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

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Runway #184, Informativ

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.

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.

Repositioning

Runway #198Praxent

Command The AI Future

The challenge:

The business had changed, but the brand had not caught up with its ambition.

The new direction:

A financial-services brand built to lead, with a line to carry it: Command The AI Future.

Repositioning

Runway #175DOXA

A people-first brand for global talent

The challenge:

DOXA had built a different kind of staffing company around its people. The market still sorted it with low-cost offshore providers.

The new direction:

A people-first brand built to raise the standard for global talent and grow with the changing world of work.

Repositioning

Runway #203i4COLOR

Your Brand. In Vivid Color.

The challenge:

The market was evolving, and i4COLOR needed a position that reflected its expertise and impact.

The new direction:

A brand that brings its obsession with color, quality and real-world impact forward, carried by one line: Your Brand. In Vivid Color.

Repositioning

Runway #94Entelligence

The partner behind the technology, Always Ready.

The challenge:

Entelligence did its best work under other companies' names. Its people were the difference, and the brand didn't show it.

The new direction:

A people-first brand built on one promise: Always Ready.

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Repositioning

Runway #165McDonough

One company. One story. One McDonough.

The challenge:

McDonough Elevator had grown into more than its name, including cranes. Customers still saw an elevator company, and the field and the office weren't telling the same story.

The new direction:

One McDonough. One company, one person, one customer, one thing at a time, carried into a brand that puts the field first.

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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.

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.

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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