The Storytelling Lab

The Most Misunderstood Piece of Brand Missions


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“Vision is what inspires your people. Mission is what activates and organizes them.” —Rain Bennett


What good is a bold vision if you don’t have a mission to back it up?


In this solo episode, Rain Bennett breaks down why mission is the most misunderstood and most essential piece of a brand’s storytelling system.


Using examples from WeWork’s collapse and Airbnb’s legendary collaboration with Pixar, Rain explains how to turn abstract ideas into real-world action through a story-driven mission.


If your company struggles to align teams, inspire customers, or scale with clarity, the problem may not be your vision. It may be the lack of a narrative-driven mission.


This episode will teach you how to build one that works, aligns, and lasts.


In this episode, you will learn to:

  • Find the gap between vision and mission that leads to brand drift
  • Craft a mission that functions like a plotline for your business
  • Align internal teams and stakeholders around a shared narrative
  • Use customer journey mapping as a story structure
  • Translate lofty goals into repeatable action through story


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