A book by Thor Otar / Jakob Stigler
01 / 2026
Build for
the moments
that build
your brand
A journey into the principles and practices that has repeatedly produced moments that bend culture, broke categories, and fundamentally defined the brands behind them.
Premise / 01
15+ years
In the room
Ferrari · Oatly
Coach · Uber
& others.
This book is a journey into the mindset and mechanics that created some of the most transformative brand moments in the past 15 years. We blend our own experiences from the global advertising-race, with lessons from bold brand leaders, to break open the black box of truths, principles and playbooks for building lasting brand impact, influence, and cultural inflection points.
In a time where more than half of all brand initiatives crash-land, while AI accelerates sameness and brand half-lives are shrinking. The defining variable is human. Our ability to put conviction, clarity, capacity and catalysis behind creativity, is what turns great vision into great reality.
Authors / 02
Thor Otar Stigler
Author
Jakob Stigler
Co-author

02 / The premise
There is no magic.
Just conditions.
Brands are maintained through constant motion. But they're defined in a handful of moments that shape what people notice, feel and remember.
Magic Moves explores how leaders can recognise those moments, create the right conditions and make choices that compound into memory.
04 / Notes from the work
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