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The // NKST Blog: what's now, what's new, what's next...

Writers write. It’s as simple as that. Check out our team’s POV on important topics that span, strategy, business transformation, digital marketing, strategic communications, technology, creative design, data science and more. We’d love your take on our positions and welcome lively and passionate discussions.

Dear Executive Leadership (at large): It's Not Me. It's You.

I know the last couple years of our relationship has been… complicated. But this isn’t working the way you keep promising it will. To be honest, you keep introducing me like I’m a transformation. Then you manage me like I’m a pilot.

Douglas Longenecker

23 hours ago

The value of staying coherent under pressure

Armonia: Winning, Worth and the Discipline of Staying Coherent Under Pressure

Harmony, the way elite performance demands it, is earned. It’s disciplined. It’s coherence between things that would rather pull apart, like preparation and performance, nerves and execution, ego and standards.

Douglas Longenecker

5 days ago

Unified colors of //NKST Synchronization

The Buyer-Controlled Evaluation: Your Market Judges You Before You Pitch

Most organizations don’t stall because strategy is wrong. They stall because strategy loses integrity in execution—creating fragmentation drag. In a buyer-controlled evaluation era, mixed signals create hesitation before you ever pitch.

Douglas Longenecker

Jan 18

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The // NKST Podcast: making business personal and brands human

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