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Case: Intel 2006
2006 1991 1969 Andy Grove, Senior Advisor and ex-CEO, is of course a living legend. The bigger the past, the more the future must promise. To quickly build a new legend, new CEO Paul Otellini knew he must not only change the strategic paradigm -- he must communicate the change with impact and credibility. The substance of change would be real (essentially, from from PC-focused chips to market-facing chip/software 'platforms'). But Otellini also knew the communication challenge would be significant, perhaps beyond Intel's experience. So a year ago, he hired Samsung's marketing star Eric Kim and made him a direct report... an outsider who (as reported in Business Week) "could play bad cop and push through unpopular changes when necessary." Kim then retained Inter Public Group's McCann Erickson for advertising counsel, and its FutureBrand unit for identity work. On October 20, Kim indeed played bad cop: he told the leadership team that to put impact and credibility behind the new positioning (and implicitly, the new leadership), the 37-year-old "dropped-e" logo must go, along with the "intel inside" marketing badge. To replace both marks FutureBrand designed a wordmark-in-a-swoosh, a variation of the Intel Inside swoosh, relocating its notch to anchor the Leap Ahead tagline. It's a balancing act, intended to express meaningful change yet retain the equity of a stable and trusted company. Tony Spaeth CREDITS FutureBrand (NY) CASE INFO Submitted by: Tony Spaeth, 14/11/2006 |
MATRIX DATA
DRIVERS | TOOLS | ||
Strategic driver: 70% | |||
Broaden scope/scale/visibility Remove limiting category association | 20% | x | Identity system elements: Verbal elements: Tag lines |
x | Situation facts: Corporate level facts: Industry definition | ||
x | Change event : High visibility: Campaign | ||
Change internal culture Refresh & redirect competitive energy | 20% | x | Identifier tactics: Logo change: Wordmark-dominant |
x | Identity system elements: Verbal elements: Tag lines | ||
x | Change event : Medium visibility: Launch event | ||
Change expressed personality Renew/refresh public image | 30% | x | Identifier tactics: Logo change: Wordmark-dominant |
x | Identity system elements: Verbal elements: Tag lines | ||
x | Change event : High visibility: Campaign | ||
Functional driver: 30% | |||
Design weakness Increase visual strength/quality | 30% | x | Identifier tactics: Logo change: Wordmark-dominant |