Jon HowardMar 20, 20201 minCoronavirus shows our system is brokenIf there is one important lesson to be learnt from the current crisis (assumimg more proof was required post the 2008 crash), it's the 'r...
Jon HowardMar 16, 20201 minNew music: Lost Souls Of Saturn - Lost Souls Of SaturnHow to describe Lost Souls Of Saturn? I'll leave it to their Bandcamp: epic in scope, time and space, this multidimensional mind trip is ...
Jon HowardMar 13, 20203 minNow is the time for businesses to show a 'we understand' generosity of spiritLast week, high street retailer Wilko announced it is to cut sick pay entitlement for every member of staff in stores and distribution ce...
Jon HowardMar 11, 20201 minNew music: Wild Billy Childish - Last Punk StandingNot sure why I'd never listened to Wild Billy Childish before, as Last Punk Standing was one of my picks of 2019. I knew who he was: from...
Jon HowardMar 4, 20201 minNew music: Du Blonde - Lung Bread For DaddyA top find from last year: Lung Bread For Daddy, the second album from Du Blonde (third if you count the debut by her AKA Beth Jeans Houg...
Jon HowardMar 3, 20201 minOur Haribo ads are 5 star in GermanyCame across this when looking for something else entirely: a blog post from System1 Research on an assessment they did of advertising in...
Jon HowardMar 3, 20201 minCoronavirus: warning over lack of sick pay for gig economyThere's lots of cheerleaders for the gig economy, and the 'freedom' it brings. They are normally people who don't have to work in that wa...
Jon HowardMar 2, 20201 minAlways exciting to have a new Haribo ad on airThis time it's the police who take centre stage. More info here. (Quiet Storm)
Jon HowardFeb 27, 20201 minHeathrow third runway ruled illegal given potential climate impactNow that's a positive development. The economic argument was weak at best, and anyway should have taken a backseat to the environmental i...
Jon HowardFeb 25, 20201 minChlorine washing of chicken misses the wider animal welfare pointIn the debate about chlorinated chicken, the US keeps coming back to the point that their products are safe to eat. But the safety of chl...
Jon HowardFeb 21, 20201 minJP Morgan says fossil fuels are a world ending investmentWhen a leaked report from JP Morgan, the world’s largest financier of fossil fuels, warns clients that the climate crisis threatens the s...
Jon HowardFeb 20, 20201 minThe negative environmental impact of beauty productsFrom problems with recycling to glitter particles in our oceans, the beauty industry isn't great for the environmental according to this ...
Jon HowardFeb 18, 20201 minEcover take the fight to fast fashionAs a long-term Ecover buyer, I'm liking the new 'laundry against landfill' strategy. It takes a brand that always had a bit of a soft, hi...
Jon HowardFeb 17, 20201 minNew Heineken work hits the spotReally like this. Good insight. Simple idea.
Jon HowardFeb 13, 20202 minThe power of HabitsWe share a number of clients with Total Media, and their sister behavioural planning agency Behave.The latter have just started a series ...
Jon HowardFeb 13, 20201 minNew music: Jesca Hoop - StonechildOne of my 2019 top picks from someone I'd not come across before despite this being her 6th album: Stonechild by Jesca Hoop. Who, pop tri...
Jon HowardFeb 12, 20201 minBuying mattresses online may be convenient but it's not good for the environmentThe explosion in online mattress businesses has been one of the internet success stories of recent years. But what, on the face of it, se...
Jon HowardFeb 11, 20201 minBrand purpose bullshitNew Natwest Chief Exec on R4: "we have a new purpose which is to build a bank that is purpose-led". Followed by some vaguely generic desc...
Jon HowardFeb 10, 20201 minMicrosoft aim to be carbon negative by 2030I'd seen the headlines on this but not read the detail. And it's well worth it. Because where most countries/companies are fannying aroun...
Jon HowardFeb 5, 20201 minHow can both electric car sales and car emissions be growing?Seems counter intuitive yes? But in 2019 sales of electric cars doubled in the UK, which is good news. Yet car-related emissions increase...