna heb ik Renee Peeters leren kennen bij het SWOCC. Toen
werkte ik nog bij Mexx. Toen zijn de eerste gesprekken geweest.
Kim was toen net met zwangerschap verlof. Daarna ben ik naar de
Veldhovengroup gegaan. Ik weet niet meer wat de eerste aanlei-
ding was, maar uit die contacten is het ontstaan met de Veldhoven-
group.
Hoe zou je BR-ND omschrijven? Waarom heb je ze ingeschakeld?
Door de SWOCC achtergrond, denk dat dat wel een rol speelde. De
onderzoekskant met de wetenschappelijke onderbouwing ervan.
Alhoewel dat wel lastig is. Dat was de inleiding. Bij de Veldhoven-
group stonden we voor de opgave om het merk denken funda-
ment te geven. Er werd wel op merk niveau gedacht, maar dat was
op label niveau, als image. En wij wilden het merk als een leading
principle binnen het bedrijf introduceren. In dat traject hebben we
gekeken, “wat bied de methode BR-ND, de Insider en de Outsider”.
Toen hebben we een Insider traject gedaan onder het personeel,
heel veel respons op gehad. Kort daarop hebben we een strategie
launch event georganiseerd. Met BR-ND samen in Rotterdam. Dit
was de kickoff van de strategie ontwikkeling vanuit het merk denk-
en. Dit was in eind 2009, het idee was om in 2010 wat te gaan doen.
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Dus er werd naar de werknemers gepresenteerd dat er een strat-
egie ontwikkeld ging worden?
Ja dat was een. Ook strategie vanuit het merk denken. Dat is een
belangrijke component. En dit was niet naar alle werknemers toe,
dit was een dwarsdoorsnede van de top 80 management vanuit
alle landen. Het was voor het eerst in de Veldhovengroup dat de
landen op zo’n manier bij elkaar kwamen. Dat is nooit gedaan. En
vanuit daar was het de bedoeling dat we het gingen oppakken. Op
onderdelen is dat gebeurd maar niet in zijn totaliteit omdat we nog
een heel stuk management development nodig hadden, kwamen
we tot de ontdekking. Bij het management zat geen strategisch
denken. Dat moest nog moest nog ontwikkeld worden om op board
level alles op één lijn te krijgen.
Dat hadden jullie van te voren niet voorzien?
Niet in die mate nee.
Ken je het principe 23plusone? Wat was je ervaring ermee?
Ja, heb er ook mee gewerkt. Heb de Insider met het personeel
gedaan. 23plusone was een van de aanleidingen om met BR-ND te
gaan praten. Ik had een artikel in een marketingtijdschrift gelezen
dat BR-ND bezig was dit te ontwikkelen, dat triggerde mij in eerste
instantie. Toen waren we ook heel druk bezig met merk definitie
etc. We hebben gewerkt met de kaarten met de online tool. Heel
intuïtief, op zich prima. Als je hebt over het werken over het ge-
hele proces, dan is het bij ons gestopt bij de volgende stap. Wat
na, als je je end values weet op een abstract level, wat ga je ermee
doen, en hoe. Die doorvertaling heeft niet plaats gevonden. Het is
op een abstract niveau die end values, en het management bij de
Veldhovengroup was heel pragmatisch, ook operationeel, er was
helemaal geen strategisch denken. Er was een disconnect tussen
het abstracte niveau waarop ik zat, en daardoor BR-ND naar binnen
gehaald, en een deel van de board die anders dacht. Die dachten
heel pragmatisch, ik heb een logo nodig. Of ik heb een image cam-
pagne. De kernwaarden waren er, expliciet, maar wat doe je er-
mee? In die tijd werkte BR-ND nog samen met Mountain design, de
design executie, maar er zat een gap tussen het gedachten goed
van BR-ND, en doorvertaling naar het design. Dus je moet ook de-
signers hebben die de slag kunnen maken. Wat zit daar überhaupt
tussen? Dat is waar de gap ontstond. Dat is het laddering verhaal.
Van hoog abstract naar heel concreet. En andersom. Die exer-
cities moet je continu doen. En fashion is direct tastbaar. Er moet
gewoon volgende maand iets in de winkel liggen. Zo werkt fash-
ion, het is heel pragmatisch en recht toe recht aan. En op sommige
punten zitten er vertaalslagen tussen maar dat doen maar weinig
mensen. Als je die doorvertaling niet maakt dan heeft het voor de
actievere grote groep in het bedrijf helemaal geen waarde.
Waar is het mis gegaan?
Er waren verdeelde meningen binnen de board. Het is niet dat ze
er niet achter stonden, maar ze snappen het gewoon niet. En dan
moet je heel veel tijd investeren om het te laten landen en dat kost
tijd dat kan je niet forceren. Je gaat het pas zien als je het door
hebt. En als je het wilt doorkrijgen, dat kost tijd. Dat is een mentale
slag die je moet maken. Je kan het wel tien keer uitleggen maar als
het mentaal niet gepakt wordt dan heeft het geen zin. Dan komen
er al snel andere prioriteiten. En ga jij maar door met wat je aan
doen bent. En daar heb je een disconnectie.
Vind je 23plusone een goede leidraad om een merk te bouwen?
Daar heb ik, ik zeg niet geen vraagtekens bij, maar het is een on-
derdeel van merk bouwen. Maar voor mij gaat het om het totale
pakket. Dus wat doe je daarmee. En dat is nog belangrijker in de
context waarin ik zit, dan al die randvoorwaarde, en alle compo-
nenten die je ook moet invullen. Maar het tastbare, daar gaat het
eigenlijk om. Dus die vertaalslag is een belangrijke.
Welke tools heb je gebruikt?
We hebben alleen inspiratiefase, en een stukje analyse met de In-
sider. Outsider nooit gedaan. We hebben op de strategie launch, ik
weet niet of dat de Kitchen is, dat spel met dat bord. We hebben
kickoff meeting gedaan, puur voor het gedachtegoed, niet van daar
moeten we alles uithalen.
Als je in een design omgeving zit, zitten mensen die het allemaal
zelf weten, en het lastige in deze trajecten, is al die consultants
die binnenkomen, die iets willen weten. Terwijl iedereen in de rij-
dende trein zit naar de volgende collectie. Dus wij hebben dat nooit
gedaan. Ik heb wel moeite als zulke trajecten worden ingezet. Dat
is niet de manier om het te doen binnen een bedrijf. Er is een te
sterke design cultuur. Waar mensen wel flarden van dit soort dingen
weten en het inside out denken en werken staat voorop. Fashion
bedrijven zijn merken bij uitstek, het is alleen vaak niet expliciet ge-
maakt. Al die externe consultants worden niet echt gewaardeerd bij
zulke bedrijven, bij een bank zal dat anders zijn. dat zijn meer boek-
houders en cijfers strategen. Binnen dit bedrijf zitten heel veel cre-
atieve mensen en die zitten niet te wachten om anderen te bevra-
gen vanuit een consultancy insteek. Veldhovengroup was een heel
introvert bedrijf , Mexx was meer open, en heel erg gedreven vanuit
een interne visie. Die hoef je niet te vertellen hoe je een merk moet
bouwen. Hij heeft wel hulp nodig op een aantal onderdelen, maar in
de meeste gevallen zocht hij deze hulp intern. Het inside out den-
ken vind ik een sterkte, maar introvert zijn is een zwakte. Inside out
is een voorwaarde om een sterk merk te bouwen. Een echt sterk
merk, ik heb het niet over een verzekeringsmaatschappij die een
leuke huisstijl wilt, je cultuur begint intern en daar gaat het uitein-
delijk om. Je logo is een expressie van de interne cultuur.
Hebben jullie iets met de Kitchen gedaan?
Nee, hij is alleen gebruikt als eyeopener tijdens de strategie launch.
Een aantal workshops georganiseerd, een paar door BR-ND. Dat
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was meer op de awareness te kweken. Het idee was niet om de
Kitchen te doen en dan de resultaten uit te werken.
Vond je het wel waardevol?
Ik vond het waardevol. De Kitchen weet ik niet, we hebben het noo-
it afgemaakt maar het was leuk om te doen. Maar hoe het echt gaat
passen in de hele methodiek hebben we nooit gedaan. De Insider
vond ik waardevol, maar daar weer ook, wat ga je doen met je bev-
indingen. Het is in de lucht blijven hangen.
Jullie hebben bij de Kitchen niet de resultaten van de Insider ge-
bruikt?
Nee, de Kitchen is gebruikt met wisselende groepen in een roulatie
schema. Maar het is nooit als informatie geconsolideerd.
Vond je de tools vernieuwend?
Ik vond het leuk, maar de waarde hangt af van wat er uiteindelijk uit
komt. De resultaten. En daar hebben we nooit iets mee gedaan.
Is dat vanuit jullie of vanuit BR-ND gekomen?
Van beide kanten. Ik had verwacht dat we na de Insider met een
aantal conclusies, tastbare uitkomsten zouden zitten. De conclu-
sies zijn wel gekomen, maar het is blijven hangen, het is niet con-
creet genoeg geworden. En dan zit je met wat verwacht de één en
wat kan de ander leveren. Kosten, tijd en dat soort dingen meer.
En als het niet land intern, dan wordt je te afhankelijk van externe
partijen en kosten om het dan verder te trekken. Daar ben ik geen
voorstander van. Wat ik nu doe, ik bouw me eigen modellen, en ik
nodig externen uit, om dit bij ons te komen faciliteren. En de regie
voer ik zelf. Dat vind ik belangrijk, je moet het zelf houden. Je kan
tien consultants inhuren, deze hebben allemaal andere menin-
gen, veel komt op hetzelfde neer. Het is maar net wat voor naam
je eraan koppelt. De endvalues kan je ook zelf uit een brainstorm
halen.
De modellen zijn aangepast om draagvlak te creëren?
Ja door het de mensen zelf intern te laten doen en de hele regie in-
tern te laten, krijg je inderdaad draagvlak maar bouw je tegelijker-
tijd ook de cultuur. Je creëert ambassadeurs, je gaat met workshops
werken. Het klinkt eigenwijs maar ik wil me niet door consultants
laten vertellen wat ik moet doen. Ik wil me wel laten helpen. Het
kunnen gevalideerde eindwaarde zijn, maar wat is de meerwaarde
ervan? Ik kijk wel naar mijn eigen industrietak, waar misschien de
functie van het merk anders ligt. Bij fashion gaat het om het prod-
uct en de image, wat doe je dan met de eindwaarden. Terwijl die
wel in mijn deel zitten hoe we een DNA moeten bouwen. Het heeft
alleen niet zo’n zwaar accent, dat we er de hele tijd 23plusone op los
moeten laten. Want wat kost dit? Je bent zo een ton kwijt, en wat is
daar de waarde voor, voor een fashion merk. De vier eind waarden
kan je ook met een brainstorm ontdekken met een aantal goede
keuzemomenten, en aanscherping, en verfijning.
Is een cultuur bouwen een big bang of gaat dat gaande weg?
Beide. Als het een big bang is kan je het topdown opleggen. Maar je
kan je wakker schudden door een big bang maar het moet geleideli-
jk ontstaan, een cultuur dwing je niet af. De cultuur moet bottom
up ontstaan, de richting kan wel top down. Het strategie launch
event was meer wakker schudden, mensen uit hun comfort zone
halen, met de bedoeling ze open-minded te maken voor de dingen
die zouden moeten gaan gebeuren. Die zijn uiteindelijk niet in 2010
ingezet, maar uiteindelijk ben ik begin dit jaar met een aantal exer-
cities begonnen.
Hoe betrek je de ‘down’ erbij?
Door workshops, maar door de regie intern. Dus als de theorie niet
100% intern ligt, en gedragen wordt, dan word het een exercitie
van buiten naar binnen. De komen de consultant ons vertellen wat
wij moeten gaan doen en dat gaat bij fashion bedrijven er niet in.
Bij de bedrijven die ik ken althans. Misschien zou het bij een Zee-
man kunnen werken, omdat die totaal geen design denken of brand
denken hebben. Het merk denken is onderdeel van je kroonjuwel-
en, net als fashion design. Je kan wel af en toe een top designer uit-
nodigen, maar je kan je collectie niet door externen laten maken.
Wel als de regie in huis ligt, als je een hele sterke interne top design-
er hebt, die dan er een paar externe bij haalt.
Voelde je je betrokken in het proces met BR-ND?
Ja we hebben een aantal goede brainstorms gedaan. Het traject
naar de strategie launch was prima, daarna zijn de uitkomsten niet
concreet genoeg geweest, waardoor een aantal van de board leden
afhaakten. En toen kwamen er nieuwe prioriteiten naar binnen.
Dan ebt het snel weg, ik ben zelf pragmatisch doorgegaan. Ik heb
een simpel model gemaakt en dat ben ik ook gaan workshoppen.
Dus personas and consumer journeys ontwikkelen, wel vanuit in-
tern. De board is in dit traject ook mee gegaan, omdat het iedere
keer ook tastbare resultaten waren. Ook heel visueel. En dat is ook
belangrijk bij fashion.
JOSIEN
Heb je zelf de Insider gedaan? Wat vond je ervan?
Ja, de online tool. Ik vond het een heel leuk ding om te doen. We
hebben wel het T-shirt veranderd door het schort, met het state-
ment. Een schort zet je wel op een ander mentaal level. Dat was het
enige waar we wel discussie over hadden. Ik vond het een goede
exercitie.
Had iedereen eraan mee gedaan?
We hadden een score van meer dan 80% die uitgenodigd zijn. We
hebben ook fabriekspersoneel in China die geen Engels spreken.
Alle Engelstalige mensen hebben meegedaan. Over de hele wereld.
Iets van 300 mensen.
Wat was het doel van de Insider?
Inzichten in de beleving van het personeel. Hoe zij tegen het merk
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aankeken. En een stukje betrokkenheid punten, insights, tips, hun
perceptie.
Zijn die verwachtingen ook uitgekomen?
Ja, ik vond de uitkomsten ook heel goed, goed gedocumenteerd.
Ben heel tevreden.
Zou je het proces kunnen uitleggen?
De hele aanvliegroute naar het finetunen van de Insider, dat was
een behoorlijk traject. Dat moet niet onderschat worden, ook HR
moest erbij betrokken zijn. dat heeft wel een paar weken geduurd,
voordat echt de Insider stond. 80% was standaard en daar hebben
wij nog dingen aan toegevoegd. En dan het bouwen van de online
tool, de teksten, tweetalig. Toen hebben we een mini guerrilla cam-
pagne opgezet. Waarbij we vrijdag dingen hadden losgelaten in
kantoren, en maandag startte de Insider. Dus we hebben een mini
campagne gedaan, toen de Insider. De uiteindelijke resultaten,
de communicatie naar het personeel hebben we laten liggen. Dat
heeft ook met kosten te maken, intern hadden we er de capaciteit
niet voor en extern was het waarschijnlijk te kostbaar. Dus dat was
het enige jammere.
Hoe hebben jullie de resultaten teruggekoppeld, bij de work-
shop?
Een deel wel, we hadden een notitieboekje gemaakt waarbij quotes
en resultaten op verschillende pagina’s terugkwam. En speeches
van een aantal board leden. Dat werd daar rond gedeeld. Maar du-
idelijk niet genoeg. En op ons intranet is het toen geplaatst. Maar
het is niet genoeg, je moet er mee gaan werken. En dat is moeilijk
in fashion bedrijven, mensen mobiliseren in de breedte in een korte
tijd.
Waren er dingen die eruit sprongen?
Is wel lang geleden. Schort is blijven hangen. We hadden het
gedaan voor vier merken, de Veldhovengroup en drie product-
merken, voor allemaal hebben we de cardsorting gedaan en dat
was voor sommige lastig, het was ook niet duidelijk dat we Veld-
hovengroup als een merk zagen. Voor de meeste was dat geen
merk, dat moesten we al doorbreken. Dus waarom doen we dat
eigenlijk voor de Veldhovengroup. Maar gezien de respons is het
een heel groot succes geweest. 80% is heel hoog. Uit de feedback
die we kregen bleek ook wel dat er een hoge betrokkenheid was.
We hebben er veel reacties op gekregen. Het enthousiasme en het
moment was daar met de strategie launch, maar de bedoeling was
om in 2010 verder te gaan en daar is het fout gegaan. Het speelde,
zeker na de strategie launch, het leefde. Dan blijkt weer dat je de
organisatie zelf klaar moet hebben staan, om daarmee verder te
gaan. Er kwamen ook dingen bij die we niet hadden voorzien, zo-
als een overnamen van een vierde merk. Dat heeft zo’n impact, dan
gaat alles van tafel.
Wat vond je sterk aan de tool en minder sterk aan de tool?
De visuele kant met de kaartjes vond ik sterk. Het enige was dat het
niet duidelijk was waar we over aan het praten waren. Veel mensen
zagen de Veldhovengroup niet als een merk.
Zijn er dingen niet aan bod gekomen in de Insider?
Ongetwijfeld, maar daarvoor is het te lang geleden. Ik denk met
name, je kan op verschillende niveaus conclusies trekken. Op de
eerste lijn waren de conclusies goed. Maar wat gaan we er concreet
mee doen, daarin zat nog een te grote gap. Er werden wel heel veel
open einde aangedragen, van we zouden dat moeten doen, en wat
kost dat? Met het materiaal wat er lag, hadden er al veel meer con-
crete dingen gedaan moet zijn. ook aan onze kant, het is niet alleen
een verwijt naar BR-ND toe. Aan onze kant hadden we met een kle-
ine groep en BR-ND al direct concreet moeten worden.
Kwamen er verrassende resultaten uit de Insider?
De is eerste verrassende was de enorme respons. Wat aangaf
dat de betrokkenheid heel groot was. De hoge motivatie van de
mensen. Te weinig besef hoe je als sterk merk moet gedragen. Be-
trokkenheid alleen is niet voldoende. Hoe je omgaat met merken in
portfolio. Dat besef was er helemaal niet bij de medewerkers. Ver-
schillende bloedgroepen, dat kwam wel uit de analyse naar voren,
de analyse was daarin perfect. Verschillen in divisies. Marketing, re-
tail , supply chain. De uitkomsten van de analyse vond ik heel goed.
Zijn de uitkomsten waardevol voor het proces geweest? Hebben
jullie er iets mee gedaan?
Te weinig meegedaan, voor een kleine groep waardevol. Het was te
moeilijk om een grote groep te mobiliseren.
Hebben jullie de resultaten gebruikt om de merkwaarden op te
zetten?
Nee, dat is de next step. Dat is te weinig aan bod gekomen. Ik be-
grijp dat de Trinity ook een apart traject is uit de service portfo-
lio. De trinities kwamen bij ons uit de Insider. Daar hebben we de
Kitchen te weinig bij betrokken. En we hebben dit ook niet tastbaar
gemaakt. Ik kan me nog een board meeting herinneren dat we een
voorstel kregen op methode gebied. Van dit gaan we doen en dit
gaat het kosten. Toen haakte er veel mensen af, het was gewoon
te kostbaar in die context. Te duur en te weinig concreet in de con-
text waarmee we als fashion brand mee bezig waren Er moest een
identiteit ontwikkeld worden, in de fashion wereld laat je dat niet
extern doen. Dat hadden we intern moeten doen, maar hoe hadden
we dat dan gedaan? Als we eerst nog een aantal consultancy sessie
doormoet met prijskaartjes is het snel van de baan.
Hebben jullie de Insider gebruikt om de merkwaarden op te stel-
len?
Nee, het was meer een toetsing om te zien hoe het beleefd werd
op dat moment. We hadden een aantal merkwaarden jaren geleden
vastgesteld die zijn nooit 1 op 1 getoetst. En de bedoeling was om
dat ook voor het hele portfolio te gaan doen. Dus hoe verschillen
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merken ook ten opzichte van elkaar. Die slag hebben we niet goed
gemaakt.
Hebben de participanten van de Insider het gevoel betrokken te
zijn geweest in het proces?
Ja, tot daaraan wel. Het werd goed ontvangen. Daarna niet. Er is
ook niet zoveel gebeurd daarna. Logisch dat ze zich niet betrokken
voelde.
Heb je advies voor het ontwikkelen voor een nieuwe Insider?
Nee, voor mij zit het met name in het vervolg traject. Als dat con-
cretere resultaten oplevert, tastbaar, het communicatie gedeelte;
De resultaten op een toegankelijke manier terugkoppelen naar de
organisatie. Ook naar het warehouse personeel, die moeten het
ook snappen. Communicatietraject is een belangrijke. De final cam-
pagne was goed ingezet. Dus het natraject.
THOMAS
Ben je tevreden met het resultaat?
Ja, ik zal ze nog eens om hulp kunnen vragen, alleen via de interne
regie. Als hulp, dus ik heb hier jullie hulp nodig, en voor hulp elders
vraag ik weer iemand anders.
Zou je het ook zonder BR-ND gedaan kunnen hebben?
Naar die dag toe niet. Maar op een andere schaal had ik het anders
kunnen doen, er zijn meerdere manieren. Hier hebben we veel in-
gezet op de end values, maar het downladdering heeft niet plaats-
gevonden. Ik zou niet meer inzetten op het end values niveau met
alle validatie daarvan. Ik zou dat simpeler doen, ik zou meer focus-
sen op concrete uitkomsten. Ik zou het pragmatischer inzetten.
Concrete plaatjes. Het wetenschappelijke gedeelte is voor 99% niet
belangrijk.
Wat zou je voor resultaat willen?
Met de Insider en de Kitchen, en duidelijker portfolio plaatje. Hoe
zitten de trinities ten opzichte van elkaar. Een ander punt is de 24
eindwaarden. Uiteindelijk kom je op één eindwaarde, gelukkig wor-
den. Is dat voldoende, die 24. Geeft dat een voldoende voeding
om de portfolio in kaart te brengen ten opzichtte van je competi-
tie. In je omgeving van 4 seizoenen/collecties per jaar. Fashion gaat
om de winkel vullen, een trein. Als een designer strategisch moet
gaan denken is het seizoen al voorbij. Gebeurt heel veel op intuï-
tie, onderzoek is shoppen. Is de straat op bij fashion. Intuïtief, snel,
collectie ontwikkelen en klaar. en je werkt vaak aan meerdere col-
lecties tegelijk. Je moet snel denken en handelen, meer besluiten
nemen. Het belangrijke is alignement. De concept designer beslist
vaak alles snel. Het fashion product moet niet te strategisch. Je
moet een basis methode hebben die heel simpel is en die ga je door
ontwikkelen. Wat werkt wel en wat werkt niet.
Wat vond je van de planning van het proces?
het was ambitieus maar het ging goed. We hebben niet alles kun-
nen doen maar voor de audience was het heel geslaagd traject en
event. De ambitie was hoog, daarna is het ingezakt.
Is het goed begeleid door BR-ND?
Ja, we hebben goed samengewerkt. Intensief.
Wat vond je van de klantomgang?
Vriendelijk, ging perfect
Prijs/waarde perceptie, wat vond je er zelf van?
Voor mij zit er te vaak te veel lucht in. Ik snap ook dat ze het
moeten rekenen, met overhead ect. Maar naar mijn idee is het ni-
et altijd nodig. Daarom werk ik het liefst met eigen regie en eigen
freelancers. Die ik in onderdelen inschakel, dat is voor mij kosten
efficienter. Dan zitter er geen schijven tussen die ook allemaal de
uren moeten schrijven.
Moet het transparanter zijn?
Transparanter is niet het juiste woord. Als er een logo voor een the-
madag ontwikkeld moet worden, hoeft er geen strateeg bij. En dat
is hoe een bureau vaak werkt, dat zijn urenfabrieken. Freelancers
zijn meer gedifferntieerd. Vaak spreek je met een senior en krijg je
een junior op je project. Die het vaak moet leren op het project.
Had je iets anders aangepakt als BR-ND zijnde?
Nee, het was perfect. Alleen het erna gebied was grijs. Niet con-
creet. En sommige dingen konden ook simpeler. De slag tussen de
consultancy en het design. Er zat een gap in de vertaling/concreti-
sering.
Wat vind je uniek aan BR-ND?
De filosofie. En de set-up, ook al stond hij in de kinderschoenen. Nu
is die vast door ontwikkeld.
Denk je dat nieuwe technologieen invloed kunnen hebben?
Ja zeer zeker. Outsider en social media. Social intranet, met de
bedoeling het uit te breiden met externe groepen. Je kan met de
Insider en Outsider mensen er beter bij betrekken. Moet het wel
makkelijker en minder wetenschappelijk. Moet aantrekkelijker wor-
den op een leuke manier. Hoeft niet altijd gevalideerd te zijn.
Wat moet BR-ND doen om future fit te zijn?
Wat ik net zeg. Downladdering naar concrete toepassingen. Meer
workshops, zodat meer mensen de regie zelf kunnen doen. Niet
teveel opgelegd. Ik mis een stukje markt kant, hoe je business in
elkaar zit. En concrete uitingen. Mensen visueel aan laten haken,
en mensen willen snel willen kiezen. Een franchise pakket zou kun-
nen als het helemaal compleet zou zijn. met een deel de consumen-
tenkant erin. Hoe gedraagt de buiten wereld zich. Met personas en
consumer journeys. Met een vaste rotatie.
Iets anders wat je wilt delen?
Nee. De concretiseringslag is het belangrijkste.
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profesioneel moeilijk strategisch waardevol
creatief goed balans
aandacht richtlijnen
saai input
superieur voldoening
hulp gelijk meedenken
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keuze
planning
out of the boxcontinu
onzin tegenstrijdig
samen
gedachte
herkenbaar
leuk
toelichting
interesant
bewust
feedback
onduidelijk
doel
gedrag
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waarden
inside-out
team
duur
onderbouwing
outside-ingevoel
organisatie
wereld
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explanation
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conscious
feedback
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goal
behavior
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values
inside-out
team
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support
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organisation
world
extern
intern
board
expert
eerlijk
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visie
emotie brand
fases
creatie
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belangrijk
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Appendix D
Stimuli generative sessions
Image stimuli
Word stimuli (Dutch)
Word stimuli (English)
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Appendix E
Results generative sessions
Results generative sessions Kim Cramer
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Results generative sessions Alexander Koene
175
Results generative sessions Diana Jianu
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Appendix F
Set-up brainstorm innovation week
Brainstorm BR-‐ND innovation week 2011
August, 12thParticipants morning session (9.00 -‐ 12.30): Alexander Koene, Kim Cramer, Thomas wijnen, Erik Roscam Abbing, Nieske Castelijn, Bas Padberg, Participants
afternoon session (14.00 -‐ 17.30): Alexander Koene, Kim Cramer, Thomas wijnen, Nieske Castelijn, Jeroen Timmers
Ice breaker Everyone writes down a made-‐up dream of the person across. This person has to pretend that this is his/her dream and has to explain it to the rest of the group.
-‐ introduction-‐round participants
Brainstorm morning (9.30 -‐ 12.30)
9.30 -‐ 10.30Introduction Insider by showing an example of the previous Insider.-‐ What information would be interesting to know for the new version?
-‐ What kind of information is interesting to know from your individual expertise?
-‐ Why?
10.30 -‐ 11.00
How can you engage people in this process?-‐ Imagine the persons who is least willing to participate, how can you get him involved?
11.00 -‐ 12.30Example “hutje op de hei”. -‐ How can you create depth in this process and make it accessible for a large group?
-‐ In groups of two, come up with an idea to realize this. Keeping in mind that the data needs to be processes
as well, how are you going to do that? Make a drawing of the idea and present to the group.
Break (12.30 -‐ 14.00)
Energizer -‐ Act out your favorite game
Brainstorm afternoon (14.30 -‐ 17.30)14.30 -‐ 15.00Introduction movie of the Fun Theory by Volkswagen.
-‐ Gamification (Like stamp/buttons, badges, Bolle Gijs, vlieg in wc, nike running) is a powerful tool, why does this work so well, what are the drives and key factors?
15.00 -‐ 15.30
-‐ How can you use these underlying drives to improve engagement?
15.30 -‐ 17.30
-‐ What is the ideal Insider?-‐ In groups of two create presentation of the ideal insider and present these to each other.
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OCHTEND SESSIE:
Vragen Insider
• hobbies
• onzin vragen - leuker
• menselijker: wie ben je, waarom Miele?
• persoonlijke missie (droom)
• waarom welke kaartjes
• vragen naming en design
Ideeën voor de Insider
• kaartjes zonder tekst
beeldende stimuli, objectiviteit loslaten
ongeremd respons, is 23plusone de goede manier hier
voor?
• Insider - rationeel - moet meer onbewust
• modules verspreiden, dus niet alles op hetzelfde moment vra-
gen
basis vs engagement
• tijd geven voor reflectie, synthesisen, over na laten denken en
erop terug komen
• laten zien: ik ben zo - eigen identiteit
• vergelijken met de rest van de organisatie
clusters - wat vind ik belangrijk ipv naar functie indelen
• input voor rest van proces - dit is er / mensen erbij betrekken/
meedoen - dit willen we
• is er genoeg uitleg vooraf waarom de Insider wordt gedaan?
• doel klant - engagement, doel organisatie - wat kan ik bereik-
en?
• reactietijden meten (IAT)
• instant feedback / beloning
• online / offline combineren
• aanpassen op het doel van de klant
• wat voor soort organisatie is het?
ziekenhuis
DTG
• kiki/bouba achtige vragen
• Insider 3.0 (opdelen in fases)
vragen
terugkoppelen
bewustwording
verandering
Groepsopdracht “ideale Insider”
Groep 1
• ingrediënten Insider:
• moet leuk zijn
• mensen “ontdekken”
• kwetsbaarheid leiderschap
• transparantie en uitleg wat ermee gebeurt van te voren
• techniek/platform
anytime, anyplace, anywhere (mobiel)
• wegnemen van verstand
flow “motivatie”
• luisteren en gehoord worden (begrepen worden)
• van of of naar en en (reconciliation)
• groei ervaring
iets inbouwen waar je steeds beter in wordt, levels,
dashboard
self-direction, mastering, purpose
Groep 2
doel Insider: intentie naar boven krijgen
• fysieke interactie heeft voordelen over online
alles online heeft fysieke beperkingen: verbinding
creëren
online goed middel om ware ik te creëren
• “silent disco”, Insider krijg je te horen
online downloaden en krijgt allemaal tegelijk op
drachten te horen (improv everywhere)
• inspiratie: Jamie Oliver die zelf recepten uitlegt op de Ipad
CEO vragen laten stellen
Groep 3
Game om het ideale bedrijf te bouwen met iedereen in een andere
context (bijvoorbeeld maan). Anders beloond worden (in happy
costumer, happy employee punten). Rollen organisch op basis van
leuk. Banen zoals schoonmaker en receptioniste zijn meer waard
(effectiever voor happy costumer, happy employee).
functie: barrières loslaten, problemen anders aanpakken.
Het spel kan zorgen voor awarness. uiteindelijk kan het
spel worden terug vertaald naar de realiteit (gedrags
verandering).
Ook de slag maken tussen virtueel en fysiek.
Uitkomsten discussie na groepsopdracht
• interview je zoon of je dochter als vraag
organisatie “huiswerk” of opdrachten laten doen
• kinderen meenemen naar je werk
Appendix G
Results brainstorm innovation week (Dutch)
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mensen in een andere rol zien
• inspirerend persoon de vragen laten stellen
zelf kiezen wie
• zonder bewustwordingsproces geen verandering
samen dingen ontdekken
Insider niet meer informatie ophalen maar awarness creëren
online technologie is nodig als facilitator
online versus offline
voorbeeld: webcam in caravan en iedereen kan discussie
volgen en meedoen
• cultuur is breder dan identiteit
• HR is moeilijk te bereiken maar dit is aan het veranderen
• cultuurveranderingen: stijl leidinggeven, langere tijdsas, roots
• ipv ik wil dit weten: wat vind je dat ik moet weten.
geen informatie uit de mensen zuigen maar samen ont
dekken
• kracht kiki/bouba: het vrije en de eenvoud
naar cultuur vertalen: bijv. meer sinaasappel of meer
citroen?
MIDDAG SESSIE:
Wat zijn de drivers van gamification?
beloning, fantasie / virtueel , LARPEN, beter worden in iets, andere
context, dingen loslaten, structuur/ overzichtelijkheid, niet bedrieg-
end, kan niet fout, samenwerken, uitstappen, mag fouten maken
,stickers, dingen verdienen, flow / verslavend, bereiken, fanatiek,
spannend, bewijzen, uitdaging, terug naar kind zijn, leert er iets
van, competitie, bluffen, experimenteren, niet te verliezen, skills,
showen, trots, improvisatie, escapisme, hersenen inspannen, zit in
je, tijdverdrijf / tegen verveling, spelen / leren, sport vs spel, reken-
ing houden met ander, vriendschap / sociaal, link naar realiteit
manipuleren
Uitkomsten opdracht om bovenstaande (grijs) termen te combi-
neren met Insider
Beloning:
• levels
• daadwerkelijk uitvoeren van verbeter suggesties
• meer feedback, resultaten laten zien
• geld
• spaarpunten
• eerder naar huis
• feestje / uitje
• lekker eten en drinken
• hoe meer input je geeft hoe meer je mee mag doen in het pro -
ces
• wat wil je zelf als beloning
• zichtbare terugkoppeling in het bedrijf (information decora-
tion)
• medewerker van de maand
• je mag vraag elementen van de Insider veranderen...eeuwige
roem
Fantasie:
• module: mijn droom voor dit bedrijf/organisatie..”I have a
dream...”
• je bent Tinkerbel, wat zou je toveren voor de organisatie?
• je ziet zeven abstracte vormen en moet een zinnetje maken
wat je ziet
• 2 vormen/objecten op het scherm die je kan slepen naar een
nieuwe vorm
• collectief een verhaal schrijven, om de beurt voegt een indivi-
dueel een alinea/zin/fragment toe
• snake - associatieslang
• sprookjes: knibbel knabbel & de CEO
• fantasiewereld integreren in het bedrijf, receptionisten zijn elf-
jes
• virtual reality layer, to reveal the real world
• iets virtueel doorgeven “Repudo” en dingen voor elkaar achter
laten
• bouwstenen voor nieuwe bedrijf ophalen in de echte wereld
• iedereen zijn eigen karakter laten maken
LARPEN:
• real-life rollenspel: in de Insider mensen oproepen om een
(verkleed) rollenspel te spelen met afdeling, of andere groep
• een bekend fantasiefiguur: hoe zou sneeuwwitje deze vraag
beantwoorden? (sneeuwwitje stelt de vraag of je ziet een frag-
ment)
• opdracht om een dag verkleed als creatieven. boekhoudes,
doktoren, timmerman naar kantoor te komen
• Avatar naspelen: goed vs slecht
• battle of the old vs the new, wat was er vs wat zou er verbeterd
moeten worden
• elkaar uitdagen: wie pakt de macht
• een dag van afdeling ruilen: receptionist pakt kantoor van CEO,
CEO gaat achter de receptie zitten
• de battle in de kantine: indianen vs de kaaskoppen
• karakters laten kiezen aan het begin van de Insider: welke ava-
tar ben jij?
• Pipi langkous rol: lapt alle regels aan haar laars
Flow / verslavend:
• laten zien wat je level is, persoonlijke feedback
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• sneakpreviews en cliffhangers geven, dat je verder wilt
• je stuurt het door aan collega's of vrienden
• soap eromheen bouwen, je wilt de volgende aflevering zien
• fysieke exercise (endorfine)
• foursquare check-in module + levels
• afdelingen of groepen vragen op verschillende tijdstippen / da-
gen in te loggen en per afdeling highscores te delen via face-
book o.i.d.
• soort bieding / veiling principe invoegen (tijd loopt af)
• resultaten in stukjes (hoofdstukken) laten tekenen wat telkens
wordt vervolgd
• steeds meer geven
Spanning:
• ophakken in stukjes, tussentijdse resultaten
• schrikeffect inbouwen (wake-up)
• mythe creëren..er is iets gebeurd...
• geheime opdrachten geven
• verhaal er omheen maken
• corruptie / chantage
• onverwachte opdrachten en vragen op onverwachte moment
en zonder te weten te weten of ze wat met Insider te maken
hebben
• mogelijkheid om resultaten te beïnvloeden
• mogelijkheid om eigen ideeën toe te voegen
• mystery opdracht / vraag eerst stellen en dan terugtrekken
“nee was niet voor jou bedoelt”
• fysieke opdracht bijv in de vorm van het moordspel, iemand
krijgt een opdracht die hij/zijn aan niemand mag vertellen ter-
wijl de andere dmv opdrachten / vragen moeten raden wat en
wie de opdracht heeft
Terug naar kind:
• speelse manier van geheugentraining, vragen laten terugkeren:
bijv. memory elementen met 23plusone / zoek de verschillen
tussen de medewerkers etc.
• merkentikkertje
• meer waarom vragen om te stimuleren dat ze er ook echt over
nadenken
• en krul als je je module af hebt
• vraag die je niet zelf moet beantwoorden maar door een kind
• wat is je eerste herinnering?
• wat was je liefste object / knuffel / spel en waarom?
• in de huid van barbapapa of meneer de uil een vraag beant
woorden
Competitie:
• vergelijken tussen afdelingen en anderen
• vergelijkbare merken en organisaties bijv. wat zou je over wil-
len nemen / leren van organisatie X?
• resultaten van een ander laten zienwaarom wordt jouw organi-
satie de beste / slimste / etc.
• vergelijken met benchmarks
• toppranking, komt hoger in de lijst
• random teams maken die tegen elkaar strijden
• spelletje als Nike running: als je hem “bent” dan ben je tijdelijk de ezel
• ministerie of game
Experimenteren:
• een groep iets anders laten doen dan de andere
• ze zelf vragen laten formuleren
• verschillende scenario’s laten uitspelen, wat werkt het beste
• rollenspellen zoals Das Experiment, iemand anders zijn
• verschillende stijlen van de Insider
• random vragen: hoe heet je buurman
• costumizen van logo
• maak je eigen logo / naam
• verassende inzichten koppelen aan vragen
• gesproken vragen
• Roamler idee: eigen marktonderzoek
Thema's die tijdens de brainstorm naar voren kwamen
• Insider moet leuk zijn
• Insider moet menselijker, kijken naar de individu
• Insider moet meer kijken naar de waarom
• (instant) feedback is nodig
• om verandering te bereiken moet je eerst bewustwording
creëren
• technologie zal de faciltator zijn voor de nieuwe Insider
• social media (internet) is een goed middel om veel mensen te
bereiken en dingen mogelijk te maken
• fysiek blijft belangrijk, is nodig om mensen te verbinden, hoe
kan je dat combineren?
• belonen is belangrijk
• engagement is belangrijk, maar wat is dat dan?
• verbinding tussen mensen is belangrijk
• mensen onderdeel laten zijn van het vormen van de Insider is
veel naar voren gekomen
• fun en een beetje onzin erbij
• mysterie (geheimzinnigheid) is interessant
• doen van opdrachten: “huiswerk”, laten bezinken (op terug
kunnen komen), niet alle vragen in een keer vragen, dieper op
vragen ingaan, is veel naar voren gekomen
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Brainstorm: December 4th, 5thParticipants December 4th (15.00 -‐ 18.00)Jasper Dekkers, Jan van der Asdonk, Martijn Jegerings, Brian SchuurParticipants December 5th (20.00 -‐ 22.30)Brian Schuur, Guus Baggermans
Brainstorm December 4th (15.15 -‐ 18.00)
Warming up (15.00-‐15.15)Everyone has to draw an animal in 3 seconds and the other participants have to guess what kind of animal it is.
15.15 -‐ 16.00
Project is broadly explained and the vision is presented.
16.00 -‐ 16.30
First a mindmap of association words of each phase of the vision is created together with all of the participants.
16.30 -‐ 17.15
The group is divided in two and for each phase ideas are generated with the help of the mindmaps. The last phase is either done together or by the couple who already have finished the other two.
17.15 -‐ 17.30
coffee break
17.30 -‐ 18.00
The ideas are presented and explained to each other and are used for generating associating ideas.
Brainstorm December 5th (20.00 -‐ 22.30)
Warming up (20.00 -‐ 20.15)
The no “yes or no or uhmm” game.
20.15 -‐ 20.45Creating a list of nice, beautiful, fun, effective apps, games, websites, interfaces etc
20.45 -‐ 21.15Defining for each of this app, game, website, interface what makes it this great
21.15 -‐ 21.30coffee break
21.30 -‐ 22.30Using the list created before to come up with ideas for the Insider platform-‐ How are the questions presented?
-‐ Do you get a question each day or are they al presented right away?-‐ How does the Insider match with the brand innovation process? How does it show transparency?-‐ Etc.
Appendix H
Set-up brainstorm design vision
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Appendix I
Results brainstorm design vision
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CHARACTERISTICS- Anytime, anyplace anywhere (mobile)
- Costumisable for needs client (questions, as well as design)
- Combining online and offline
- Original interaction (prijs de prijs)
- Has to look good, clear interface
- Sketchy visual world to have participants feel free to give their input and to make
clear that it is not referring to the future brand
- Little witty things such as sounds or details should be added to make it more
appealing
- Tasks that are challenging but achievable
- Clear goals and rules of play
- A compelling narrative
- Personal tone of voice
- It is made clear that the participants are experts of their own lives and that they
can not give wrong answers
- Need to be made clear that it can be executed during work time
- Be clear about what input is public, what is shared and whether it is anonymous.
- The necessity of participation has to be made clear
- OpenIDEO: Clear visualisation of the process and contribution to process
FUNCTIONALITIES- Spread questions, not all questions at the same time
- Time for reflection, let them think about questions and get back to them
- Not everyone answers the same questions Insights are used for new ques-
tions
- Roamler: The more input you give, the better the questions become
- Get satisfaction: providing participants the possibility to give feedback at
anytime
- Repudo: Combining physical interaction with digital objects Infographic for
feeding back data
- Instant feedback about how much you have completed your questions or
showing results of the rest of the company in an infographic
- Datamining is used for eveluation of qualitative data
- Certain people are responsible for gathering insights of a part of the data
- Participants can help analyse the qualitative information by looking for
patterns
- Clusters in terms of what you find important instead of function or depart-
ment
- Random questions asked in the beginning of the Insider, that will be used as
funny feedback “did you know that together we own 200 cats, 60 dogs 8 birds
and 1 snake”
- Sharing passions and skills of people within the organisation (hidden gems)
to celebrate the potential within the organisation and stimulate interaction
“We have a person in our organisation that has climbed the Mount Everest”
- Sort of Facebook discussion where you have to choose sides, per comment
people can change their minds and the most influential comments will be
marked
- Peer pressure: only as a team you can complete a question and collect points:
“Josien just answered this question”
- For every input the status is communicated: “we have received it”, “we have
processed it” (whatsapp)
- Early adaptors: a group that can start earlier to already create content and to
check everything beforehand
- Management has to provide the example questions so they have to do the
question beforehand and show exemplary behavior
- After you have finished something you get an unexpected reward instead of
telling beforehand
- First a quality check is executed before getting credits
- CEO asks questions (spoken/movie questions)
- CEO tells you how you are doing and gives you compliments
- A clear start and end of the activation phase to be able to celebrate and
reflect
- When the project is “finished” use the Insider as an internal idea box, and
once a years as check tool to see how things are going and whether things
need to be adjusted
GAMIFICATION ELEMENTS- Notifier: instant feedback about earned credits or other rewards or
achievements
- Progression bar: showing your personal progression
- Leaderboard: compares progression to friends, overall, or nearest
- Userprofile: information about who you are, badges you have earned etc.
- Status: rank or level
- Aviator: representation of player
- A counter that keeps track of the amount of input
- Auction elements, time is counting down
- Nike+: Seeing your progress in comparison to that of your colleagues
- Comparison between departments or others (show scores)
- Element of chance to increase anticipation
- Countdown: only having a small amount of time to fulfill a task
- Team competition
- Meta game: small games embedded in other games
- Rewards: recognition, praise and appreciation, sense of influence, job
security, opportunity for growth, flexible hours
- Reward: you can go home earlier, company party, special food
- Rewards: Points, achievements (badges), levels, virtual goods, Facebook
credits, coupons
- Cool giveaways as reward that each time can be won based on different
criteria: most input, most creative etc (Punchtab)
- As reward you can collect “little extras”: freetime, broodje kroket or a
plant for in your room
- Collect “did you knows” at physical places in and around the office
(Repudo) Unlock badges with titles reflecting different roles within the
company “I have the CEO badge now”
EXTRA- Sneak previews and cliffhangers
- Personal teaser: story that involves you
- Count down before Insider begins
- Introduction and explanation of authority or expert in the form of a
column, for instance the CEO or BR-ND
- Personal “question hour” with someone who is independent and has
beroepsgeheim
- BR-ND takes the role of mediator and will look out for the interest of the
organisation: “we have a meeting next Friday, anything you like to share”
- 5-piece glossy “invite, motivate, generate, trust, change” with quotes,
interviews and feedback
- Have the results come back on physical object such as napkins, coffee
cups or business cards, business card can represent who you are based on
23plusone results
QUESTIONS / ASSIGNMENTS- Random questions: make it more fun More human questions: who are you?
- Personal mission (dream)
- Why questions: why this 23plusone card?
- Questions for input naming and design
- Bijenkorf: Photo challenge question
- Innocent drinks: What is the best thing of working at innocent?
- 7daysinmylife: Offering generative techniques for questions
- Visual input can help as inspiration and to gain information
- Kiki-bouba kind of questions (fun interface)
- Question where first options are generated, next question you can vote for the
answers generated before
- Doing assignments together (physically) and results or notes are fed back to the
Insider
- Let the organisation create own questions
- Execute “homework”
- Own market research by organisation
- Change of rolls within the company, CEO becomes secretary for one day Have
the organisation help prioritise things that need to be changed
- Ask people for their own job, what needs to change for them in order to do their
job differently, and what do they think they can do differently
- Matching of same functions, departments or types together in order to discuss
what has to be changed
- Have tryouts for a week long based on ideas and suggestions gathered before-
hand, were changes are tested: “how do you like to pick up the phone, flexible
work hours, different food in the cantine”.
Appendix J
Idea selection
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CHARACTERISTICS- Anytime, anyplace anywhere (mobile)
- Costumisable for needs client (questions, as well as design)
- Combining online and offline
- Original interaction (prijs de prijs)
- Has to look good, clear interface
- Sketchy visual world to have participants feel free to give their input and to make
clear that it is not referring to the future brand
- Little witty things such as sounds or details should be added to make it more
appealing
- Tasks that are challenging but achievable
- Clear goals and rules of play
- A compelling narrative
- Personal tone of voice
- It is made clear that the participants are experts of their own lives and that they
can not give wrong answers
- Need to be made clear that it can be executed during work time
- Be clear about what input is public, what is shared and whether it is anonymous.
- The necessity of participation has to be made clear
- OpenIDEO: Clear visualisation of the process and contribution to process
FUNCTIONALITIES- Spread questions, not all questions at the same time
- Time for reflection, let them think about questions and get back to them
- Not everyone answers the same questions Insights are used for new ques-
tions
- Roamler: The more input you give, the better the questions become
- Get satisfaction: providing participants the possibility to give feedback at
anytime
- Repudo: Combining physical interaction with digital objects Infographic for
feeding back data
- Instant feedback about how much you have completed your questions or
showing results of the rest of the company in an infographic
- Datamining is used for eveluation of qualitative data
- Certain people are responsible for gathering insights of a part of the data
- Participants can help analyse the qualitative information by looking for
patterns
- Clusters in terms of what you find important instead of function or depart-
ment
- Random questions asked in the beginning of the Insider, that will be used as
funny feedback “did you know that together we own 200 cats, 60 dogs 8 birds
and 1 snake”
- Sharing passions and skills of people within the organisation (hidden gems)
to celebrate the potential within the organisation and stimulate interaction
“We have a person in our organisation that has climbed the Mount Everest”
- Sort of Facebook discussion where you have to choose sides, per comment
people can change their minds and the most influential comments will be
marked
- Peer pressure: only as a team you can complete a question and collect points:
“Josien just answered this question”
- For every input the status is communicated: “we have received it”, “we have
processed it” (whatsapp)
- Early adaptors: a group that can start earlier to already create content and to
check everything beforehand
- Management has to provide the example questions so they have to do the
question beforehand and show exemplary behavior
- After you have finished something you get an unexpected reward instead of
telling beforehand
- First a quality check is executed before getting credits
- CEO asks questions (spoken/movie questions)
- CEO tells you how you are doing and gives you compliments
- A clear start and end of the activation phase to be able to celebrate and
reflect
- When the project is “finished” use the Insider as an internal idea box, and
once a years as check tool to see how things are going and whether things
need to be adjusted
GAMIFICATION ELEMENTS- Notifier: instant feedback about earned credits or other rewards or
achievements
- Progression bar: showing your personal progression
- Leaderboard: compares progression to friends, overall, or nearest
- Userprofile: information about who you are, badges you have earned etc.
- Status: rank or level
- Aviator: representation of player
- A counter that keeps track of the amount of input
- Auction elements, time is counting down
- Nike+: Seeing your progress in comparison to that of your colleagues
- Comparison between departments or others (show scores)
- Element of chance to increase anticipation
- Countdown: only having a small amount of time to fulfill a task
- Team competition
- Meta game: small games embedded in other games
- Rewards: recognition, praise and appreciation, sense of influence, job
security, opportunity for growth, flexible hours
- Reward: you can go home earlier, company party, special food
- Rewards: Points, achievements (badges), levels, virtual goods, Facebook
credits, coupons
- Cool giveaways as reward that each time can be won based on different
criteria: most input, most creative etc (Punchtab)
- As reward you can collect “little extras”: freetime, broodje kroket or a
plant for in your room
- Collect “did you knows” at physical places in and around the office
(Repudo) Unlock badges with titles reflecting different roles within the
company “I have the CEO badge now”
EXTRA- Sneak previews and cliffhangers
- Personal teaser: story that involves you
- Count down before Insider begins
- Introduction and explanation of authority or expert in the form of a
column, for instance the CEO or BR-ND
- Personal “question hour” with someone who is independent and has
beroepsgeheim
- BR-ND takes the role of mediator and will look out for the interest of the
organisation: “we have a meeting next Friday, anything you like to share”
- 5-piece glossy “invite, motivate, generate, trust, change” with quotes,
interviews and feedback
- Have the results come back on physical object such as napkins, coffee
cups or business cards, business card can represent who you are based on
23plusone results
QUESTIONS / ASSIGNMENTS- Random questions: make it more fun More human questions: who are you?
- Personal mission (dream)
- Why questions: why this 23plusone card?
- Questions for input naming and design
- Bijenkorf: Photo challenge question
- Innocent drinks: What is the best thing of working at innocent?
- 7daysinmylife: Offering generative techniques for questions
- Visual input can help as inspiration and to gain information
- Kiki-bouba kind of questions (fun interface)
- Question where first options are generated, next question you can vote for the
answers generated before
- Doing assignments together (physically) and results or notes are fed back to the
Insider
- Let the organisation create own questions
- Execute “homework”
- Own market research by organisation
- Change of rolls within the company, CEO becomes secretary for one day Have
the organisation help prioritise things that need to be changed
- Ask people for their own job, what needs to change for them in order to do their
job differently, and what do they think they can do differently
- Matching of same functions, departments or types together in order to discuss
what has to be changed
- Have tryouts for a week long based on ideas and suggestions gathered before-
hand, were changes are tested: “how do you like to pick up the phone, flexible
work hours, different food in the cantine”.
CHARACTERISTICS- Anytime, anyplace anywhere (mobile)
- Costumisable for needs client (questions, as well as design)
- Combining online and offline
- Original interaction (prijs de prijs)
- Has to look good, clear interface
- Sketchy visual world to have participants feel free to give their input and to make
clear that it is not referring to the future brand
- Little witty things such as sounds or details should be added to make it more
appealing
- Tasks that are challenging but achievable
- Clear goals and rules of play
- A compelling narrative
- Personal tone of voice
- It is made clear that the participants are experts of their own lives and that they
can not give wrong answers
- Need to be made clear that it can be executed during work time
- Be clear about what input is public, what is shared and whether it is anonymous.
- The necessity of participation has to be made clear
- OpenIDEO: Clear visualisation of the process and contribution to process
FUNCTIONALITIES- Spread questions, not all questions at the same time
- Time for reflection, let them think about questions and get back to them
- Not everyone answers the same questions Insights are used for new ques-
tions
- Roamler: The more input you give, the better the questions become
- Get satisfaction: providing participants the possibility to give feedback at
anytime
- Repudo: Combining physical interaction with digital objects Infographic for
feeding back data
- Instant feedback about how much you have completed your questions or
showing results of the rest of the company in an infographic
- Datamining is used for eveluation of qualitative data
- Certain people are responsible for gathering insights of a part of the data
- Participants can help analyse the qualitative information by looking for
patterns
- Clusters in terms of what you find important instead of function or depart-
ment
- Random questions asked in the beginning of the Insider, that will be used as
funny feedback “did you know that together we own 200 cats, 60 dogs 8 birds
and 1 snake”
- Sharing passions and skills of people within the organisation (hidden gems)
to celebrate the potential within the organisation and stimulate interaction
“We have a person in our organisation that has climbed the Mount Everest”
- Sort of Facebook discussion where you have to choose sides, per comment
people can change their minds and the most influential comments will be
marked
- Peer pressure: only as a team you can complete a question and collect points:
“Josien just answered this question”
- For every input the status is communicated: “we have received it”, “we have
processed it” (whatsapp)
- Early adaptors: a group that can start earlier to already create content and to
check everything beforehand
- Management has to provide the example questions so they have to do the
question beforehand and show exemplary behavior
- After you have finished something you get an unexpected reward instead of
telling beforehand
- First a quality check is executed before getting credits
- CEO asks questions (spoken/movie questions)
- CEO tells you how you are doing and gives you compliments
- A clear start and end of the activation phase to be able to celebrate and
reflect
- When the project is “finished” use the Insider as an internal idea box, and
once a years as check tool to see how things are going and whether things
need to be adjusted
GAMIFICATION ELEMENTS- Notifier: instant feedback about earned credits or other rewards or
achievements
- Progression bar: showing your personal progression
- Leaderboard: compares progression to friends, overall, or nearest
- Userprofile: information about who you are, badges you have earned etc.
- Status: rank or level
- Aviator: representation of player
- A counter that keeps track of the amount of input
- Auction elements, time is counting down
- Nike+: Seeing your progress in comparison to that of your colleagues
- Comparison between departments or others (show scores)
- Element of chance to increase anticipation
- Countdown: only having a small amount of time to fulfill a task
- Team competition
- Meta game: small games embedded in other games
- Rewards: recognition, praise and appreciation, sense of influence, job
security, opportunity for growth, flexible hours
- Reward: you can go home earlier, company party, special food
- Rewards: Points, achievements (badges), levels, virtual goods, Facebook
credits, coupons
- Cool giveaways as reward that each time can be won based on different
criteria: most input, most creative etc (Punchtab)
- As reward you can collect “little extras”: freetime, broodje kroket or a
plant for in your room
- Collect “did you knows” at physical places in and around the office
(Repudo) Unlock badges with titles reflecting different roles within the
company “I have the CEO badge now”
EXTRA- Sneak previews and cliffhangers
- Personal teaser: story that involves you
- Count down before Insider begins
- Introduction and explanation of authority or expert in the form of a
column, for instance the CEO or BR-ND
- Personal “question hour” with someone who is independent and has
beroepsgeheim
- BR-ND takes the role of mediator and will look out for the interest of the
organisation: “we have a meeting next Friday, anything you like to share”
- 5-piece glossy “invite, motivate, generate, trust, change” with quotes,
interviews and feedback
- Have the results come back on physical object such as napkins, coffee
cups or business cards, business card can represent who you are based on
23plusone results
QUESTIONS / ASSIGNMENTS- Random questions: make it more fun More human questions: who are you?
- Personal mission (dream)
- Why questions: why this 23plusone card?
- Questions for input naming and design
- Bijenkorf: Photo challenge question
- Innocent drinks: What is the best thing of working at innocent?
- 7daysinmylife: Offering generative techniques for questions
- Visual input can help as inspiration and to gain information
- Kiki-bouba kind of questions (fun interface)
- Question where first options are generated, next question you can vote for the
answers generated before
- Doing assignments together (physically) and results or notes are fed back to the
Insider
- Let the organisation create own questions
- Execute “homework”
- Own market research by organisation
- Change of rolls within the company, CEO becomes secretary for one day Have
the organisation help prioritise things that need to be changed
- Ask people for their own job, what needs to change for them in order to do their
job differently, and what do they think they can do differently
- Matching of same functions, departments or types together in order to discuss
what has to be changed
- Have tryouts for a week long based on ideas and suggestions gathered before-
hand, were changes are tested: “how do you like to pick up the phone, flexible
work hours, different food in the cantine”.
CHARACTERISTICS- Anytime, anyplace anywhere (mobile)
- Costumisable for needs client (questions, as well as design)
- Combining online and offline
- Original interaction (prijs de prijs)
- Has to look good, clear interface
- Sketchy visual world to have participants feel free to give their input and to make
clear that it is not referring to the future brand
- Little witty things such as sounds or details should be added to make it more
appealing
- Tasks that are challenging but achievable
- Clear goals and rules of play
- A compelling narrative
- Personal tone of voice
- It is made clear that the participants are experts of their own lives and that they
can not give wrong answers
- Need to be made clear that it can be executed during work time
- Be clear about what input is public, what is shared and whether it is anonymous.
- The necessity of participation has to be made clear
- OpenIDEO: Clear visualisation of the process and contribution to process
FUNCTIONALITIES- Spread questions, not all questions at the same time
- Time for reflection, let them think about questions and get back to them
- Not everyone answers the same questions Insights are used for new ques-
tions
- Roamler: The more input you give, the better the questions become
- Get satisfaction: providing participants the possibility to give feedback at
anytime
- Repudo: Combining physical interaction with digital objects Infographic for
feeding back data
- Instant feedback about how much you have completed your questions or
showing results of the rest of the company in an infographic
- Datamining is used for eveluation of qualitative data
- Certain people are responsible for gathering insights of a part of the data
- Participants can help analyse the qualitative information by looking for
patterns
- Clusters in terms of what you find important instead of function or depart-
ment
- Random questions asked in the beginning of the Insider, that will be used as
funny feedback “did you know that together we own 200 cats, 60 dogs 8 birds
and 1 snake”
- Sharing passions and skills of people within the organisation (hidden gems)
to celebrate the potential within the organisation and stimulate interaction
“We have a person in our organisation that has climbed the Mount Everest”
- Sort of Facebook discussion where you have to choose sides, per comment
people can change their minds and the most influential comments will be
marked
- Peer pressure: only as a team you can complete a question and collect points:
“Josien just answered this question”
- For every input the status is communicated: “we have received it”, “we have
processed it” (whatsapp)
- Early adaptors: a group that can start earlier to already create content and to
check everything beforehand
- Management has to provide the example questions so they have to do the
question beforehand and show exemplary behavior
- After you have finished something you get an unexpected reward instead of
telling beforehand
- First a quality check is executed before getting credits
- CEO asks questions (spoken/movie questions)
- CEO tells you how you are doing and gives you compliments
- A clear start and end of the activation phase to be able to celebrate and
reflect
- When the project is “finished” use the Insider as an internal idea box, and
once a years as check tool to see how things are going and whether things
need to be adjusted
GAMIFICATION ELEMENTS- Notifier: instant feedback about earned credits or other rewards or
achievements
- Progression bar: showing your personal progression
- Leaderboard: compares progression to friends, overall, or nearest
- Userprofile: information about who you are, badges you have earned etc.
- Status: rank or level
- Aviator: representation of player
- A counter that keeps track of the amount of input
- Auction elements, time is counting down
- Nike+: Seeing your progress in comparison to that of your colleagues
- Comparison between departments or others (show scores)
- Element of chance to increase anticipation
- Countdown: only having a small amount of time to fulfill a task
- Team competition
- Meta game: small games embedded in other games
- Rewards: recognition, praise and appreciation, sense of influence, job
security, opportunity for growth, flexible hours
- Reward: you can go home earlier, company party, special food
- Rewards: Points, achievements (badges), levels, virtual goods, Facebook
credits, coupons
- Cool giveaways as reward that each time can be won based on different
criteria: most input, most creative etc (Punchtab)
- As reward you can collect “little extras”: freetime, broodje kroket or a
plant for in your room
- Collect “did you knows” at physical places in and around the office
(Repudo) Unlock badges with titles reflecting different roles within the
company “I have the CEO badge now”
EXTRA- Sneak previews and cliffhangers
- Personal teaser: story that involves you
- Count down before Insider begins
- Introduction and explanation of authority or expert in the form of a
column, for instance the CEO or BR-ND
- Personal “question hour” with someone who is independent and has
beroepsgeheim
- BR-ND takes the role of mediator and will look out for the interest of the
organisation: “we have a meeting next Friday, anything you like to share”
- 5-piece glossy “invite, motivate, generate, trust, change” with quotes,
interviews and feedback
- Have the results come back on physical object such as napkins, coffee
cups or business cards, business card can represent who you are based on
23plusone results
QUESTIONS / ASSIGNMENTS- Random questions: make it more fun More human questions: who are you?
- Personal mission (dream)
- Why questions: why this 23plusone card?
- Questions for input naming and design
- Bijenkorf: Photo challenge question
- Innocent drinks: What is the best thing of working at innocent?
- 7daysinmylife: Offering generative techniques for questions
- Visual input can help as inspiration and to gain information
- Kiki-bouba kind of questions (fun interface)
- Question where first options are generated, next question you can vote for the
answers generated before
- Doing assignments together (physically) and results or notes are fed back to the
Insider
- Let the organisation create own questions
- Execute “homework”
- Own market research by organisation
- Change of rolls within the company, CEO becomes secretary for one day Have
the organisation help prioritise things that need to be changed
- Ask people for their own job, what needs to change for them in order to do their
job differently, and what do they think they can do differently
- Matching of same functions, departments or types together in order to discuss
what has to be changed
- Have tryouts for a week long based on ideas and suggestions gathered before-
hand, were changes are tested: “how do you like to pick up the phone, flexible
work hours, different food in the cantine”.Ideas categorised per type
Idea selection
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Appendix K
Concept development
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Appendix L
Questions evaluation expert and clients (Dutch)
Voorstellen
Wie ben ik? Wat ben ik aan het doen voor BR-ND? (opfrissen
geheugen) Waar gaan we het over hebben het komende
uur? Toestemming voor het opnemen van het gesprek.
Inleiding
• Wat is uw functie binnen het bedrijf?
Opdracht
[ Uitleg bevindingen van de analyse en de design visie:
behoefte aan een doorlopend platform tussen de project
team en BR-ND en de organisatie, dat meer transparantie
bied aan de organisatie, feedback geeft over het proces en
dat ruimte bied voor dialoog tussen het project team en de
organisatie en in de organisatie onderling. Voor de rest dat
de 23plusone vragen een belangrijke functie in het geheel
houden en dat er meer vragen worden geïntroduceerd voor
het betrekken van de organisatie in het proces en om een
connectie te creëren tussen de mensen van de organisatie:
het met z’n allen te doen.]
• Sluit dit aan bij uw eigen ervaringen en behoeftes?
Concept
[uitleg van het concept mbv screenshots van het platform
zie bijlage M en user scenario zie bijlage N]
Eerste indruk
• Wat is u eerste indruk van de tool?
• Zijn er dingen onduidelijk?
• Vind u het makkelijk te begrijpen hoe het werkt?
• Spreekt de tool u aan, wel/niet, waarom?
• Heeft u weleens iets vergelijkbaars gezien?
• Wat zijn de dingen die u sterk aan het concept vind?
• En wat vind u minder sterk?
Platform in relatie tot de eigen organisatie / klanten
Zou u dit platform willen gebruiken voor uw eigen
organisatie / klanten (er van uitgaand dat u een brand
innovatie proces gaat doen)?
• Denk u dat de tool toegankelijk is voor iedereen in uw
organisatie?
• Denkt u dat de mensen in de organisatie bereid zijn hier
aan mee te werken?
• Denkt u dat het project team en management bereid
zijn hier actief aan mee te doen?
Tool in relatie tot het brand innovatie proces
• Vind u dat deze tool transparantie in het proces bied
aan de organisatie?
• Denk u dat deze tool bewust wording van de huidige
situatie stimuleert?
• Denkt u dat de tool connectie tussen de mensen van de
organisatie stimuleert?
• Vind u dat deze tool voorbeeld gedrag van het manage-
ment en het project team stimuleert?
• Vind u dat het platform een goede manier biedt om een
dialoog te voeren met de organisatie (en onderling) mbt
het brand innovatie proces?
• Zou het platform kunnen helpen met het activeren van
de strategie?
Tool specifieke vragen:
• Wat vind u van de verschillende fases en de benaming?
Passen deze goed bij het proces?
• Wat vind u van het koffie boontjes thema en die gam-
ing elementen die hier aan zijn gekoppeld? Denkt u dat
dit mensen in de organisatie stimuleert om actief te zijn
op het platform?
• Wat vind u van de (instant) feedback elementen?
• Wat vind u van de gedeelde vragen? Denkt u dat
mensen bereid zijn hier aan mee te werken en het leuk
vinden om resultaten van andere te zien?
• Wat vind u van de “did you knows”? Helpt dit om con-
nectie binnen de organisatie te stimuleren?
• Wat vind je van de categorieën van de coffee corner?
Verwacht je dat deze verdeling goed werkt?
• Wat vind je van de scores pagina? Denk je dat dit
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stimuleert om actief te zijn op het platform?
Prijsbeleving
• Heeft u een idee hoeveel het gebruik van zo’n platform
zou kosten? Heeft u ervaring met andere platforms en
de kosten hiervoor?
• Hoeveel bent u bereid te betalen voor het gebruik van
het platform?
• Wat vind u van het idee om per maand voor het plat-
form te betalen?
• Wat vind u van het idee om het gebruik van het plat-
form en de content en advies van BR-ND los te koppelen
en hier apart voor te betalen?
Algemeen
• Heeft u nog verbeteringen voor het concept?
• Nog iets dat u wilt delen?
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Appendix M
Screenshots of the platform used during the tool evaluation
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Summaries evaluation interviews (Dutch)
Evaluation interview expert - Consultant geweest bij de Po-
sitioneringsgroup. Nu actief als een internal branding & en-
gagement specialist en helpt bij het van de grond krijgen van
organisatie ontwikkelingen, en dit te vertalen naar wat dit
betekent voor mensen in hun dagelijkse werk.
Algemene indruk
Wat is je eerste indruk?
Ziet er heel gaaf uit, heel leuk en gelikt. Misschien soms
klein beetje ingewikkeld voor een gewoon mens. Kan me
voorstellen dat bijvoorbeeld voor een ziekenhuis sommige
dingen nog een beetje too much zijn. Volgens mij moet je
goed de dingen die je echt wil weten bovenaan zetten.
De start pagina vergt wel wat uitleg. Op zich zou het fijn zijn
om dit in een oog opslag duidelijk te maken. Als je nog er-
gens doorheen moet voordat je het begrijpt dan haakt er
zo’n 20 a 30 procent af. Moet meteen duidelijk zijn. Zou al-
tijd proberen om start pagina gelijk duidelijk te maken van
dit is stap een en dan dit. Ziet er leuk uit, maar als ik me ver-
splaats in een respondent dan is dit wel verwarrend, moet je
wel vertalen naar de gebruiker.
Vind coffee corner link heel leuk ook erg herkenbaar. Het is
echt een aanpak van een tamelijk geïntegreerde proposi-
tie waar je dan toevallig ook onderzoekje heb, maar dat
ook veel meer kan zijn dan alleen een onderzoek. Dat vind
ik er heel gaaf aan. Dit zou wel gaaf zijn als je dit drie keer
kan proberen bij organisaties die hier echt voor openstaan.
Dan denk ik echt dat je een nieuwe interne social media tool
hebt.
Ik vind het wel heel leuk hoor. Ik snap wel dat BR-ND dit
wil gaan doen, echt een goede gedachte. Je moet gewoon
klanten hebben om samen te ontwikkelen.
Terugkoppeling is leuk.
Did you knows zijn leuk.
Vind het heel leuk ook visueel heel leuk uitgewerkt. Goede
combinatie persoonlijk en gezamenlijk.
Design visie & guidelines
Vind je dat deze tool transparantie bied aan de organisatie?
Hoe worden de resultaten eigenlijk terug gekoppeld? Je
moet dit centraal terugkoppelen. Face to face met grote
meeting op een beetje leuke en interactieve manier. Combi-
neren met stukje dialoog en discussie erachter aan. Ik vind
dat een cruciale fase, soort coffee corner life. Daar waar
mensen het merk maken betekent ook daar mee in contact
te zijn. Dus persoonlijke communicatie.
Denk je dat dit bewustwording van de huidige situatie stimu-
leert?
Dat weet ik niet. Het gaat eigenlijk niet zo veel over eigen
gedrag en hoe is de situatie nu. Wel met die interactieve
tool dat denk ik wel. Je staat wel even stil bij wie ben ik en
wat vind ik belangrijk en dat soort dingen. In de zin van de
vragen opzich wel, maar dat valt of staat wat je er volgens
mij gaat doen. Dat gaat pas beklijven wanweer er bewuste
afspraken worden gemaakt. Dat valt en staat hoe je het
echt aanpakt.
Denk je dat tool connectie tussen mensen simuleert?
Ja dat denk ik wel, sommige. Er zijn deel van de mensen die
dit niet doen. Voornamelijk dat interactieve. Voornamelijk
dat coffee corner deel.
Denk je dat de tool voorbeeldgedrag stimuleert door dat zij
dingen kunnen posten en voorbeeld vragen kunnen invullen?
Ja tuurlijk dat helpt wel, maar het valt en staat met input en
de combinatie met live communicatie.
Denk je dat de tool helpt met activeren van de strategie?
Ja denk ik wel als je het ziet als een van de elementen, ja dat
vind ik wel.
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Heb je hiervoor nog tips voor, vanuit jouw expertise?
Ik zou altijd ruimte laten voor de input vanuit organisatie
zelf, mensen weten best wel goed waar problemen zitten
en wat hete hangijzers zijn, dus goed naar vragen. Owner-
ship, dat het echt van hun wordt. Denk dat belangrijk is om
met juiste mensen de inrichting hier van laten doet. Meteen
iemand van HR en communicatie. Dat je in voorbereidende
fase, in operatie van het bedrijf terecht komt. Dat zijn de
mensen die het wel of niet gaan inzetten. Heb je meer kans
dat je de extended versions kwijt kan. Ik zou het meer bed-
rijf’s branded maken. Of in ieder geval de mogelijkheid
geven. En altijd combineren met andere elementen van de
organisatie ontwikkeling.
Context eigen klanten
Als je denkt aan klanten waar je voor werkt denk je dat plat-
form interessant is?
Ik zit even na te denken bijklanten wie ik nu zit. Zulke grote
organisaties hebben allemaal intranet en dat intranet is re-
delijk bepalend voor wat er wel en niet kan. Zijn niet echt
happig voor een tweede intranet ernaast, dat is wel een
bedreiging. Die willen ook dat interne platform gebruiken.
Ik denk dat je goed moet kijken dat het makkelik te inte-
greren is bij een bestaand intranet platform. Dat je net ei-
genwijs hierin moet zijn want dat zie je wel vaak gebeur-
en. Dit vinden ze heel gaaf vooral als ze er zelf mee kunnen
scoren. Kans op verkoop word groter als je eigen organisa-
tie er mee versterkt. Dat je het kan duo branden, dat de leu-
kigheid straalt op de organisatie. Dat is het geen wat het nu
meer is, dat het iets continus is, daarmee krijg je concurren-
tie van intranet, daar moet je een antwoord op hebben hoe
je dat doet. Dit is een approach dat vooral voor grote bedri-
jven van belang is.
Veel bedrijven hebben intranet en dat gaat nu een beetje
naar een twitter-achtige en facebook-achtige pagina’s. Dit is
dan eigenlijk een intern social network, als je bedrijven hebt
die het al hebben, kun je dat dan koppelen? Je hebt namelijk
de kans dat mensen gaan zeggen dit werkt zo goed dit wil
ik houden.
Denk je dat de organisaties bereid is mee te werken?
Hangt heel erg van de doegroep af. Denk niet dat ik dit bij
een politiecorps kwijt kan.
Wat voor soort doelgroep?
Zakelijke dienstverleners, gemiddeld op iets hoger oplei-
dingniveau zitten. En IT, consultancies en retail.
Denk je dat PT en hoger management beried zijn om mee te
doen?
Hangt beetje vanaf of er mensen zijn die dat leuk vinden
en er kansen in zien. Dat is natuurlijk de grote vraag. Ik
denk dat het belangrijk is om het heel erg naar klant toe te
schrijven. Als je gaat vertellen waarom bedrijf hierdoor suc-
cesvoller word. Ik merk dat er een hoop baasjes het geduld
niet hebben om een dialoog aan te gaan. Dat ze vaak zelf
weten hoe het zit en dat ze tegelijkertijd ook weten dat je
mensen moet betrekken en dat ze dat dan als soort trucje
doen. Is niet iedereen gegeven om helemaal voor open te
staan. Je moet hier echt fans hebben in een directie om het
echt succesvol te laten zijn. Anders blijft het gewoon een
onderzoek, dat kan ook prima zijn. Dan is het gewoon een
leuk onderzoek maar het heeft de potentie om meer te zijn
dan dat.
Verbeteringen & aanbevelingen
Persoonlijke communicatie blijft het sterkste. De kracht van
de Insider is dat het mensen een platform bied dat mensen
live met elkaar in verbinding kan brengen. Kan me voorstel-
len dat je dit combineert, dat maakt het alleen maar sterker.
Zou het altijd vanuit eigen directie laten sturen, eigen
directeur wil naar volgende fase. BR-ND is slecht een
toeleverancier. Altijd zo’n onderzoek uit de naam van de
directie.
Je noemt het de Insider? Blijft dat zo? Want ik vind de link
met coffee corner leuk, denk dat veel mensen dat begri-
jpen, dat is een logische. Maar dan is de Insider beetje raar.
Je moet iets doen in de richting van coffee corner of het
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tailor-made maken. Bedrijven willen hun organisatie verder
brengen dus eigenlijk is de naam die BR-ND er aangeeft,
doet er het minst aan toe. Die moetje niet communiceren.
Bijvoorbeeld inside... en dan de naam van het bedrijf. Of de
coffee corner van ... Insider verondersteld dat het binnen is
en afgesloten van de buiten wereld. Die binnenkant bestaat
niet zonder de buitenkant, dat is meer een. Inside en dan
naam van het bedrijf.
Wat ik wel mis is de plaats van de klant zelf. Je doet dit bin-
nen organisatie. Favela fabric maken tailor-made platforms
vanuit branding van bedrijf zelf, het logo en de sfeer van
bedrijf in kwestie. Dat dit al eigen voelt. Dit is heel duidelijk
van een bureautje dat iets gaaf en hips maakt. Je moet het
altijd doen vanuit vertrekpunt eigen organisatie. Dat zie je
alle markt onderzoek bureaus ook doen. Dat het duidelijk
is vanuit welke organisatie, dat het wel voor de doelgroep is.
Ook altijd een Nederlandse versie maken.
Die interne wereld staat alleen meer door de externe
wereld, moet ook bij inhoud vragen stellen van “wat zie je
de concurrentie doen”, “ik heb dit en dat gedaan”. Omdat
het merk de binnenkant en buitenkant verbind, door de
coffee corner vergeet je de buiten wereld. Dat is niet de
realiteit. Ik zou dat meer naar voren laten komen, “wat
gebeurt er buiten”, “waar kunnen van leren”, wereld verand-
ert snel. Beetje linken aan innovatie en mooie initiatieven.
Belangrijk als een pakket aan te bieden. Een basis, gewoon
cool platform. En een extended versie met interactieve
gedeelte. De resultaten zijn primaire doelstelling voor merk
ontwikkelings traject. Mensen hebben niet zo veel geld dus
zou het woord tailor-made bovenaan zetten dat je soort
modules maakt die er heel makkelijk in en uit kan klikken. Je
kan full-package nemen of een of twee modules.
Ik vind die foto uploaden vind ik heel leuk. Dat effect is heel
gaaf, die mag wel wat meer naar voren komen.
Overige onderwerpen
Vanaf hoeveel mensen denk je?
200 man moet je wel hebben ongeveer, ander kan je het
gewoon persoonlijk doen. Ook slim voor bedrijven met
meerdere vestigingen
Wat vind je benaming van de fases?
Ja vind ik opzich wel aardig.
Gedeelde vragen, denk je dat mensen dat doen?
Hangt af van het soort bedrijf. Soms hangt er angst om
zich vrij uit te spreken, dat moet je een beetje ervaren. Op
moment dat mensen dat niet doen zegt het ook wel weer
wat. Zulke onderzoeken zijn bijna altijd anoniem. Veel
mensen zijn bang om mening te geven. Misschien idee om
te kunnen kiezen of je dat wel of niet anoniem doen, heel
veel mensen zijn bang dat het in een dossier terecht komt.
Enig idee van de kosten van het platform?
Geen flauw idee.
Wat vind je van het idee om het per maand aan te bieden?
Opzich goed idee. Denk dat het er ook mensen zijn die het
niet per maand willen. Stel nou dat mensen dat niet willen.
Misschien dat het ook een idee is om het voor een bepaald
bedrag aan te bieden.
Wat vind je van het loskoppelen van het platform en de con-
tent en advies?
Inhoudelijke consultancy loskoppelen van de werking van
de tool zelf, dat denk ik ook.
Heb je weleens zo iets gelijk gezien?
Je hebt wel van die verschillende van Yammer en nog een
andere. Dat soort programma’s. En voordeel daarvan is
dat het goedkoop is en goed werkt. De vraag is hoe je dat
interactieve stuk, hoe je dat dan in vat giet. Dat is wel nog
lastig. In feite mooi platform om iets twitter-achtigs te
beginnen. Maar als dat er al is, hoe doe je dat dan? Kan je
dat dan integreren. Dat zou ik wel sterk vinden. Als je dat
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zelf helemaal moet gaan bouwen en bijhouden dat is niet
BR-ND’s corebusiness. Zou samenwerking met gevestigde
partijen zoeken. Dat vind ik wel sterkte hiervan dat het los
gaat van het eenmalige.
Evaluation interview client - Hoofd interne communicatie en
maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen bij De Telefoongids
& Gouden Gids, Ervaring in rebranding bij vorige werkgever
(zie paragraaf 3.3 voor meer informatie hierover).
Algemene indruk
Wat is je eerste indruk?
Innovatief, persoonlijk, creatief, transparant, belonend. Het
involveert mensen, voelt minder statisch als de oude Insider.
Vind de project overview te gek dat je dat kan zien. Ik denk
de downside is dat het veel vraagt van je project team, het
uitleggen, stellen van vragen enzo. Kost veel tijd van een of
meerder teammembers van een project team, anders gaat
het dood. En terecht punt van hoe ga je dit uitleggen aan
mensen, het is niet heel intuïtief. Mag iets meer intuïtie aan
gekoppeld zijn dat je gelijk snapt hoe het werkt.
Wat vind je sterk aan het concept?
Transparantie dat het involveert, dat zijn de twee grote
dingen, betrokkenheid van mensen en waar zitten we.
Design visie & guidelines
Denk je dat dit bewustwording van de huidige situatie stimu-
leert?
Ja zeker vooral door deze slide (start pagina) en dat je resul-
taten laat zien.
Denk je dat tool connectie tussen mensen simuleert?
Denk ik wel ergens maar dat moet niet het hoofd doelstel-
ling zijn. Daar is het wel individualistisch voor ingestoken,
het is niet een groepsprocess, dus dat weet ik niet. Je bent
wel met z’n alle op het platform, dus misschien.
Vind je het een goede manier om een dialoog te voeren met de
organisatie?
Ja je kan reageren en je krijg informatie.
Denk je dat de tool voor beeldgedrag stimuleert door dat zij
dingen kunnen posten en voorbeeld vragen kunnen invullen?
Ja ze moeten wel een rol spelen. Tot op zekere hoogte, ja
wel met posten enzo. Ten opzichte van de oude wel ja.
Denk je dat de tool helpt met activeren van de strategie?
Ja. Dat is de how do we get there.
Context eigen klanten
Als je denkt aan je eigen organisatie, denk je dat platform in-
teressant is?
Ja had het graag willen gebruiken. Had het ook wel als een
soort opbouw voor het intranet kunnen zien.
Denk je dat het toegankelijk is voor iedereen in de organisatie?
Dat weet ik nog zo even niet. Sommige hebben nog nooit
van Facebook gehoord. Je moet wel online connected zijn
om dit te begrijpen. Het zou wel uitleg behoeven. Je moet
gewoon zorgen dat je een goede uitleg methode vindt.
Denk je dat de organisatie bereid is om mee te doen?
Ja als het up to date is en relevante informatie geeft, dan
denk ik zeker dat het kan werken. Vangt een gat op, wij
kregen veel vragen van “wat gebeurt er”.
Denk je dat PT en hoger management beried zijn om mee
te doen?
[uitleg coffee corner team]
Denk niet dat er een heel team voor nodig is om het up
to date te houden en relevant te houden. Als jij me zou
aanbieden en je zou zeggen er is een team nodig, dan zou ik
zeggen “nee dank je”.
Verbeteringen & aanbevelingen
IK zou iets aan de boontjes uitreiken. Wij hebben een
platform dat leeds uitdeelt. Dan wil ik elke maand degene
die meeste boontjes heeft iets geven. Of gratis kopje koffie,
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of lunch of iets geinigs. Of zo’n krat van de buurt boer. Daar
zou je nog even over moeten nadenken.
Je kan ook koffiebonen of andere dingen doen als reminders
om dingen in te laten vullen tussendoor.
Mensen zijn bang dat het een openbaar iets is als er niet het
merk bij staat of niet op intranet staat, zijn terughoudender
om daarin te posten dan als het onderdeel is van je intranet
ofzo.
Overige onderwerpen
Wat vind je benaming van de fases?
Ja vind ik leuk, het enige is dat today, tommorow, future dat
is vreemd. Daar zou ik opletten. Met ondertiteling dan word
het wel duidelijker.
Wat vind je van de instant feedback?
Ja hartstikke leuk, erg leuk. Persoonlijk , duidelijk, creatief.
Gedeelde vragen, denk je dat mensen dat doen?
Ja want dat zie je steeds meer gebeuren op intranet. Bij
blogs enzo, kan je op elkaar reageren. Vind het leuk dat het
niet anoniem is.
Wat vind je van de Did you know’s?
Grappig zou het wel altijd merk gerelateerd houden. Leuke
merk dingetjes erin zou hou je de link naar het merk.
Wat vind je van de score pagina?
Ja leuk! En zeker leuk als je een beloning platform erachter
hebt, super leuk.
Enig idee van de kosten van het platform?
Nee dat weet ik niet.
Wat vind je van het loskoppelen van het platform en de con-
tent en advies?
Mooi omdat los te koppelen, dat je de mogelijkheid hebt
om dat te doen.
Ja moet je wel even kijken of dat past bij de licenties van
intranet. Dat het niet en, en, en wordt.
Denk je dat het problemen vormt met het huidige Intranet?
Ja zou het wel altijd integreren in intranet. Als je dan op een
koffie boon klikt dat je dan op deze omgeving komt. Hoeft
niet ingewikkeld te zijn om het gewoon te linken.
Heb je weleens zo iets gelijk gezien?
Nee denk het niet, kan niet zoiets verzinnen.
Evaluation interview client - Hoofd Merk & Campagneman-
agement en Studio&Traffic bij REAAL, heeft vorig jaar een
brand innovatie proces gedaan met BR-ND (zie paragraaf 3.3
voor meer informatie hierover).
Algemene indruk
Wat is je eerste indruk?
Vind het heel leuk dat je op deze manier een soort van inter-
actie probeert te creëren. Waar ik wel vraagtekens bij zet,
het vergt wel wat uitleg. Is het simpel genoeg voor mensen
om in hun werksituatie hier aandacht gaan besteden, is het
toegankelijk genoeg om hier mee te gaan spelen. Je moet er
wel doorheen worden geleid voor dat je door hebt hoe het
werkt. Lijkt me nogal een drempel. Dat Facebook begrijpt
iedereen, bij Facebook wordt je af en toe geholpen met din-
gen in te vullen, elke keer automatisch een scherm te zien.
Dat zag ik hier niet in terug. Help dingetjes ofzo. Dit vraagt
veel van de deelnemer. Je word zelf geacht om er naar toe
te gaan, volgens mij moet je moeite oen om mensen er naar
toe te trekken. Degene die het leuk vinden gaan er gelijk
mee aan slag. Zitten grote groep die je enthousiast moet
maken. Iemand misschien concreet uitnodigen om iets te
gaan doen, dan leren mensen het kennen. Vergelijk het een
beetje hoe wij het hebben aangejaagd bij de Insider. CEO
die een bericht heeft, verschillend chocolaatjes om mensen
alvast mee bezig te laten zijn. “Ik bepaal mede het gezicht
van het bedrijf”. Ze hebben geen idee dat hun interactie bij-
draagt, dus je zal het mensen beetje moeten uitleggen, wat
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doet dat voor je organisatie en wat is jouw rol hier binnen.
Anders kunnen mensen het zien als het een speeltje. Hangt
ook af van soort organisatie.
Wat vind je sterk aan het concept?
Dat je het kan gebruiken om updates te geven. Het project
team heeft de taak om dit goed te begeleiden, project team
moet dat ook sturen. Het is goed dat zij een kanaal hebben
om voortgang te rapporteren, dat je gelijk de resultaten
kan zien wat er gemiddeld is ingevuld daar is iedereen
nieuwsgierig naar. Misschien nog meer inspelen op nieuws-
gierigheid, “als jij wat invult krijg je ook resultaten te zien
van de rest”. Dat met die statistiekjes dat is leuk. “Voor wat
hoort wat”.
Veelgestelde vragen dat die dan weer terug komen, dat is
goed, dat is wat mensen bezig houd.
Zijn er dingen die je minder sterk vind?
Meer te maken met hoe je die interactie gaat krijgen, hoe
ga je dit aanjagen. Dit is op zich als platform onwijs goed.
Maar er moet nog iets omheen dat het de cirkel rond maakt.
Hoe gaan we dit doen, waarom we de boel binnenstebuiten
gaan keren. Dat moet je wel gaan uitleggen van tevoren.
Dan zal je vervolgens ook nog... je gaat naar nieuwe situatie
toe en dat ga je delen, maar vervolgens komen er nog wat
stappen achteraan om het warm te houden en te voeden.
Moet je continu voeden, omdat ze ander over gaan om de
orde van de dag. Dat stopt niet.
Deze vond ik heel leuk, dat je iemand kan uitnodigen voor
koffie. Ik denk dat, dat soort dingen helpen om collega’s te
betrekken. Zou je ook als opener kunnen gebruiken “invite
someone for coffee” en dan een opdracht erbij.
Design visie & guidelines
Vind je dat de tool transparantie bied in het proces?
Ja denk het wel.
Vind je het een goede manier om een dialoog te voeren?
Ja blijft een middel, voegt daadwerkelijk wat toe. Denk niet
dat het op zich zelf kan staan. Geen vervanging van alles.
Een van dingen naast andere dingen die je in zet om doel te
bereiken. Bij de een zal dit beter lopen dan bij andere.
Kan het helpen met het activeren van de strategie?
Jawel. Kracht zit hem in de herhaling. Kan je integreren
in dit verhaal. Wij hebben blow-ups van to-do boekjes
gemaakt. Daar staan merkwaarden op, zijn twee meter
hoog. Ze kunnen hier invullen hoe zij daar invullen aan kun-
nen geven met betrekking tot hun eigen werkzaamheden.
Jij gaat het zelf bedenken met je collega in plaats van dat ik
je dat ga vertellen. Dan komt het uit jouw hart zodat ieder-
een inzicht krijgt en begrip, zo van “ow zo doen zij dat”.
Platform kan helpen om invulling te geven aan de merk-
waarde en ook om successen te delen maar ook dingen die
minder gingen. Dat klant denken kan je voeden ermee, dat
je een vibe in de organisatie krijg die ervoor gaat.
Context eigen klanten
Valt nog best tegen hoeveel mensen er bij ons actief zin op
social media, maar dat is een kwestie van een half jaar en
dan heeft het voor niemand meer geheimen.
Zou je dit platform willen gebruiken voor je eigen organisatie?
We misten een kanaal om mensen makkelijk aangesloten te
houden, dan is dit een mooi middel. Het enige is: onders-
chat niet dat heel veel mensen bezig zijn met de waan van
de dag om achterstanden weg te werken enzo. Maak het
zo toegankelijk mogelijk. Het is een veronderstelling om
te denken dat iedereen hier mee bezig is om energie in te
steken. Klein beetje fun mag maar ook heel erg toegankelijk
en dummie proef. Even te helpen en te reminden. Beetje te
sturen.
Denk je dat het project team en hoger management hier aan
mee zou doen?
Ja, ik merk ook bij ons dat we steeds meer gebruik gaan
maken van leidinggevende om die veel meer daar bij te
betrekken. Vroeger deden we zoiets over de hoofden van
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leidinggevende. Zie het als een aparte doelgroep om het
succesvoller te maken. Zou duidelijk moeten zijn wat de
verwachtingen zijn voor hun. Dat helpt.
Zou het werken bij jullie organisatie?
Ja de bereidheid van mensen om zelfstandig ergens naar
toe te gaan. Steeds meer via dat portel. Maar dat, dat nog
heel slecht gaat, weinig mensen die daar echt elke dag
mee starten, dat is nog geen vanzelfsprekendheid. Maar
al er geblogd word en dat gaat over controversiële dingen,
nemen mensen geen blad voor de mond om hun mening
te geven, dan komen ze opeens in actie. Zolang het ze niet
heel direct raakt nemen ze het gewoon aan. Wij hadden
wel enorme response rate maar komt ook door de manier
van het brengen, het is leuk. Je moet er moeite voor doen,
aanjagen.
Verbeteringen & aanbevelingen
Mensen die Facebook enzo kennen, zullen wat sneller de
“likes” snappen.
Nederlandse versie, qua toegankelijkheid. Zo basic mogelijk
houden qua benaming. Net als die 23plusone, de gewone
medewerker die begrijpt dat niet.
Uitleg met roll-over zou kunnen helpen, ow dit is 23plusone.
Kleine stukje tekst met waarom en wat de bedoeling is.
Bewust dat het aparte vormgeving is of zou je het kunnen
integreren met de huisstijl bedrijf? Wij hadden ook “doe
mee met de REAAL merkbeleving”. Ook soort van saam-
horigheid te creëren, van REAAL ben jij. De oproepjes om
mee te doen waren wel in een huisstijl. De insider zelf niet.
Weet het ook niet hoor, als je een complete rebranding doet
moet je het niet in de oude huisstijl doen.
Iets meer sturen. Het is redelijk open en vraagt veel zelf-
standigheid, je moet mensen een beetje helpen. Je moet
ervan uitgaan dat mensen geen tijd voor hebben. Bij ons
heeft goed geholpen dat er een video boodschap van de
directie voorzitter was, is toch de grote baas die ze aanspre-
ekt. Hoe vaak wordt je direct aangesproken door je opper
directeur, dat helpt.
BR-ND heeft wel voorbeelden aangedragen voor het
voortraject maar dat paste niet goed bij onze organisatie,
zou mooi zijn als je dat als kant en klaar aanbied. Dat je kan
putten uit een soort opzet die je een op een kan koppieren.
Denk niet dat elke organisatie de mensen en kracht heeft
om dit op te zetten.
Misschien zou je hem ook nog moeten versimpelen. Dit is
een uitgebreide vorm, maar dat je ook een simpelere versie
kan doen waarbij je de resultaten kan raadplegen maar dat
ie minder interactief is. Simpelere versie waar je resultaten
met elkaar kan delen.
Overige onderwerpen
Heb je weleens Iets vergelijkbaars gezien?
Nee niet op deze manier, deze gaat echt uit van interactie,
vaak is het eenrichtings verkeer maar het blijft halen. Dit
gaat wat meer uit van wederzijds, dat je wat brengt en
haalt.
Denk je dat check module kan bijdrage?
Als je wilt weten of je beetje stappen maakt moet je dat bli-
jven volgen. Of je opinie van medewerkers is opgeschoten.
In een jaar tijd zou je wel beetje beweging zien. Dit is meer
een platform, daar omheen heb je iets voor de start nodig.
dan heb je platform, daar ga je via communiceren waar alles
samenkomt. Als het eenmaal staat hoe gaan we dan zorgen
om daar invullen aan te geven. Dat is eigenlik wel beetje
wat we misten bij ons. Waren heel afhankelijk elke keer
iets nieuws te maken. Dit is een platform waar je continu
gebruik van kan maken. Iets dat wij heel erg hebben gemist
in ons traject, in die zin voegt het platform wat wezenlijks
toe voor de betrokkenheid.
Wat vind je van de fasen en de benaming ervan?
Ja die vind ik lekker, die is erg to the point. Zit een
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natuurlijke flow in, voelt niet als highbrow. Het zegt wat het
doet, beschrijvend. Denk dat, dat juist heel goed is. Geen
fancy fantasie dingetjes, benoem het maar gewoon zo als je
het vraagt is het meest duidelijk.
Wat vind je van de koffie bonen en de gaming elements die er-
bij horen?
Ja zit nog even te denken “what is in it for me”, wat is de
houdbaarheidsdatum? Hoe lang blijft dat leuk. Ik vind dat
uitnodigen van invite someone for coffee vind ik leuk. Dat
like is nog steeds zo gek nog niet, dat begrijpt iedereen.
Wat vind je van de instant feedback elementen?
Denk dat mensen dat interessant vinden, willen graag kijken
wat andere ook hebben ingevuld. Vind ik daar een gemene
deler of niet. Heel interessant om te zien wat andere voor
mening hebben. Of je moet het anoniem doen dat je kan
kiezen of je profiel open is of dicht is.
Wat vind je van de did you knows?
Ja dat is toch lachen, dat zegt echt iets over iemand.
Onthullen van jezelf, deelt dingen die je normaal gesproken
in dagelijks gesprekken niet zou delen. “Goh dat wist ik
helemaal niet” dat creëert verbinding.
Heb je een idee van de kosten voor het gebruik van het
platform?
Duur hahah, ja dat kost geld. Dit kost je zo tientallen dui-
zenden euro’s. Nee weet het niet.
Hoe zit het met jullie intranet zou dit problemen vormen?
Dit zou bij ons prima via het intranet kunnen omdat dit al
bestaat. Je zou het moeten integreren in het bestaande.
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