

Where were you when worlds collided?
Bullets flew past our heads in a Gaza playground, we were attacked with a machete in a Glasgow street, lost our money running a vineyard...
APG
May 14, 20133 min read


What is an Idea?
Proverbial life is full of little admonishments. Never volunteer. Never explain. Well at the APG we couldn’t survive without the mildly...
APG
Apr 24, 20136 min read
Launch | APG 2013 Creative Strategy Awards in association with Google
An Introduction to the APG 2013 Creative Strategy Awards in association with Google How to enter the APG 2013 Creative Strategy Awards...
APG
Jan 22, 20131 min read


Planning in Broadcasting – at the BBC
Tuesday night saw the inauguration of a new kind of APG event – the first in a new series of semi-educational evenings that we’ve called...
APG
Nov 15, 20126 min read


Planning 3.0 - Planning without a Roadmap
This evening’s Noisy Thinking was an early sell-out on-line, and the largest room in Google’s gorgeous offices was packed. Our three...
APG
Oct 8, 20126 min read


Whoever ‘owns’ the data owns the conversation
The fourth in the Noisy Thinking series for the APG took the beginning of the APG's Autumn programme by storm. This event had sold out...
APG
Sep 4, 20126 min read


Noisy Thinking Goes Global
Last night at Google there was a frenzy of interest in Global Planning – how to do it, what makes it great, what makes it terrible,...
APG
Jun 27, 20125 min read


What do you do to win, when you can’t afford to lose? Alistair Campbell at the APG’s Worlds Collide
What do you do to win, when you can’t afford to lose? The Account Planning Group brought together four people with radically different...
APG
May 31, 20123 min read


Business Bites Back
Last night at Fallon, the APG convened for some more Noisy Thinking about the present and future of planning. This time it was the turn...
APG
May 10, 20123 min read


What Great Strategists do to Win | APG Worlds Collide 2012
The APG Worlds Collide event certainly lived up to its ‘mind altering’ claim. Four inspiring talks on strategy from four great minds from...
APG
May 4, 20127 min read


What is the Future of Planning?
Where is planning going? This was the question that the APG posed on Tuesday 6th March to three planning luminaries- Adam Morgan, Richard...
APG
Mar 8, 20122 min read


APG Young Talent Award
It’s the opportunity for Young Talent to tell us your ideas. Create a brand from scratch that will appeal to your person (aged 16-22) and...
APG
Apr 21, 20113 min read


Head, Heart or Herd | How best to understand the consumer
Science and consumer thinking evolve. New models emerge explaining how and why consumers do the things they do, and new techniques arise...
APG
Oct 6, 20101 min read


Neuroscience (with Professor Gemma Calvert)
As we understand more about how human beings really work, old ways of thinking are challenged and new models and methods to understand...
APG
Sep 15, 20101 min read


The Art of Persuasion
Dave Trott is amongst the best-known names in advertising. He’s responsible for a string of memorable campaigns, has worked and studied...
APG
May 4, 20101 min read