
STEP 3
Create a Name
Naming is simple. Naming is complex.
It is said that truly great abstract
painters must learn to paint realistically
before they can paint a valid abstraction.
In naming, you must understand the
complexity of your subject before you
can simplify it.
Organizations that specialize in
naming make it look easy. Take, for
example, Solutia
®
, the name of a chemical
business dreamed up by Addison and
Metaphor Name Consultants, or Hewlett-
Packard’s printer family DeskJet
®
, named
by Lexicon Branding, Inc.—two powerful
names that make the benefits of
complex services and products simple to
understand.
The name of your organization is
critical in itself ...