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A CMO'S Guide to Sticking the Category Design Landing

Congratulations. You’ve done everything right to design your category: articulating the category problem, illustrating a vision for the future and your unique answer to it, and..

How to Become a Category Designer

“Do not try and bend the spoon, that is impossible” – Potential 3, The Matrix Category Designers create alternate realities by seeing problems no one else can or will, and..

Playing Bigger When You're Smaller

The difference between legendary category design isn’t the stage of a company, it’s the quality of their point of view.

Cornerstone OnDemand

Cornerstone OnDemandwas founded more than 25 years ago and was acquired by Clearlake Capital Group (Private Equity) for $5.2 billion in 2021. Last week, they completed their first..

Al Ramadan on Category Thinkers Podcast.

In this replay of the Category Thinkers live AMA Podcast event with guest Al Ramadan, we dive deep into the art of category design. Discover how shifts in context—ranging from..

Solving a Different Problem Solves Procurement Problems

Procurement means to obtainin or purchase critical goods or services, typically for business purposes on a large scale. When you focus on a new or unsolvable problem you move from..

This is a Category Design Nursery

Something incredible actually: Category Champions are born. Almost half of the category dominating companies we’ve been tracking at Play Bigger for the last 20+ years, were..

A Lightning Strike in the Age of Disconnection

Doesn't she look excited? Here's Ashli on day 1 taking a selfie (2 hours early so she could grab a seat in the front row) before watching Hubspot CEO Yamini Rangan on the big..