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BRAND STRATEGIST | AUTHOR | GUIDE FOR THE AI ERA

We have never been more connected - and never felt less seen.

​As AI rewrites how businesses reach people, the brands and leaders who win won't bet the loudest or the most automated. 

 

They'll be the ones who still make people feel seen - one touchpoint at a time.

 

That's the work I've done for twenty -five years, and it matters more now. not less.

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Elizabeth Lord, Brand Storyteller

The moment we're in.

AI is rewriting every touchpoint.

Connection is still the whole game.

 

It has never been cheaper to reach someone - or easier to be forgotten by them.

 

Automation can personalize a name, predict a click, and answer a question at 2 a.m. What it cannot do is make a person feel ‘known’.

 

That gap is the opportunity. The question was never whether you can reach people. It's whether they feel anything when you do.

 

For twenty-five years I've designed the small, deliberate moments - the touchpoints - that turn a transaction into a relationship, a place into a community, and a brand into something people love.

 

As AI reshapes the journey, that craft becomes the differentiator. The companies that thrive won't automate their way out of connection. They'll build it in on purpose.

  • 25+ years designing brands, places, and experiences people return to

  • Author of Every Touchpoint (2026)

  • Nearly 50 moves, one throughline: belonging

  • Working with two global branding agencies

  • Speaking engagements including ULI

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THE BOOK

Every Touchpoint

How the Smallest Moments Impact the People, Places & Brands We Love

We are woven by every touchpoint. Touchpoints become experiences. Experiences become memories. Memories become the threads from which identity is woven. Part memoir, part playbook, Every Touchpoint is the case for building meaning on purpose - in our businesses and in our lives - at the exact moment technology makes it easy to stop trying.

Ideas for leading through the change...

Short, frequent notes on marketing, AI, and the art of making people feel seen.

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