Jon HowardJan 52 minWhat is the real cost of effective media?Some important advertising research came out at the end of last year, but it may have slipped under the festive radar. Lumen, working wit...
Jon HowardDec 31, 20203 minWhen we need biodiversity insurance it's time to start worryingUntil recently I knew very little about the company Swiss Re, aside from the fact they were the original owners of the Gherkin. And less ...
Jon HowardDec 10, 20201 minThe tipping point of stuff: what we make now outweighs all living thingsNot all our achievements are something to be proud of. Nor is climate change the only anthropogenic environmental crisis we face. Accordi...
Jon HowardDec 8, 20203 minWhy 'the same but green' is not enough to solve the environmental crisisTransitioning to new technology is never without downsides and teething troubles. And that's true even when the technology is as positive...
Jon HowardDec 4, 20201 minEsports 101: everything you didn't know you needed to knowFor most of us, if we know anything, our knowledge and understanding of esports probably doesn't get much beyond 'competitive video gamin...
Jon HowardNov 30, 20201 minNew Music: Rolling Blackout's C.F. - Sideways To New ItalySecond outing for Oz indie rockers Rolling Blackouts CF, with Sideways To New Italy (Sub Pop 'Loser Edition' on blue vinyl). Has a very s...
Jon HowardNov 24, 20203 minThat Ferrari might look sexy, but sometimes you need a Ford to do the heavy liftingAs with many things in life, so with vaccines: what shouts loudest and grabs the headlines fastest isn't necessarily the best answer. Whe...
Jon HowardNov 10, 20201 minNew Music: Ghostpoet - I Grow Tired But Dre Not Fall AsleepI didn't get on board with Ghostpoet (aka Obaro Ejimiwe) until his 4th album Dark Days + Canapés. That was great, and follow up I Grow Ti...
Jon HowardOct 26, 20202 minHow long is your long term vision?Future planning is important. What are we going to eat this week? How will we emerge well from the Covid pandemic? What are we doing to m...
Jon HowardOct 21, 20201 minMake racism extinct: new work for Create Not HateTo coincide with Black History Month, we have some new work out as part of our Create Not Hate initiative. Quick recap: CnH was founded b...
Jon HowardOct 19, 20205 minWhy there's more than 3 Rs in sustainabilityThe 3 Rs have been around for a long time now: reduce, reuse, recycle. Jack Johnson even wrote a song about them. But there is a strong c...
Jon HowardOct 6, 20201 minHow the financial markets could switch from environmental destroyers to saviours of the worldFollowing on from their must-read Living Planet report, Our Planet: Too Big To Fail is a new documentary from WWF that's definitely worth...
Jon HowardOct 5, 20201 minNew music: Sports Team - Deep Down HappyMid-90s Britpop meets mid-80s indie, in the cracking debut from Sports Team: Deep Down Happy. Some proper earworms too, especially Here's...
Jon HowardSep 23, 20202 minEnvironmental awareness starts youngThis is Juniper Hill school, at some point in the early to mid-70s (you can spot me if you know where to look). And it makes a strong cas...
Jon HowardSep 13, 20204 minIt's the environment stupid (in 3 parts)Covid. Recession. Brexit. Three immediate challenges we should be concerned about, of that there is no debate. But each is dwarfed (and p...
Jon HowardSep 9, 20201 minNew music: Shopping - All Or NothingOne of my finds of 2020 so far has to be Scottish post-punk-funk trio Shopping. What's such a surprise is that it's only with their 4th a...
Jon HowardSep 2, 20202 minIt's time to create not hateCreate Not Hate is the brainchild of Quiet Storm founder and ECD Trevor Robinson. Reflecting Trev's own journey from a disadvantaged and ...
Jon HowardAug 19, 20204 minWe can't let Covid distract us from the climate crisisThe latest edition of the GlobeScan/SustainAbility Sustainability Leaders survey has just been released. Running since 1997, the study as...
Jon HowardAug 13, 20201 min"And once more for the back: PEOPLE CAN'T BE ILLEGAL"I'm really not sure why everyone has got their knickers in such a twist over Ben & Jerry's tweets yesterday challenging our Government ov...
Jon HowardAug 13, 20201 minNew music: Nadia Reid - Out Of My ProvinceA new discovery for me, but one of my highlights of the year so far. Out Of My Province is the third album from New Zealand singer-songwr...