We call the car park at work Carmageddon as the parking situation is so dire. To make things more complicated, in the absence of a company car scheme we all seem to have bought the same car so finding and releasing your vehicle in order to get home at night is getting a tad challenging. … Continue reading Carmageddon
Category: Work
blurring boundaries
I just read a great post from Drew McLellan on the blurring of boundaries between our home and work lives. Its not exactly a hot new trend, but an incredibly important one. To my mind, its not just that our personal lives are being invaded by work - in return our working lives are having … Continue reading blurring boundaries
provisioning for proximity
Sat at my desk trying to tune out the multiple conversations and ringtones going on around me in our very open plan but very jam packed office, I was reassured to read in the New York Times that google have done some research into how information flows inside creative businesses (using themselves as guinea pigs) … Continue reading provisioning for proximity
This year’s welcome-back-to-work gift
Following last year's plant, this morning we were welcomed back to work with a colourful 'thoughts pad' on each desk, topped with the quietly uplifting message below: Bless. Also bless Admin for supplying the coffee and pastries that are going to be instrumental in getting us through our first proper full day's work in weeks.
what did you do last night to make me feel proud?
I went to 'London 2012: The Ultimate Pitch' last night at The Royal Armouries, hosted by Leeds Media. Part one: Daryl Goodrich, director of the 'Sport at Heart' and 'Inspiration' films that were instrumental in helping London to win the 2012 Olympics talked us through both films, complete with storyboards, anecdotes and the tale of … Continue reading what did you do last night to make me feel proud?
Jeremy and the Staufenbergers
I sent a client off to check out another agency's blog recently. Actually, I sent them off to read a speech from 1972. No, I'm not trying to lose the account - I pointed my client towards Jeremy Bullmore's 1972 address ' the consumer has a mind as well as a stomach', hosted on the … Continue reading Jeremy and the Staufenbergers
developing the agency bods of tomorrow
I spent some time this morning chatting to a group of teachers and course leaders who are busy putting the finishing touches to the new 14-19 Creative & Media Diploma. A selection of bods from my agency talked about our roles and how we got into the industry. We quickly reached a consensus that the … Continue reading developing the agency bods of tomorrow
Am I really the best person to be working on the agency’s gardening account?
New plant, January 2007 Same plant, November 2007 Sigh.
best advice
I've had a couple of instances recently where I've had to tell a client that what they are proposing is mind numbingly, completely the wrong thing to do. To explain that I'm giving them our best advice and that we wouldn't do it if it was our money. But do they act on my advice? In … Continue reading best advice
Generalist or Specialist? Whose responsibility?
I was having a chat with someone with decades more agency experience behind them than me yesterday about integrated agencies and their evolving role. His take was that the problem was that an integrated model required Specialist account managers (DM, Advertising, PR etc.) but Generalist account directors who could advise their clients across multiple disciplines/specialisms/channels. The snag … Continue reading Generalist or Specialist? Whose responsibility?