Brexit & Branding: Minding the (social) gaps…
This is a piece first published in Spanish, by the good people of AEDEMO in the March edition of their magazine. If you’ve never visited the UK, the term ‘mind the gap’ might… Continue reading
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Nothing succeeds like…enthusiasm (?)
The great man speaks. He knew a thing or two about making ‘quality content’. It is often said that advertising is an art, not a science. That it is a trade, not… Continue reading
Thinking about thinking…
Thinking about thinking (the author isn’t pictured, ahem!) Happy 2019! Some time earlier in 2018, I was very fortunate to be interviewed by the very bright, very thoughtful Rob at Salmon Theory. He… Continue reading
The value of nuance…(or how I learned to start worrying and love subtlety):
On the face of it, being definitive is definitely in these days. Being definitive just seems so authoritative. So in charge and on top of things. Just the sort of quality you’d… Continue reading
When did making work, work become unfashionable?
The importance planning in creating business changing ideas – in a world which has commodified them.
Frothy Thinking…
A frothy sea. Or, a meringue on a cheesecake base. One or the other. I’ve been sparked into blogging because of something which has happened to me a few times over the past… Continue reading
On Advertising & Social Mobility…
How social mobility could work in Advertising (?) Via. As ever, I seem to perennially write this blog when I have something to rant or muse about, and this post is no different. It concerns… Continue reading
‘How Brands are Built in a Digital Age’: My submission…
Hello there. So, I’ve just learned I didn’t get shortlisted for an Admap prize, on the topic of how brands are built in the digital age. Which is a great shame, but no doubt… Continue reading
There’s not one way to play…
Brendan Rodgers, current Liverpool manager – and one of the chief exponents of this kind of thing. There’s a creeping malady that seems to be infecting apparently sane people. In fact, it’s less… Continue reading
When a Planning book isn’t a planning book…
For the day job, I’m a big believer in reading as widely as possible. There’s a great danger in getting locked into reading the latest business or planning book, and undergoing planning ‘groupthink’… Continue reading