10 Lessons From 6,543 Days As A Strategist

What I have learned long the way through practice, not theory.

Oct 2 • Tobias Dahlberg

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September 2026

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Sep 25 • Tobias Dahlberg

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Marketing to the Average: The Customer You Designed For Does Not Exist

Why? Because the average person has one testicle.

Sep 23 • Tobias Dahlberg

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Most Brands Are Trying to Be Different. But Choice Takes Something Else.

To be chosen, you have to understand how customers judge value and choose.

Sep 18 • Tobias Dahlberg

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The Relevance Gap™: Why Every Safe Decision Has a Price.

Safe decisions lead to ambivalence, which leads to lost choice.

Sep 9 • Tobias Dahlberg

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August 2026

When The "Brandless Brand" Wins, And Why It Happens.

In Brief

Aug 30 • Tobias Dahlberg

Wellness Is Shifting from Optimisation to Regulation

The next wellness winner may promise less ambition and more equilibrium.

Aug 24 • Tobias Dahlberg

You Don’t Need a Bigger Lake. You Need Better Bait.

The strategic question that dominates the conversation, and the better question to solve first.

Aug 17 • Tobias Dahlberg

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The GLP-1 Consumer Is Rewriting the Value of Every Bite

Why one of the biggest shifts in food isn’t about what people eat—but how they decide what’s worth eating.

Aug 7 • Tobias Dahlberg

July 2026

AI Is Becoming the First Sales Meeting

Why businesses must compete for algorithms before they compete for buyers.

Jul 30 • Tobias Dahlberg

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Why Your Growth Strategy Is (Likely) Built on Outdated Assumptions

Every growth strategy contains a hidden set of assumptions. But are they true?

Jul 26 • Tobias Dahlberg

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The Cost Of Choice Confusion

Clarity is often more important than differentiation.

Jul 13 • Tobias Dahlberg

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