Journal

Notes we are willing to sign.

These pieces are teaching tools, not disguised programme pages. Client files stay off the public desk.

Open notebook and pen on a dark wooden table

11 April 2026

Why category language fails before the logo does

Marks survive mediocre sentences for years. Categories do not. A look at where the fracture actually starts.

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Person writing on a laptop at a cafe table

2 March 2026

The difference between a tagline and a position

One is a souvenir. The other is a constraint the company must live inside.

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Sydney Harbour Bridge and city shoreline at dusk

18 January 2026

How consultancies misread regional trust

Imported urgency language collides with Australian buyers who have already survived three rebrands.

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Whiteboard with sparse diagrams in a meeting room

9 December 2025

Reading a competitor deck without copying it

A method for extracting the seat they occupy, not the adjectives they rented.

Read the method