New music: Mott The Hoople - The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll
Strange as it may seem, UK supermarket Sainsbury every now and them comes up with a nice album exclusive, often on orange vinyl (to match...
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Championing integration and diversity in adland.
Well done to Trev: on of the 30 people announced in Campaign's inaugural iList celebrating champions of diversity in our industry.
The Climate Emergency is a far greater risk than coronavirus
The World Economic Forum released their 2020 Global Risks Report in early Jan, just before Covid hit, which included this summary... It's...
What leadership under challenging conditions doesn't look like
Leadership requires credibility, consistency, empathy and trust if you want people to follow. So when Government science adviser Prof...
U-turns in politics should be seen as a good thing
Clearly this should have never happened in the first place. Particularly as it came hot on the heels of Priti Patel putting the boot in...
Give key workers a medal
Though this arguably falls into the 'thoughts and prayers' camp of Covid ads I'm generally quite scathing about, I've found myself liking...
Communicating in a crisis
Tom Fishburne nails it again in his piece on communicating in a crisis. I particularly like his point about empathy vs. sympathy: that...
A complete failure of empathy
Wow. And wow again. Talk about hypocrisy married to a complete failure of empathy, compassion and basic human decency for the key workers...
Are we on the verge of bio-degradable plastic?
A glimmer of good news on the environment front, with the announcement of plant-based plastic bottles that are both recyclable and will...
Time to Zoom in the Tardis
As WFH and video conferencing becomes the new normal, the BBC have made pix of famous sets available for use as Zoom backgrounds. Got to...
In a crisis honesty matters
Yes it's been challenging, but 69% of the population still think the Government have handled the Covid situation badly...which is broadly...
A failure of proper planning (without any of the consequences)
Thought experiment for you... A company sources a bulk order of widgets that are urgently required to keep the production line moving,...
Addressing climate change in a post-pandemic world
Lest we forget there's bigger challenges than Covid-19 out there, this is a a great piece from Mckinsey (the management consultancy) on...
Half of online ad spend actually goes to intermediaries
A new ISBA / PwC study has found that only 50% of 'premium' online spend actually reaches the platforms it's supposed to be spent on. The...
Enough of the Covid-washing advertising please
Cadbury have just released a lovely ad celebrating community spirit under Covid, and asking that we don't forget the lessons of this when...
Green stimulus can repair global economy and climate
So says a study from Oxford University reported in the Guardian. Well we can hope, as there's no point going back to how things were as...
Debunking the 'Covid-19 causes 5G' conspiracy
Great video from the Guardian debunking the 'Covid-19 causes 5G' conspiracy theory BS. Now there may be many good arguments against the...
Leeds crowned champions (by Reading Uni simulation)
On to more important matters. In a reflection of how we may need to decide all sorts of things going forward in Covid-time, Reading Uni...
Haribo to be part of the People's Ad Break
A great idea from ITV. With everyone stuck at home, and discovering hidden creative talents, offer up 5 of the Nation's favourite ad...
IPA Effectiveness Awards entry? Finished!
Haven't written one of these for many years. Had forgotten 1) how much effect's involved and 2) how rewarding it it is. Because it's...