Part 3 of 4 With Vincent Stanley, Patagonia’s ‘Chief Storyteller’
Vincent Stanley, co-author with Yvon Chouinard of The Responsible Company, has been with Patagonia on and off since its beginning in 1973, for many of those years in key executive roles as head of sales or marketing.
More informally, Stanley is Patagonia’s longtime chief storyteller. He helped develop the Footprint Chronicles, the company’s interactive website that outlines the social and environmental impact of its products; the Common Threads Initiative; and Patagonia Books. He serves as Patagonia’s director of philosophy and is a visiting fellow at the Yale School of Management. Stanley is also a poet whose work has appeared in the Best American Poetry series. He and his wife, the writer Nora Gallagher, live in Santa Barbara.
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Here are some highlights from the third in a four-part series of LIFT Economy podcast episodes with Stanley:
- How Patagonia’s approach to marketing has evolved over time.
- An explanation of the thinking behind Patagonia’s feature-length films.
- How Patagonia intentionally cultivates its brand community.
- Why standing up for a cause or belief might mean alienating potential customers and strategic partners.
- Why doing what’s right and authentic is good business.
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