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Build a brand people choose.

Michael Boulware Moore helps consumer-facing companies understand what drives choice, sharpen their positioning, and find a clearer path to growth. His counsel draws on experience at Coca-Cola and Kraft, and as CEO of Glory Foods.

Michael Boulware Moore explaining ideas at the University of Kentucky
Buying occasions

The moments when outside perspective earns its keep.

You do not need another deck. You need sharper diagnosis, alignment around the real issue, and a practical route forward.

Growth has stalled.

The organization is working harder without creating proportional momentum, and leadership needs to understand what is really constraining growth.

The market has moved.

Consumer behavior, culture, competition, or expectations are changing faster than the organization's assumptions.

The organization is repositioning.

Leadership needs sharper clarity about what the organization means, where it can credibly go, and what must change to get there.

A consequential decision is approaching.

The stakes are high enough that an experienced outside perspective can improve the question before anyone rushes to the answer.

The lens

Identity is not a messaging layer. It is a strategic lens.

Contruence looks beneath stated preferences and surface behavior to understand the deeper dimensions of consumer identity, aspiration, belonging, and meaning that influence choice.

Consumer insight & identity

Understand the deeper dimensions of consumer identity and the aspirations that shape choice, loyalty, and growth.

Executive advisory

Ongoing counsel for leaders navigating complex moments where judgment and perspective matter.

Brand strategy & positioning

Clarify what your brand means, why consumers should choose it, and how that direction shapes decisions and execution.

Purpose-built teams

Michael leads the work. Larger needs can draw on experienced specialists matched to the assignment rather than a standing consulting pyramid.

Michael Boulware Moore engaged in conversation at a luncheon
Operator judgment

Advice shaped by having to make it real.

Strategy looks different when you have carried responsibility for revenue, teams, partners, boards, fundraising, public expectations, and execution.

Coca-Cola + Kraft

Major consumer brands and the disciplines of scale, consumer insight, and market execution.

No Fear

VP Marketing at a culturally embedded growth brand with a fiercely defined consumer identity.

Infopop

President/CMO of an early pioneer in social-media software and online communities.

Glory Foods

CEO and board leadership across strategy, growth, and ownership transition.

International African American Museum

Founding President & CEO, institution-building, fundraising, stakeholder alignment, and public meaning.

U.S. Civil Rights Trail

Recent strategic work in the cultural and heritage-tourism ecosystem.

Looking for institutional support?

Strategy for museums, culture, and nonprofits.

Explore Michael’s work with mission-driven leaders on institutional direction, community engagement, leadership alignment, and recurring support.

A useful first conversation

What is the decision underneath the decision?

Bring the challenge. Twenty minutes is usually enough to determine whether Contruence is the right fit and what a sensible next step looks like.

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