Category: advertising
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Google Firestarters Episode 18: Rachel Mercer
An insightful episode of Google Firestarters with Rache Mercer, co-founder and CXO of Proto and ex VP, Head of Strategy at R/GA New York
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Google Firestarters Episode 17: Russell Davies
Episode 17 featuring the brilliant and erudite Russell Davies
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Post of the Month vote
I've decided not to run a vote for Post of the Month this month. I thought about it a lot but with everything going on right now it just didn't feel like a good time to do it. I've got a few posts that I'll carry over into next month's vote and I'm aiming to…
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Post of the Month – January 2022 – The Winner
Thanks everyone for voting and nominating. The winner of this month's vote is Tom Darlington with his post on The brilliance of Bullmore. So well done to Tom, who joins the hall of fame. Nominations for the February vote will open up early in March all being well.
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Post of the Month – January 2022 – The Vote
Thanks for the nominations. So our vote this month is between: The Disapproval Matrix by Ann Freidman The language of your fathers by John Merrick The brilliance of Bullmore by Tom Darlington The Five Levels of Hype by Johannes Klingebiel We’ve been worrying about a crisis in effectiveness, new data shows its over by Dr Grace Kite…
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Google Firestarters Episode 16: Patricia McDonad
The latest episode of Google Firestarters is now out. This one is with the always-interesting Pats McDonald who is the Global Chief Strategy Officer, Creative, at Dentsu. Lots of wisdom from Pats in this episode. I loved the way in which she talked about how generosity should be a kind of operating system for strategists,…
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Post of the Month – January 2022 – Nominations
I'm a bit late with this (sorry – big deadline) but it's time to open nominations for Post of the Month. As usual I've listed a starting shortlist below but please do add to these and when I have a good number I'll pop them all up for the vote. You can nominate posts that…
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The Freedom to Create
Recently I've been dipping into the wonderful 'Every Frame a Painting' (sidebar: what a great name) series of video essays which looks at the art and craft of filmmaking. I watched this one the other day, focusing on how many modern films play safe with their music scores, and consequently how forgettable many of them…
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Post of the Month – December 2021 – The Vote
Thanks for the nominations all. So our vote this month is between: The Nature of Work by George Tannenbaum The best of minds, the worst of minds: are we mentally ready for the metaverse? by Amy Kean The ‘Long Nose’ theory of tech innovation by Clive Thompson My Strategy Journey by Richard Huntington Reinventing Consulting: From Time and Materials…
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Post of the Month – December 2021 – Nominations
It's time for the first Post of the Month vote of 2022. But first – nominations. If there is a great post that you've read over the past month do nominate it for the vote by sending me the link or by posting it in the comments below. When I have a good selection I'll…