Das Zebra Prinzip

Fully revised and expanded edition of the original Zebra Principle, updated for the challenges of AI, complexity, and continuous change.

Fridolin Dietrich is a branding strategist, corporate identity consultant, and founder of Dietrich Identity, a consulting and design company based in Munich, Germany.
For more than twenty years, he has advised organisations across healthcare, industry, technology, renewable energy, public institutions, and the non-profit sector. His work combines corporate identity, systems thinking, organisational psychology, leadership, and brand strategy to help organisations develop stronger coherence, trust, and long-term resilience.
Before founding his own consultancy in 2003, Dietrich held senior marketing and brand management positions in industry. His experience with international brands such as Estée Lauder shaped his conviction that strong brands are built not through visibility alone, but through clarity of identity and consistent behaviour.
Influenced by the corporate identity pioneer Benno Keysselitz and inspired by observations of zebra herds in Southern Africa, he developed the Zebra Principle as an identity-based approach to branding and organisational development. First published in 2006, the concept has evolved into a comprehensive framework for leadership, culture, communication, and transformation.
With The Zebra Principle Reloaded, Fridolin Dietrich presents the culmination of more than thirty years of practical experience in helping organisations understand branding as identity-based resilience.