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Article location:http://www.fastcompany.com/blog-post/nothing-real-substance-0
May 8, 2008
Tags: Innovation, Technology, Leadership, Management

Nothing of real substance

By Courtney Walker

Just very intrigued with the FC article, Brand Obama and how this can be adapted to my work and life.  The development of a person as a brand is obviously nothing new (Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Bill Clinton), but the way in which Obama and his camp are going about it lends the idea to more than a public figure finding a new way to feed him/herself into the pipeline of celebrity and then using that line to bring forth one's goals. I wonder, at a base, day to day, personal level, how much of an impact would branding oneself in such a way make...