We work to make your future so irresistible it becomes inevitable.

A transformation should create new futures, not only optimize the present.

That’s why we love it when companies on the cusp of change call us.

Combining creativity with commercial logic, we build and launch chain reactions that help our clients:

• Unlock new business value
• Turn niches into a “next big thing”
• Flip legacy brands into trailblazers
• Ignite and unite company cultures

After 15 years, we are still inventing new ways to prove that imagination at scale drives transformation at scale.

We offer nine programs tailored to each type of transformation.

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  Reposition

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  Pivot

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  Brand Merger

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  Scale up

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  Creation

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  Turnaround

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  Expansion

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  Refresh

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  Brand Restructure

Reposition

changes your company’s category, offering or brand equities due to anticipated market shifts or reaching a new stage of maturity

Pivot

evolves aspects of your core offering to allow you to capture large capital pools in differentiated, defensible and durable ways

Brand Merger

creates powerful new equities, advantages and architectures when blending two or more brands into one

Scale up

leads your start-up or business division through its shift to long-term sustainable growth and the necessary evolutions to brand systems, infrastructure and governance

Creation

develops a new brand, business or unit for your company to take advantage of a strategically valuable market

Turnaround

re-imagines an underperforming company or business unit, increasing competitiveness, investment impact and valuation

Expansion

helps your company rapidly grow into new categories, markets, audiences, offerings or geographies to grow revenue, add equities and better capitalize on your existing ones

Refresh

updates key elements of your company’s brand to increase its relevance, differentiation and competitiveness, while protecting critical equities

Brand Restructure

redefines the relationships between your company's various brands to clarify their positioning, shape innovation and define acquisition strategies

Our capabilities answer the five questions that drive every transformation.

How should we run our transformation?

Our Strategic Planning capabilities write your transformation playbook:

1. Workstream Priorities
2. Define KPIs, Measurement
3. Internal Stakeholder Mapping
4. Design your Transformation Maturity Model
5. Build Strategic Argument for Change
6. Build Plan for Change

What new value can we create?

Our Business Transformation capabilities unlock new economic value using these deliverables:

1. Strategic Narrative
2. Category Design
3. Marketing Sizing Analysis
4. Value Mapping
5. Business Design
6. Business Model Innovation
7. Commercialization Strategy
8. Innovation Financial Analysis

How does it impact our brand?

Our Brand Transformation capabilities build equities that become competitive advantages:

1. Purpose Definition
2. Values
3. Portfolio Architecture
4. Brand Strategy
5. Naming
6. Brand Identity & Systems
7. Verbal Branding
8. Messaging Architecture
9. Audience Segmentation
10. Brand-led Innovation Strategy

How do we get our company to embrace it?

Our Change Management capabilities embed change into your culture and operations:

1. Vision Assets
2. Employee Engagement Planning
3. Brand Training
4. Purpose Playbooks
5. Process Design
6. Implementation Planning
7. Executive Internal Communications
8. Transformation Leadership Coaching for Executives
9. Brand Governance
10. Creative Operations Process Design

How do we roll it out to the world?

Our Go to Market Design capabilities create touchpoints that drive consumer passion:

1. Communications Design
2. Packaging Design
3. Retail Experience Design
4. UI Kit Development
5. On-Product Branding
6. Website Design
7. Digital Product Visual Design
8. Corporate Workspace Design

COLLINS enabled us to envision and scale into a new future, along with the design, strategy and voice to move into it.

Nathaniel Ru

Co-Founder
Chief Brand Officer

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