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Adland is like a big adult playground, where you try and come up with a new and better game than the other guy, every day.

The age of personalisation of goods and services is just beginning, which is going to present significant challenges, as well as...

Earlier this week, I saw a Power Point chart that seemed to encapsulate my entire career in one sentence and a picture. I’ve changed the...

Recognise the importance of collaboration. Ideas can come from anywhere, being collaborative right at the beginning of the process...

Solid writing skills are pretty essential whether you’re creating a brand or just writing a presentation. Practice, practice, practice...

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

We should all aim to understand our client's problems more, not show off how much we already know.

Well done to all those who entered our terrifyingly hard and devastatingly serious quiz. I know you’re a fearfully competitive bunch so...

If you’re sharpening your strategic smarts, here’s some food for thought As Antoine de Saint-Exupery once said, “True happiness comes...

Bullshit, insights, Rembrandt, long-term campaigns, diversity, altered reality; it could only be a bunch of planners talking creativity....

In 1982, Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in his first real box-office hit, Conan the Barbarian. Although the bizarre fight scenes and poor...

Jon Leach, Head of Planning at Chime, argues that more and more we do not have the time or resources to do proper, classical planning. If...

It's widely accepted that brands need to develop meaningful cultural connections. And as more brands create explicit programmes for...

Last night Mintel hosted the APG for a session where we explored different 'flavours' of strategy and the diverse ways in which planners...

APG West started with questions, not answers. What would people in Bristol, Bath and the surrounding area need from the APG? What...