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The Runway archive.

Every Runway starts with a company in the middle of a change. Here are 21 of them.

// 13 Runways

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Mergers and brand architecture

Runway #184Informativ

Several businesses. One brand.

The challenge:

After the merger, the combined business needed to be understood and sold as one.

The new direction:

One brand built on trust, bringing two merged companies together under one story.

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Mergers and brand architecture

Runway #131SmartSights

Two companies. One brand.

The challenge:

The combined company needed a bigger story for where it was going.

The new direction:

One brand built around operational intelligence, bringing two industrial technology companies together under one story.

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Mergers and brand architecture

Runway #235HHCI

One brand architecture for care, training and research

The challenge:

The structure had become harder to navigate than the care itself.

The new direction:

One clearer brand architecture built around HHCI as bringing mental health care within reach, with care, training and research together under one story.

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Mergers and brand architecture

Runway #227Simplify Wealth

Two brands. One purpose.

The challenge:

Founder Angela Alvig needed a platform of her own without competing with the company she built.

The new direction:

A connected brand strategy that gave both room to grow while staying grounded in Simplify Wealth’s purpose: lifting the burden and complexity of wealth.

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Launches

Runway #224GOODS

A new name and brand built for launch

The challenge:

With launch ahead, GOODS needed to stand apart from point solutions.

The new direction:

A new name, identity and launch position built on one idea: one source of truth for CPG operations.

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Launches

Runway #196Matttches

A leader’s story, built into a brand and a manifesto

The challenge:

As AI takes on more technical decisions, leaders need to become more human. They have been on a traditional path that no longer serves them, and they don’t know where to look.

The new direction:

Built from a leader’s story about matches: a brand that matches tomorrow’s leaders with the tools and practitioners they need, and a shared manifesto, Transform Tomorrow Together, that asks consultants to collaborate rather than compete.

Launches

Runway #170Fully Mediterranean

The Fully Five Formula

The challenge:

The business was ready to grow beyond counseling and content. Its expertise needed a form more people could follow.

The new direction:

A signature brand system, the Fully Five Formula, that turns the Mediterranean lifestyle into a simple, practical way of living people can follow every day.

Launches

Runway #121iOFFICE

A workplace that hums.

The challenge:

The workplace was shifting from buildings to people. iOFFICE was known for facilities software and needed a place in the employee experience.

The new direction:

iOFFICE Hummingbird, a new name and brand for employee experience, built on one image: smart, agile and fast, a workplace that hums.

Launches

Runway #129Energyship

Where energy and leadership converge.

The challenge:

Energy law firms compete on expertise and tend to look alike. Holliday Energy Law Group wanted to be seen as a leader in the industry, beyond its role as counsel.

The new direction:

Energyship, an executive leadership summit that put HELG at the center of the industry conversation.

Leader brands

Runway #229Better Leader Project

One brand centered on BETTER, not perfect.

The challenge:

Three valuable ideas needed one clear center.

The new direction:

One brand with Christy Pretzinger’s thought leadership at the center, developed with her around one idea: BETTER, not perfect. Better leaders. Better teams. A better world.

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Leader brands

Runway #230Big Rock Leaders

A new name and brand for growth-minded leaders

The challenge:

The community was ready to grow, and it needed a name and brand to grow under.

The new direction:

A new name and brand for a leadership community rooted in purpose, built for impact and inspired by nature.

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Leader brands

Runway #214PK Scheerle

A thought leadership brand for nursing

The challenge:

PK was moving into a new chapter focused on sharing what she had learned and championing the profession that shaped her career.

The new direction:

A thought leadership brand centered on unlocking the potential of the world’s most trusted profession, the nurse.

Leader brands

Runway #236James Ashcroft

A personal brand for an independent senior partner

The challenge:

The brand risked making senior partnership look like traditional coaching or consulting.

The new direction:

A position built around James as an independent senior partner who helps leaders see what matters and cut the rest.

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