Josiah Go

Josiah Go is the Chairman and Chief Innovation Strategist of Mansmith and Fielders, Inc., and Chairman of Waters Philippines (the market leader in the direct selling of premium home water purifiers in the Philippines). He is Chairman / Vice Chairman / Director of over a dozen companies. Known as one of the Philippines’ most respected marketing gurus, he is the most awarded business educator of the Philippines having been recognized as one of the Agora Awardees in 1994, one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines in 2001, one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) of the World in 2002 (the 1st and only Filipino in Business Education given by World JCI in a competition of over 1,000 TOYMs), and one of only two Lifetime Achievement Awardees by the Association of Marketing Educators (2007), the youngest marketing educator to be bestowed this honor. He was also given the Brand Leadership Award during the World Brand Congress in India (2009). His accomplishments was recognized by the international community where he has been included in the 10th edition of the International Who’s Who of Intellectuals (England). He is also the first Filipino to have completed the Blue Ocean Strategy qualification process in Blue Ocean Institute in INSEAD, France and is the first in Southeast Asia to have taught this as a 3-unit, full semester course in a university. He specializes in the fusion of marketing and innovation using the lenses of data-driven entrepreneurship and teaches advanced marketing subjects like Market-Driving Strategies, Business Model Innovation, 5 Skills of Master Strategists, Marketing Innovation, Mastering Innovation and Defense Strategy. He has given talks and facilitated over 1,000 marketing seminars in the Philippines and internationally to teams in diverse industries, in different situations and contexts. A thought leader with 18 bestselling and recordbreaking marketing and entrepreneurship books, Josiah has taught at the De La Salle and Ateneo Universities. He is an Executive Scholar of the Kellogg Business School (in Marketing and Sales Management) as well as the MIT Sloan (in Strategy and Innovation). He also took advance marketing programs at Harvard, Wharton and at the London Business School. His industry affiliations include being National President of the Philippine Marketing Association (1991), Chairman of the Direct Selling Association of the Philippines (2002), National President of the Association of Marketing Educators (2004-2005). He continues to be involved in various advocacies aimed at youth empowerment and entrepreneurship namely, the Young Market Masters Awards (YMMA), Mansmith Innovation Awards, Day 8 Business Academy for SMEs, and the MarkProf Foundation.

Q&A with Crescom Biomedics President Geraldyn Perez on Baby and Maternity Products

Josiah Go December 1, 2015

Q1: Why is your company name Crescom Biomedics? A: My resignation from Unilever Philippines to start my own business was a big risk for me. I wanted the company name to be a reminder to me of how I took that leap of faith and started from scratch all over again to pursue a dream. Cresco means “to grow, to […]

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Failing Forward by Josiah Go

Josiah Go November 27, 2015

Thanks to Inquirer columnist Henry Ong for inviting me to speak at last year’s Failing Forward Conference. I could not say no to Henry, thus, had to rush from the sales rally of Waters Philippines to Meralco Theater in Ortigas. Many people think I have always been excellent in what I have been doing, like I was a born leader, […]

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From Entrepreneur to Teacher: Lessons from Josiah Go

Josiah Go November 21, 2015

(Reprinted with permission from Inquirer. The article originally appeared in Dr. Ned Roberto’s column Marketing Rx on Nov. 20, 2015) Last Friday’s column (November 13, 2015) ended with my promise that I will invite a teacher but who was first a successful entrepreneur so we can learn from his experience. I invited and he has graciously accepted. So here’s my […]

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Marketing Plan Implementation by Josiah Go

Josiah Go November 18, 2015

East West Seeds is the market leader with some 80% of the market in vegetable seeds in the Philippines. It wanted to grow knowing that the per capita consumption of vegetables in the Philippines is only half (39 kilograms) of the World Health Organization’s 80 kilograms annual consumption recommendation. Compared to other Asian countries, this is way below Vietnam’s 54 […]

Q&A with Mageo Consulting President Boots Garcia on Integrating Finance To Strategy

Josiah Go November 13, 2015

Q1: How has the role of the CFO changed in the last few decades and how has it influenced and shaped corporate and business strategy? A: The traditional role of the CFO has been to keep track of a company’s performance and numbers and to report on the financial performance of the business. The CFO was often described as the “bookkeeper/ […]

Q&A Kumon Franchisee Audrey Tan on Choosing A Business

Josiah Go November 10, 2015

Q1: You and your husband are owners of several businesses (hardware, office supplies). What made you decide to be franchisee of another, specifically Kumon in Tarlac? A: I started Kumon by chance. It was never really part of my plan to franchise a Kumon Center until the existing instructor/ franchisee of the center in Tarlac was going to relocate to […]

Q&A with Yoly Villanueva-Ong on Political Advertising

Josiah Go November 6, 2015 2

Q1: You were in consumer advertising before marketing political campaigns. How similar or different are the frameworks you use with marketing products or services to influence voters? A: The framework is essentially the same. The candidate is like a “product” that must be sold on the basis of the benefits it claims and overall reputation that it owns. The other […]

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Targeting Non-Customers by Josiah Go

Josiah Go October 31, 2015

Many products have a low market penetration rate, typically in single-digit or in low double digits. With this comes the question on whether marketers are focusing their activities on the minority of the market or whether they have the right marketing mix and business model in the first place to attract a much wider audience. There is a big difference […]

Q&A with Viventis’ Yu Ming Chin on Transition From Family to Professional Management

Josiah Go October 27, 2015

Q1: There is always a crossroad with growing family enterprises – that of professionalizing by hiring an experienced outsider or continuing governance within the family. How can you help in this regard? A: When a family enterprise is ready to professionalize, the first things that need to be done are the drawing up of the family governance constitution and the […]

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