

Video Effectiveness
APG have partnered with YouTube to launch the inaugural YouTube Works for Brands initiative. This aims to highlight the growing...
APG
Jan 17, 20172 min read


2017 a year of transformation
Hello, and welcome to 2017. A new year which brings not only exciting new possibilities, but a new reality politically and socially. A...
APG
Jan 16, 20172 min read


Digital Years are like Dog Years
Digital years being like dog years (one human = seven dog), 84 years ago, I edited an APG book called The Communications Challenge – all...
APG
Dec 16, 20162 min read


Think like a CSO (with Stuart Bowden)
Stuart Bowden is the Global CSO at MEC and a man of vision; a vision shaped by an eclectic career across media and ad agencies, a period...
APG
Dec 12, 20164 min read


APG West does SMW
Last month Bristol held its first ever Social Media Week. There were more than fifty events, and more than 1500 people attended or spoke...
APG
Dec 2, 20162 min read


What transformed your thinking in 2016?
It’s a good question, and with a year like 2016, rich pickings for the thoughtful strategist. It’s also the reason why we have chosen...
APG
Nov 30, 20165 min read


Why being a Planner is like being an Icelandic detective
It's not just the long, gloomy Icelandic winters that make Detective Erlendur Sveinsson a rather moody figure. His life has had more than...
APG
Nov 16, 20162 min read


APG West | Perspectives in Planning
At the beginning of his talk last week, Mark Hancock, head of planning at The Real Adventure, noted the habit former Tesco CEO Terry...
APG
Nov 8, 20165 min read


Workshop-tastic.. a short-ish rant
Warning: Short Rant Follows: Is it just me or do more and more of our clients (and, sadly, some colleagues) think they can answer nutty...
APG
Nov 7, 20161 min read


A Reasonable Rant
Being a planner today is bewildering. Or at least, I am bewildered. Big picture wise, in line with client-agency relationships, the role...
APG
Oct 21, 20166 min read


Planners Unmasked | Pietro Barbieri-Hermitte
Give yourself this one rule: you have one chance to get your idea across. If it works, you’re a hero, if you mistime it, it’ll get lost...
APG
Oct 15, 20163 min read


Planners Unmasked | Cedric Legrand
I see planning as a creative discipline, and I think creativity has a lot to do with synthesis. Don’t artists synthesise within culture...
APG
Oct 7, 20163 min read


Planners Unmasked | Alexi Gunner
Go beyond the laptop and beyond the office if you want to understand your client’s consumers. Watch people, observe what goes on around you.
APG
Sep 30, 20162 min read


Planners Unmasked | Stefan Schoombee
My job is to make sure you see an advertisement you like! Whether when you're watching your favourite TV show, or before a movie, or even..
APG
Sep 23, 20161 min read


Why did we stop listening? Brand lessons from Brexit
For our first Noisy Thinking of the Autumn we stepped outside the immediate confines of our world for a theme and for our speakers. A...
APG
Sep 20, 20165 min read