Name
The B2B growth trap: Brand is now your real competitive edge
Date & Time
Wednesday, July 1, 2026, 12:45 PM - 1:15 PM
Wayne Deakin
Description

GRAND HALL 1

In a world where 80% of the B2B decisions happens digitally before a salesperson is even involved, your brand isn’t just a "wrapper", it’s the growth engine.

It is your most influential salesperson and your only defensible moat against a sea of algorithmic sameness and market disruptions. The biggest mistake in B2B? Thinking "old best practice" leads to growth. To get ahead today, you must stop thinking like your competition. When everyone follows the same rational playbook, the result is the "Blandness Trap" and becoming invisible.

Wayne Deakin, Chief Creative Officer, Bray Leino reveals how to move beyond outbound noise to create Inbound Gravity and a force that ensures you are the only logical choice before the first meeting even happens.

Learn

  • How to use Strategic Imagination to ensure AI-driven tools amplify your brand’s soul rather than automating its' erasure.
  • Building Inbound Gravity: Creating a Brand Ecosystem that works 24/7 to shortlist your business while you sleep.
  • The Growth Multiplier: Fusing brand and marketing into a unified force that drives commercial impact and ensures you aren't left behind by an outdated playbook.

In his direct style Wayne doesn't talk brand fluff but about building commercial distance. Stop competing on price and start dominating through creativity. 

Location Name
BRAND - Grand Hall 1
Full Address
Convene Sancroft
Sancroft, Rose St, Paternoster Sq.
London London EC4M 7DQ
United Kingdom