Year: 2021
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Shipped in 2021
Each year I do a kind of end-of-year work retro to look back on what I've been doing all year. It's something that I've done now for the past eight years (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) and is really for my benefit – a chance […]
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Google Firestarters Episode 15: Ian Fitzpatrick
A fascinating episode of Google Firestarters with Ian Fitzpatrick, Global Director Brand Strategy and Operations at New Balance
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Post of the Month – November 2021 – The Winner
Congratulations go to Dave Dye whose excellent post on the challenges of the client/agency creative process, The Milky Bar Adult, has won the vote for Post of the Month. Dave is duly entered into the hall of fame. My thanks to everyone […]
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Post of the Month – November 2021 – The Vote
Thanks for the nominations. So our vote this month is between: The Milky Bar Adult by Dave Dye Brush your teeth: why we still haven't found work/life balance by Aparna Bangur The Useful Human Truth: Nine Lessons from Joni Mitchell by Jim Carroll Tree Thinking […]
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Post of the Month – November 2021 – Nominations
Well it's time again to nominate your good reads for Post of the Month. If there's something that you've read over the past month that you thought is worth nominating do send me the link or leave it in the comments below […]
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Saying No
'We say yes for the wrong reasons: a reluctance to be labelled as negative; a perceived obligation to friends and family; an attempt to avoid the discomfort of the opposite. We feel pressure in the moment to agree to something, and see […]
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Post of the Month – October 2021 – The Winner
Delighted to say that it is Jessica Hagy's excellent post on The many gifts of awkward silence that has won this month's vote. Well done to Jessica who joins the hall of fame. My thanks to all those who nominated and voted.
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Post of the Month – October 2021 – The Vote
Thanks for the nominations. So this month’s vote is between: Charts that don’t change by Harry Guild and Dean Matthewson The many gifts of awkward silence by Jessica Hagy Creative brief writing by Will Humphrey I want to believe in Ted Lasso by Laurie Penny […]
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Google Firestarters Episode 14: Jim Carroll
I was so pleased when Jim Carroll said that he'd record an episode of Google Firestarters. As the former Chairman of BBH London and now a brand consultant he has so many pearls of wisdom about planning, strategy, the industry and life, […]
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Post of the Month – October 2021 – Nominations
It's Post of the Month time again. So if there is anything that you've read over the past month that you thought was particularly good do drop the link to the post in the comments or send it to me direct. As […]