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Posted on16/04/202516/04/2025Advertising

The subconscious sell: Surrealism’s enduring impact on advertising

by RichardLeave a comment on The subconscious sell: Surrealism’s enduring impact on advertising

To suggest that surrealism has had a powerful effect on the discipline of advertising is a significant understatement. There is a strong argument that the…

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Posted on14/04/202514/04/2025Advertising, Brands, Strategy

Is creativity killing us?

by RichardLeave a comment on Is creativity killing us?

The most pressing issue facing advertising today is the collapse our industry’s economics. The plain fact is we are paid less and less for the…

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Posted on11/11/202411/11/2024Advertising, Economics

The UK Budget and growth – an adland view

by Richard1 Comment on The UK Budget and growth – an adland view

I was asked for my view on the impact of the long awaited UK Budget – the first from the new Labour Government. This is…

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Posted on29/10/2023Advertising, Articles and columns

If you want to be right, try being wrong

by RichardLeave a comment on If you want to be right, try being wrong

The more fashionable parts of the advertising industry have always liked failure. They go on and on about how important it is to fail. To…

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Posted on27/08/202327/08/2023Advertising, Provocations

We need to think more about advertising

by Richard3 Comments on We need to think more about advertising

I am no fan of intellectuals. The people that complicate, theorise, pontificate and posture. With little effect on the real world. Marketing is a simple…

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Posted on03/07/2023Advertising, Personal growth

The art of sustainable success

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Once upon a time even I was in my 30s. At the time I was trying to forge a name and reputation in the advertising…

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Posted on30/05/2023Advertising, Provocations

When it comes to vaping, let’s not make the mistakes of the past

by RichardLeave a comment on When it comes to vaping, let’s not make the mistakes of the past

I have always believed that advertising and regulation go hand in hand. Advertising needs regulating because of its power. We understand that better than anyone…

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Posted on01/01/202205/11/2022Advertising, Brands, Feral Strategy, HHCL, Saatchi & Saatchi, Strategy

My strategy journey

by Richard16 Comments on My strategy journey

I have built a professional life thinking about brands and putting that thinking into practice for many organisations. But this was all a bit of…

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Posted on25/09/202125/09/2021Advertising, Articles and columns

Why we need to be a bit more T-A-M-M-Y

by Richard1 Comment on Why we need to be a bit more T-A-M-M-Y

This story is about country music, emotion and how we truly connect with our audiences. I wrote it a while ago but was reminded of…

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Posted on28/03/202118/11/2024Advertising

A love letter to the agency

by Richard5 Comments on A love letter to the agency

This is a love letter. To the most enduring love of my life. I first came across the object of my affection a little over…

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Posted on03/01/202103/01/2021Advertising, Articles and columns, Saatchi & Saatchi

Advertising needs more chutzpah

by RichardLeave a comment on Advertising needs more chutzpah

At the end of last year I wrote a piece celebrating 50 years of Saatchi & Saatchi. We aren’t much given to looking backwards as…

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Posted on31/08/202018/11/2024Advertising, Politics, Provocations

Government communications aren’t just about crisis

by RichardLeave a comment on Government communications aren’t just about crisis

Our countryside has taken a bit of a hammering this summer, or at least parts and parcels of our countryside. As lockdown has eased and…

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Adliterate has been delivering radical thinking for the brand advice business for 20 years. My intention is to take a more radical view of issues in order to solve deep seated problems and I set myself against orthodoxy in any form. Adliterate is also deliberately provocative, because life is more fun that way. Much of my thinking on brand strategy is now availble in Feral Strategy, my new book which is available here.

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