Some managers think their job is to have the answers. It isn't. The job is to grow the people who'll find better answers than you would, and that means handing them things they're not quite ready for and being willing to watch a few drop. New post.
#Fieldcraft

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The Ones Who Reach

Asked once for the achievement I’m proudest of, I didn’t name a product or a title. I named the people. The method behind it was far less noble than that answer made it sound.

Florin Branici
Tactics feel productive. Strategy feels like a meeting where you argue about things you can't measure. So you skip it. #Fieldcraft
The strategy question is simple to state and hard to answer: who exactly are we for, and why would they pick us over anyone else? #Fieldcraft
A marketing plan and a marketing strategy are not the same thing. One is a calendar. The other is a choice. #Fieldcraft

People's decisions are like an onion. Preference is just one layer. Market research tells you what your customer thinks they want. Behavioural data tells you what they actually do. Context tells you why. None of them alone is enough.
#Fieldcraft

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You Don’t Know Your Customer

Most customer research captures what people intend to do. Most purchase decisions are made by someone in a completely different state of mind. Preference is just one layer. To get closer to the rea…

Florin Branici

I've worked in three industries in my career. Different products, different customers, different competitive dynamics. But a pattern I kept recognising, sometimes clearly, sometimes only in hindsight. Needs don't change. Behaviour does. #Fieldcraft

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Same Needs, Different Behaviour.

Don’t listen to your customers. Watch them closely! Understanding what your customers do matters more than knowing what they want.

Florin Branici

"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." — Mike Tyson, describing your marketing strategy meeting without knowing it.
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http://branici.ro/2026/03/29/you-dont-have-a-marketing-strategy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Plan Is Not the Strategy

A marketing plan and a marketing strategy are not the same thing. One is a calendar. The other is a choice. Most businesses only ever build one of them and spend the rest of the year wondering why …

Florin Branici

We say “lead by example” but never specify which one: the slide about commitment, or the inbox cleared at 23:48 with cold pizza on the keyboard? #fieldcraft

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Leading by Example, By Accident

This is a short confession about how “leading by example” actually looks: telling your kid to put the phone down while you’re refreshing yours, answering emails at 23:07 while insisting nobody has …

Florin Branici
On Careers: Maps, Not Ladders

Most careers make sense only after the fact. While you’re living them, they’re navigated one choice at a time.

Florin Branici