The one project each year that actually matters.
Most marketing organisations are highly competent at optimisation. They refine campaigns, improve conversion, reduce waste, tighten messaging and build ever more sophisticated dashboards. That discipline is essential. Execution keeps a business alive. But optimisation has a structural limitation. It is path dependent. It improves what already exists, yet rarely questions whether what exists is still…
In the absence of a proper idea, people drink the sand.
In many organisations, marketing does not begin with a sharp point of view. It begins with alignment. Consultation. The balancing of legitimate interests. That is reasonable. It is also why so few plans contain a genuine choice. What emerges is thoughtful, defensible and broadly supported. It reads well. It survives meetings. It accommodates multiple audiences…
Destinations as the new brand campaigns
Scroll through Instagram or TikTok and you’ll see it everywhere. Influencers starring in TV commercials. Creators delivering tiny, scripted brand moments that fit their tone, their rhythm, their world. We tend to label this as something new. Influencer marketing evolving. Creator-first advertising. But there’s one category that has quietly been doing this far longer and…
When You Move People, You Create a Movement
It doesn’t start with consensus.It doesn’t start with alignment. Or a perfectly crafted strategy deck.It starts with someone who decides to care enough to act. If you want to make something happen — something real — you’ll have to step forward. You’ll need to take the lead, not with a megaphone, but with a story.…
The Art of Asking for Help
Marketers are often portrayed as jacks of all trades—connecting people, business, and ideas into a unified goal, whether it’s a campaign, a new product launch, or a business objective. They swoop in like superheroes, capes fluttering (any color will do), ready to save the day. And, of course, they announce it all over LinkedIn. Amazing…
2025: TIME TO NAG THE HELL OUT OF YOUR AGENCY
A brand new year. Time to turn those reflections from your end-of-year LinkedIn post into action. Your plans for your brand — and perhaps even more importantly, your career or LinkedIn presence — have no time to waste. All jokes aside, it’s go-time. Valentine’s Day is already lurking around the corner. After that, it’s that…
Why You Should Leave Creative Work to the Professionals.
Over the years, I’ve seen the full spectrum of creative processes—from brilliant campaigns to misguided attempts at DIY marketing. One of the most common traps I see many businesses fall into is believing they can take the creative reins themselves, designing ads or campaigns as if it’s just another fun project. To be fair, I’m…
Ideas fade away like a Greek party island polaroid.
The eternal struggle. Marketers and creatives. How often do I see posts on LinkedIn how ad creatives should be relied on more to do their thing and for marketers to stay in their respective corner. That it would lead to better and more daring campaigns. The thing is, we’re not living in the 80s anymore.…
PRE-READS SPOIL THE FUN OF BRIEFINGS.
So Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense plays a character who’s already dead. Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker’s father and Hugh Grant ends up never marrying in Four Weddings and a Funeral. Fun right, all those spoilers? Well, apologies if you haven’t seen these movies yet (shame on you). They’re still great to watch. Really.…
Ask How: Rethinking Leadership Dynamics.
Over the years, one runs into many managers and execs. Not only are people different in character, but also in management style. I have become a big fan of the “tell what, ask how” school of thought, and less of the micromanagement way of doing things. Remembering the time I had to prep a presentation…
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