Sorry for the absence of posts in the last week, I’ve been flat-out pitching. Which involved visiting yet another conveniently located client 4 ½ hours drive away. We did travel in the Fun Bus though so the journey home went by quite quickly thanks to chick flicks on DVD and back issues of Heat magazine. … Continue reading on Fun Buses and office furnishings
Category: Work
Estimated time of completion
Yesterday’s client meeting went on a little longer than planned, resulting in a mad dash back down the A1. So I’m working on a formula to calculate what the actual length of any meeting might be:
How To Survive In Business
As we tried to get our key cards to work in yet another soulless business hotel earlier this week, it struck researcher Louise and I that what recent graduates really need is a post-grad course on How To Survive in Business, i.e. the stuff they never teach you at Uni but you need to know … Continue reading How To Survive In Business
quote of the week
From a respondent in a mail order group I was viewing last night: Moderator: “So what do you do with your catalogue when it arrives?” Respondent: “I take it straight to the toilet”
In search of missing stuff
I seem to have spent a large chunk of this week charging round the office hunting down missing books, scalpels, calculators etc. Which has reminded me of the Allan Ahlberg poem ‘Scissors’, which I’ve adapted here for agency use: Scalpels don’t lose themselves, Melt away, or explode. Scalpels have not got Legs of their own … Continue reading In search of missing stuff
Are you *quite sure* Mr Client?
Email today from Mr Big Shot Client asking to move some of his groups from viewing to in-home as he would like to actually sit in on them. I can only assume that he’s never spent three hours crammed into a corner of a suburban living room, precariously perched on an ancient velvet pouffe while … Continue reading Are you *quite sure* Mr Client?
news just in
In breaking news, I spotted a Creative type at work tapping away at laptop that was not made by Apple. And it was running Windows. I suspect it was the tasteful shade of orangey pink that swung it.
don’t bother showing up if you’re just going to sit quietly
Prolific marketing blogger and author Seth Godin writes: [if you employ knowledge workers] it's hard for me to see why you'd bother having someone come all the way to an office just to sit in a cube and type. He also comments don't bother showing up if you're just going to sit quietly. He’s right - space is … Continue reading don’t bother showing up if you’re just going to sit quietly
The Flying Planner
I sometimes feel like a kind of Flying Doctor type Planner. In an agency with lots of medium and smaller sized accounts and only a couple of Planners, I often end up flying in to address an issue, fix a problem or support a pitch – and then flying off to answer the next emergency … Continue reading The Flying Planner
email today from the Traffic department
I can confirm today is Tuesday. I know it's the first day of the working week and it's a bit confusing, but today is Tuesday and tomorrow will still be Wednesday. On the plus side, this means Friday arrives 24 hours earlier in your working week than usual. On the minus side, this means Friday … Continue reading email today from the Traffic department