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Anthony Reeves - AI, Leadership & Brand Transformation Expert; Global Head of Brand and Creative at Kohler Co.; Former Amazon Senior Executive; Former CMO of LVMH Startup House; Bestselling Author of "Eat the Donkey"; Three-Time Cannes Lions Keynote Speaker

Anthony Reeves

Profile updated June 12, 2026
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Discomfort Is the Strategy: What the World’s Most Distinctive Brands Do That Most Companies Won’t

Less than 1% of the world has ever run a marathon. We celebrate the medal, the finish line photo. We never talk about the discomfort that got them there. The same is true in business.

Every company’s best moment came after an uncomfortable one. But most organizations are doing everything they can to avoid that discomfort, and it’s quietly killing them.

Using his Foundation Theory framework, Anthony shows how the most distinctive companies build an unchanging core: a set of foundations, principles, and characteristics that no market shift, competitor move, or algorithm can replicate. But foundation alone isn’t enough. Anthony also shows audiences how to master the rhythm between Explorer State and Static State: knowing when to push into discomfort and when to consolidate. The brands that get this rhythm right are loved across generations.For CMOs, brand leaders, and creative executives dealing with AI-compressed differentiation and the pressure to optimize at the expense of identity. - Identify where your brand is drifting toward sameness and what it’s costing you - Build a Foundation that makes your hardest brand decisions easier - Learn the Explorer/Static rhythm that keeps iconic brands sharp

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Eat the Donkey - Why Great Companies Embrace Discomfort - Book by Anthony Reeves

Eat the Donkey - Why Great Companies Embrace Discomfort” (2026)

Eat the Donkey - Why Great Companies Embrace Discomfort

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