Stan Phelps

Keynotes and Workshops that are Designed to Drive Differentiation, Loyalty, and Sales at StanPhelpsSpeaks.com 5m Loving volunteering at the SAS Championships in Cary, North Carolina (my adopted hometown for the last decade). The PGA Tour Champions Event is held at the Prestonwood Country Club. For the last two days I’ve been a walking scorer for the Pro-Am’s.

Third-generation owner of Lego, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen led the toy company known for its interlocking plastic bricks from 1979 to 2004. He and his three grown children together evenly split ownership of a 75% stake in the $7.2 billion (sales) business. He stepped down from Lego's board in 2019. His son Thomas, Lego's deputy chairman, will replace him as chair of family holding company Kirkbi in 2023.

Based on a recent global study of more than 400 brands, Lippincott has uncovered how winning brands leverage “meaning” to outperform the competition. Meaning is defined as coming from two sources: 1. Connection - the kind that drives personal value and 2. Progress - the kind that drives action. The global creative consultancy has defined [see full report here] what it takes to become a “Go-to” brand. Building Brands in a Harsh New World Creating brands these days is cheap and easy.