I have always hated hobbies, even the very idea of hobbies. They seem to me to be childish pastimes attracting a childish name. The word…
There is eternal battle that I fight every single day of my working life. It’s by no means exclusive to strategists and planners in advertising…
This post has an intent, something that I advise that you do immediately you have read it. And that is to join a choir. And…
I’m no great fan of monotheism The idea that there is one true god, one answer to the entirety of life, the universe and everything…
I’m not going to pretend that speaking at the APG’s inaugural ‘Think Like a CSO’ (Chief Strategy Officer) sponsored and hosted by Mintel was anything…
I tend to try and channel Eddie Izzard when presenting – find your presentation hero? I love presenting, its one of the greatest aspects of…
The passage in Songlines in which Bruce Chatwin names the Moleskine. Image courtesy of Songlines. The biggest cliché in advertising is not lunching at the…
The original Forward thinking motherfucker. I gave a little talk at an APG (Account Planning Group) event recently. It’s a regular series of talks…
My last Day in Oxford owing to work commitments – that old problem of prioritising the urgent over the important – and a corker as…
Not a vintage TED day as far as I am concerned but one or two highlights.
OK, so here are the people and talks that I think are really worth following up form day one of TED Global. Of course the…
Manhattan on the 12th September 1609 and today. Image courtesy of Traceybrown914 Last but not least the best from the final morning session.
