Month: November 2020
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Google Firestarters Episode 2: Lindsay Pattison
I'm delighted to announce episode 2 in our series of Google Firestarters chats – this one with the brilliant Lindsay Pattison, Chief Client Officer, WPP. The conversation with Lindsay was pretty wide-ranging but she had some fascinating thoughts around how the old delineation between agency types and roles is now less meaningful and about the…
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On Being Made Redundant
I have a confession to make. Almost eleven years ago I left the large media owner that I had worked for for 14 years. At the time I talked about it as though it was a proactive decision that I had made to leave the business. But the truth was that I had been made…
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Post of the Month – October 2020 – The Winner
Well it was quite a close run vote this month between JP Castlin's post on how marketers should focus on cash flows and Amy Kean's piece on how social media is breaking us but in the end it was the latter that won through. So well done to Amy who is now a double winner…
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Google Firestarters Episode 1: Richard Huntington
Well, after something of a COVID-related hiatus I'm delighted to announce that Google Firestarters is returning as a brand new video interview series featuring some of the most insightful and interesting people in the advertising and media industry. Pre-COVID we'd done nine years of live Firestarters events (something like 90 events in total) over which…
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Post of the Month – October 2020 – The Vote
Thanks for the nominations. So our vote this month is between: Social media is breaking us; why we need something radical to save ourselves by Amy Kean If you want a bigger marketing budget, focus on creating cash flows by JP Castlin The Soft Power of Brands by Nigel Hollis 12 Career Lessons from Rishad Tobaccowala Reach Out…
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Post of the Month – October 2020 – Nominations
Well there may be counting for another (possibly more important) vote going on at the moment but let us not forget nominations for another (important in its own way) vote – the one for Post of the Month. As usual I have some starting nominations listed below but please do add to these with posts…