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CONVICTION
Rigorous and clarity of ambition and direction
A book by Thor Otar / Jakob Stigler
01 / 2026
A journey into the principles and practices that has repeatedly produced moments that bended culture, broke categories, and defined the brands behind them.
Background / 01
15+ YEARS W. GLOBAL BRANDS
200+ PROJECTS ORCHESTRATED
30+ MARKETS / COUNTRIES
P&G · OATLY · FERRARI · VEO · VOLVO · PANDORA · COACH · UBER · SK-II & OTHERS.
Authors / 02
Thor Otar
Author
Jakob Stigler
Co-author
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, capacity, convergence and catalysis behind ideas, is what turns great vision into great reality.

The premise
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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.
What's inside
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Blueprint 01
Rigorous and clarity of ambition and direction
Blueprint 02
Shared consciousness, deeper tension.
Blueprint 03
Synchronous organisational super-powers
Blueprint 04
Accelerated reaction planning and impact design
Notes from the work
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