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A Brand Strategy & Design Agency

Strategic narratives that clarify, align, and connect.

Strategy only works when people can tell the story. Our Strategic Narratives translate business and brand strategy into clear, audience-ready stories—tailored for leaders, employees, customers, investors, or partners. From brand and vision narratives to culture, corporate, and opportunity narratives, we create the language that carries your strategy across the organization and into the market driving alignment, belief, and business performance.

Why strategic narratives matter.

Growth, transformation, expansion—every moment of change needs a story that makes sense of it. When organizations lack a unifying narrative, strategy fragments into disconnected messages, and initiatives lose meaning. Strategic narratives help you:

Unify leadership and teams

A single throughline that connects priorities, projects, and decisions

Create clarity through change

One adaptable story that evolves across business cycles and inflection points

Inspire participation

Help people see how their work contributes to what’s next

Build external confidence

Communicate progress and possibility to customers, partners, and investors

What you get.

Our strategic narrative engagements deliver a unifying story leaders can use to align teams, guide decisions, and drive change. Based on your goals, stage, and context, we shape the narratives and tools needed to build belief and move the business forward.

01 Core Strategic Narrative: the unifying story that connects purpose, strategy, and culture
02 Brand Narrative: defines how your brand shows up in the world and what it stands for
03 Vision or Corporate Narrative: articulates where the business is headed and why it matters
04 Culture Narrative: translates purpose and values into lived employee experience
05 Opportunity or Transformation Narrative: frames change and growth in human terms
06 Leadership Story Deck: equips leaders to communicate narratives consistently and confidently
07 Story Activation Toolkit: guidance for cascading the story across teams, channels, and initiatives

How it works.

Our work is guided by Emotional Acceleration—our proprietary methodology for aligning emotion, belief, and performance. Each engagement follows a clear rhythm designed to build and sustain momentum:

Diagnose

Assess existing narratives, audience perceptions, and alignment gaps

Align

Co-create a unifying story that connects strategy to purpose, direction, or culture

Activate

Translate the narrative into messaging, storytelling tools, and leadership communications

Pulse

Measure resonance and refine for relevance as the organization evolves

Proof in action.

The power of a growth narrative

From our article “Telling Your Story of Growth”: why organizations need a strategic narrative that connects business strategy, brand, product, culture, and go-to-market into one coherent story people can act on.

Read our blog post
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Why a brand manifesto matters

In “Kick the Door Down with Your Brand Manifesto,” we show how a manifesto becomes the emotional energy source of a brand—clarifying what you stand for and inspiring people to rally behind your vision.

Read our blog post

A unifying story for a new category

We developed a corporate narrative and Growth Manifesto that aligned Lookout’s leaders and teams around a shared vision—enabling the company to expand beyond mobile security and lead a new era of cloud security.

See case study
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FAQs.

When do you need a strategic narrative?

Anytime you’re shifting direction, launching an initiative, entering a new phase of growth, or needing to re-engage employees around purpose and progress.

Is this different from a brand narrative?

Yes. A strategic narrative can encompass brand, vision, culture, or opportunity stories—tailored to your specific goals or circumstances. It’s about aligning strategy and emotion to move people toward a shared goal.

Do you help with rollout and storytelling?

Absolutely. We create leadership tools, messaging frameworks, and content concepts to bring the narrative to life across channels and audiences.

Ready to create a narrative that connects strategy and belief?

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