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Roughly 90% of the S&P 500’s total market value now comes from intangible assets. We’ve entered an economy where the things you can’t touch: trust, data, reputation, leadership, culture, now define company value more than the things you can. These are no longer “soft metrics", they’re early indicators of business performance. If that’s true at the market level… how much of your own organization’s value comes from what can’t be seen. How are you investing in it and more importantly, how are you measuring it?

What happens when your people aren’t just living the brand, they’re building it? In this episode of Blu Thread Conversations, Crocs Inc. and HEYDUDE share how they’ve turned employer branding into a true co-creation process. It’s not about scripted messaging. It’s about equipping leaders and teams to own the story: to spotlight projects, careers, and everyday moments that bring brand values to life. 🎥 Watch this short clip featuring Crocs’ talent leaders and Blu Ivy’s Leandra Harris on how global brand ambassadors are shaping the next phase of their culture: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eQ48bP3P

Applications aren’t insight and engagement scores aren’t strategy. They’re snapshots - not signals and most companies still measure culture with surface-level metrics. But none of those tell you how your culture actually drives or drags business performance. They show activity, not impact. 📈 Applications show awareness, not alignment. 💬Engagement scores show opinions, not behaviors. 📊 Real insight comes from tracking trust, leadership credibility, and reputation strength over time. If culture is supposed to be a business driver - why are we still measuring it like a marketing campaign?

Purpose and values set direction. The employment promise makes it real. It is the reciprocal deal that speeds hiring, keeps critical talent, and gives managers a simple playbook as you scale or integrate. 👉 Full article: https://lnkd.in/emC6MvEX

Most firms still think reputation = marketing. Logos, campaigns, brand books. But that is not what actually drives perception. The real driver? Leadership. Reputation rises and falls on how leaders show up. Their visibility, their actions, their behavior. Marketing can only amplify what leadership already signals. And the data backs it: 70% of a company’s reputation is influenced by leadership visibility and behaviors. ⬆️ Reputation is built or broken by how leaders show up ⬆️ Marketing can amplify leadership but it cannot replace it ⬆️ Visibility and behavior are early signals of future performance How visible are your leaders today, and what is that silence costing you?

When culture and leadership credibility are clear, hiring moves faster, integrations hold, and execution stays on plan. That’s why employer brand belongs in the board conversation. 👉 Read more: https://lnkd.in/emC6MvEX