The advertising industry has become a place where machines have replaced people, jobs have become soul-less, and data is treated as royalty – this before AI gets into its stride. Much present-day advertising is ineffective, inefficient, unaccountable,...
Relationships, Dear Boy… Harold Macmillan, UK Prime Minister in the 1960s was once asked by a journalist what was the most difficult thing about being Prime Minister. His reply: “Events dear boy, events.” It may be unfashionable to say so but the most difficult thing...
With thanks to The Cog Blog. “One of the unintentionally hilarious things about LinkedIn is the number of earnest posts telling us all what we can learn from this event or that occurrence. ‘5 Things Every Marketer Should Take From King Charles’ Coronation’. The...
This week’s blog comes courtesy of our friends at Make Happy. We’ve all been there, that moment of hesitation before approaching a colleague with feedback, or that uncomfortable feeling when discussing complex issues at work. We often choose to delay or...
The blog post below is the latest from our friends at The Cog Blog. I would draw your attention in particular to this thought: Great media thinking has always been about putting your client’s messages in those places most likely to drive a return, to which I would...
Today’s blog is about collaboration, and the benefits of working together. It’s taken from a 2022 blog by Brian Jacobs of The Cog Blog. Like Brian (and indeed with him), I worked at Leo Burnett for many years, so the below really resonated with me. I...
