Branding
Where strategy meets soul. Thoughts on how brands grow with clarity, purpose and humanity — drawn from 25 years of building, scaling and guiding creative businesses.
James Kindred
A Creative Consultant for Brands
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I demand real
October 28 2025
A call for authenticity from an AuDHD perspective — why real, human connection matters more than ever, and why brands should stop performing and start feeling.
Sorry, your idea is worthless…
October 24 2025
Ideas are worthless until you act on them. This post explores why action matters more than inspiration — and how brand strategy can help turn a spark of an idea into something real, believable, and worth building.
When It’s Time to Re-Brand
October 21 2025
Is it time to re-brand? Most of the time, probably not. Let's explore the difference between re-branding and evolving your existing brand.
The Machines That Make the Makers
October 11 2025
Generative AI mirrors past leaps like the printing press and desktop publishing, opening creative access while challenging brands to maintain consistency, and purpose in an age of instant creation.
Community as a Brand Strategy
October 7 2025
Community isn’t a tactic — it’s your brand’s backbone. Learn how to build genuine belonging around purpose, not product.
The Gift of Tangents: Why Divergent Thinking Builds Stronger Brands
September 29 2025
Divergent thinking turns tangents into brand advantage. Learn how sideways leaps spark originality and stronger strategies.
Volunteering: why I do it, and why it matters
September 28 2025
Volunteering grounds me as someone with AuDHD, supports local causes in Ipswich, and proves change happens when we show up.
Shutting the Tasmanian Devil out of the mousetrap factory
September 4 2025
Now my Autism is under control, it's time to focus on the Tasmanian Devil in the room: my ADHD - which has become louder recently.
Effectiveness Over Productivity: Rethinking How We Value Work
August 27 2025
Humans aren’t productive units. We’re complex, creative, messy, inconsistent, and often brilliant in ways that can’t be plotted neatly on a Gantt chart.
Let’s talk tartan.
March 11 2025
I've been doing a real deep dive into tartan in the last couple of weeks in preparation for a new brand I'm working on for a client.
The Age of Authenticity: Human-Centric Storytelling in Branding
March 2 2025
While the machines and the tech bros fight over the homogenisation of data, humans still need to feel connected and appealed to.