

Planners Unmasked | Stephanie Simon
Recognise the importance of collaboration. Ideas can come from anywhere, being collaborative right at the beginning of the process...
APG
Sep 2, 20162 min read


Planners Unmasked | James Lees
Solid writing skills are pretty essential whether you’re creating a brand or just writing a presentation. Practice, practice, practice...
APG
Aug 26, 20165 min read


Planners Unmasked | Louise Windo
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
APG
Aug 19, 20162 min read


Planners Unmasked | Matt Box
We should all aim to understand our client's problems more, not show off how much we already know.
APG
Aug 12, 20162 min read


Drinking, chatting, fighting, smoking and bags of provocation
Well done to all those who entered our terrifyingly hard and devastatingly serious quiz. I know you’re a fearfully competitive bunch so...
APG
Aug 10, 20164 min read


Michelin-Starred Strategy
If you’re sharpening your strategic smarts, here’s some food for thought As Antoine de Saint-Exupery once said, “True happiness comes...
APG
Aug 3, 20168 min read


Planners’ Cannes: The ones that won and the ones that got away
Bullshit, insights, Rembrandt, long-term campaigns, diversity, altered reality; it could only be a bunch of planners talking creativity....
APG
Jul 21, 20165 min read


Breaking into Planning
In 1982, Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in his first real box-office hit, Conan the Barbarian. Although the bizarre fight scenes and poor...
APG
Jul 11, 20165 min read


The Rise of the Uber Planner
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...
APG
Jul 6, 201611 min read


APG & Flamingo Panel Discussion: The Power of Culture for Social Good
It's widely accepted that brands need to develop meaningful cultural connections. And as more brands create explicit programmes for...
APG
Jul 5, 20162 min read


Insights from APG Careers in Strategy Evening
Last night Mintel hosted the APG for a session where we explored different 'flavours' of strategy and the diverse ways in which planners...
APG
Jun 30, 20163 min read


APG West | We are on our way
APG West started with questions, not answers. What would people in Bristol, Bath and the surrounding area need from the APG? What...
APG
Jun 15, 20162 min read


Things Work Best at the Human Level
Steve Hilton is a former director of strategy for David Cameron. He spent a year as a visiting scholar at Stanford University. He is...
APG
Jun 3, 20163 min read


A Definition of Thinking
Baroness Susan Greenfield is a scientist, author and broadcaster with a special interest in how technology impacts our personalities by...
APG
Jun 3, 20163 min read


How technology will influence how we work
Pop culture’s representation of AI would have us think it’s the stuff of a dystopian future. But in reality it’s closer than we think,...
APG
Jun 1, 20164 min read
