
Culture-Led Brands: Drive Growth, Build Resilience and Cultivate Resonance
Author(s): Leila Fataar (Author), Edward Pilkington (Foreword)
- Publisher: Kogan Page
- Publication Date: June 24, 2025
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 264 pages
- ISBN-10: 1398618993
- ISBN-13: 9781398618992
Book Description
How can senior leaders harness cultural relevance to drive resilient, future-ready brands?
Culture-Led Brands offers a strategic, authoritative framework for executives navigating today’s complex business environment. Written by globally renowned brand-builder, Leila Fataar, this book delivers proven tools and data-driven models to help you integrate cultural insights into every aspect of your brand strategy, ensuring your organization remains relevant, authentic and growth-oriented amid ongoing change.
You’ll learn how to:
– Apply practical frameworks that embed cultural relevance across marketing, commerce and innovation
– Leverage expert insights on political sensitivity, diversity, inclusion and environmental responsibility
– Use data-led decision making to measure impact and optimize cultural engagement
– Explore real-world examples from adidas Originals, Guinness and YouTube
– Develop leadership approaches that align internal values with external brand authenticity
Equip your business to deliver meaningful results by embracing culture as a core driver of strategy, innovation and long-term success.
Themes include: Cultural relevance, brand strategy, governance, leadership, data-driven growth, diversity and inclusion, environmental consciousness
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This book holds the key to unlock how to credibly use culture to your financial benefit inside and outside the board room!” ―
RACHEL MUSCAT, Co-Founder of Humanrace with Pharrell and formerly of adidas“In an era where culture is the currency of relevance, Leila Fataar’s work is a bold manifesto for businesses to act with authenticity, empathy, and cultural intelligence.” ―
MARTIN RAYMOND, co-founder of The Future LaboratoryAbout the Author
Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer, Diageo North America at Diageo and Marketing and Innovation Director, Diageo Europe
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