The G.K.Chesterton experiment continues – and I am enjoying it – but I became aware not that long after my first steps into Lake Chesterton, that I would want something else to complement its cool, lapping and soothing waters: that “something” has turned out to be George Steiner. Steiner is a long-term hero of mine, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Advertising Agency’
Enthusiasm for Elitism
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising Agency, Elitism, G.K.Chesterton, George Steiner, Hanif Kureishi, Ideas, Shakespeare, Work on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Open Plan Experiment
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising Agency, Office Moves on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Times are `ard. Even in the well-heeled regions of Chelsea, where my office is, there is less of a spring in the step of the Tod-loafered bankers and Louboutin-shod lunchers: fear is in the air. In reaction to this, Agency has decided to let the lease on one of the floors we rent expire, with [...]
I Think I Preferred Gandalf
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Advertising Agency, Advertising Planning, Exhausted Creative Director, Gandalf, Jordan, Wife on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fuck me, but I have seen some shit ideas in my time. In my line of work, it’s inevitable - but some that stand out were an idea for a brand of Bitter which consisted of a procession through the streets of Derby, led by a chimp with the followers of the town marching behind [...]
Moving
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Advertising Agency, Moving Office, Planning on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So… for the ninth time in nearly three years, I am moving offices. Normally, there is a specious, meretricious justification for the move. “Planning and Creative need to sit together!”, “Planning needs its own identity!”, “Worldwide should feel like part of London!” (the unintentional hubristic comedy of this point still eludes those people who run [...]
In Search of Mojo
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Advertising Agency, Advertising Planning, American Diva Planning Friend, Enthusiastic Account Guy, Old Friend at Work on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve written previously about the lack of appetite that everyone around me appears to have for their job at the moment. A new entrant into the fray has been Enthusiastic Account Guy, who was telling me during our day trip to China that he also felt that he’d lost his sense of purpose and enthusiasm: [...]
“Where are the Munchkins?”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Advertising Agency, Munchkins on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Brilliant New Planner was telling me a story of her unsuccessful days in Account Handling in New York. Her agency was pitching for a large bit of business: large enough, it would seem, for the CEO to be running the pitch himself, and for his displeasure at his teams apparent lack of “Can do” spirit [...]
The Freakshow Workshop
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Advertising Agency, Singapore, Workshop on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fuck me: we have got some FREAKS working at our agency. I was reminded of this when having dinner with Women Employed to Work in London But Moved To Singapore By Travesty Of All Things Gay. She reminded me of the day that we held an Asia-specific workshop with attendees from all our agencies in [...]
Creativity and Collaboration
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Advertising Agency, Advertising Planning, Creativity, Singapore, Woody Allen in Robert de Niro's Body Creative Director on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am at the start of what I think is going to be a very long process of writing a book on the above idea. I’m looking at collaborations between partners in diverse fields, hoping to identify a series of common principles or even practices that can be imported into any situation where creativity is [...]
The Ur Playground
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Advertising Agency, facebook, Twitter, Wife, Woody Allen in Robert de Niro's Body Creative Director on April 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wife has come to the opinion that the defining location in humans’ lives is the school playground: there is simply too much “adult” behaviour that confirms her in this belief for her to consider otherwise (she has recently been subjected to the oddest bout of “I want you to be my friend, not hers” and [...]
Angry and Disappointed
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Advertising Agency, Enthusiastic Account Guy, Favourite Client, Woody Allen in Robert de Niro's Body Creative Director on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friday saw me fuming at Woody Allen in Robert de Niro’s Body Creative Director, but falling short of the full shouty-crackers, as he has the resilience and maturity of Daughter, and I saw no point in entering the weekend in a really bad mood. Essentially, he didn’t show up for work all week (two days [...]
