APG
- Sep 2, 2016
- 2 min
Planners Unmasked | Stephanie Simon
WHAT 3 SKILLS SHOULD EVERY GOOD PLANNER POSSESS? - Simplicity of thought: Sometimes people get caught in the trap of over-complicating things from the off - simple ideas are much more likely to become big ideas. - Tenacity: Being instinctive when you think something is interesting and running with it. It also helps to be tenacious when you're trying to get your foot in the door, no is never a resounding no, it's often just a not right now. - A thirst for knowledge: Constant
APG
- Aug 19, 2016
- 2 min
Planners Unmasked | Louise Windo
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR JOB TO A 7 YEAR OLD CHILD? I’ve been saying for a while now that I think we strategists could learn a lot about workshop design and facilitation from school teachers. So to keep this in a realm very familiar to a 7 year old and build on the work/school comparison I would explain that I spend a lot of time doing the following: Making sense of what the grown-ups are saying; encouraging people to talk and play nicely with each other; and attemptin
APG
- Jun 17, 2015
- 1 min
APG 2015 Student and Young Planner Awards Judging Panel
Our judging panel convened yesterday at Twitter to debate the shortlist for these brand new APG awards. A tough task: the authors did much to confirm our hopes that we are continuing to draw great strategic talent towards the industry. We saw a wide variety of intelligent strategic responses from around the world: Singapore, Tehran, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Canada. It was a tough choice - all of the entries had strengths, but we have arrived at our final choices for Go
APG
- Mar 1, 2015
- 2 min
Launch of APG 2015 Student & Young Planner Awards
I couldn't be more delighted to be Chairing the judging panel for a new award for the APG. Firstly, to be contributing a new building block to this prestigious monument in the planning world is a great honour. Secondly, it speaks to two of my own passionate interests: raising the profile of a career in strategy and planning within the student talent pool, and celebrating the power of the creative thinking that our youngest strategists can already bring to the industry.
The
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