I've been exposed to the full spectrum of review processes over the years, from sticking-needles-in-your-eyes to OMG-what-a-wonderful-relationship-that-would-be. Here's what I believe works best for all parties. Keep your list of participants as small as possible. A short list of three is ideal. If you can, [...]
You avoid a relationship review by having a relationship review. Let me be more specific: You avoid the big, formal competitive business relationship review (which the agency world so colourfully, albeit inaccurately, calls the gang bang) by having regular little reviews along the way. These [...]
Please allow me to re-visit what is now very old news in the social media world. Somehow I missed it when it happened. Malcolm Gladwell, journalist and author of significant acclaim, wrote an article which appeared in The New Yorker magazine’s October 2010 issue titled: [...]
Humour in marketing. No weapon in the marketers’ arsenal is as potentially powerful and so often misused. At the most simplistic level, humour in marketing works like this: If an ad makes us smile, we like the ad and the brand too. I get the [...]
Throughout history, every generation seems to accuse those following of being less socially polite and respectful. There is a lot at play in this comment. It can’t be completely true or we would all be treating one another like Neanderthals by now. I think it’s [...]
In case you hadn't guessed, one of my very favourite things is mountain biking. There are many reasons for this: You do it outdoors, often in incredibly beautiful places It's a big physical and mental challenge without the monotony of road biking or spinning It's safer than road [...]
