BrandVoice was born of a core philosophy applied to all content in the digital age.

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This is military philosophy applied to everyday working life.

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At Patagonia, which he founded in 1972, he's applied the same design philosophy to clothing products.

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This applied both to his playing philosophy and to some of his public statements, like when he suggested some clubs misused prescription drugs to gain an edge on the pitch, or when he talked about the game's "old-boy network" of favors and back-scratching.

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This book explains how the Japanese continuous-improvement philosophy of Kaizen can be applied to personal and business matters.

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Once he has defined information, Mr Vedral proceeds to show how information theory can be applied to biology, physics, economics, sociology and philosophy.

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