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Perhaps The Most Powerful Lesson Other Brands Can Learn From Nike Is The Need To Act In Accordance With The Reality Of The World We Live In. In A Mutually Dependant, Intimately Connected Global Community Facing Several Major Crises, Brands Need To Operate With An Expanded Definition Of Self-interest That Includes The Greater Good.

Too Many Brands Treat Social Media As A One Way, Broadcast Channel, Rather Than A Two-way Dialogue Through Which Emotional Storytelling Can Be Transferred.

There Is An Overwhelming Amount Of Information Available To Us All On The Web Each Day, Not To Mention What Is Shared With Us By Our Family, Friends, Fans, And Followers. This Necessitates The Need To Filter Through All That Information And To Decide For Ourselves Where To Put Our Attention.

It Is Time For Corporate America To Become 'the Third Pillar' Of Social Change In Our Society, Complementing The First Two Pillars Of Government And Philanthropy. We Need The Entire Private Sector To Begin Committing Itself Not Just To Making Profits, But To Fulfilling Higher And Larger Purposes By Contributing To Building A Better World.

The Role Of Social Media Is Critical Because It Helps To Spread Cognitive Dissonance By Connecting Thought Leaders And Activists To Ordinary Citizens Rapidly Expanding The Network Of People Who Become Willing To Take Action.