My Brand Of The Month For March Is Tesco

Tesco uses marketing first principles of audience understanding and consistency to solve a gnarly communications challenge. A range message is one of the hardest messages to communicate – especially when […]
The HOW Of Leading Well (And Living Well): They’re Not The Same Thing

The leaders I sit across from every week are, almost without exception, very good at their jobs and quietly exhausted by their lives. Not broken, not failing, just running two […]
Dear Ken Cheng: I Accidentally Posted A Picture Of My Nipple In The Slack Chat

Our resident corporate Agony Uncle, CEO Ken Cheng, tackles business challenges – so you don’t have to Dear Ken Cheng, I accidentally posted a picture of my nipple in the […]
Dear Ken Cheng: Do You Ever Have Meetings Where You Want To Punch Someone?

Our resident corporate Agony Uncle, CEO Ken Cheng, tackles business challenges – so you don’t have to. Dear Ken Cheng, Do you ever have meetings where you want to punch […]
Dear Ken Cheng: My Child Wants To Be A Disney Princess On World Book Day. What Should I do?

Our resident corporate Agony Uncle, CEO Ken Cheng, tackles business challenges – so you don’t have to. Dear Ken Cheng, I’m worried my child is picking bad books as inspiration […]
Four Marketing Transformation Playbooks. None Of Them Scale.

Long term support and advisory board member of Little Grey cells Club, Cecilia Weckstrom’s latest paper. Every marketing function I’ve watched try to transform has run one of four playbooks. […]
Effectiveness Espresso: How BT Made Boring Feel Brilliant

In this series, Rob Estreitinho looks at the advertising that actually works (with results), so you don’t have to. This week: BT Enterprise. The problem BT was losing market share […]
Dear Ken Cheng: My Employee Is Crying A Lot. What Should I Do?

Our resident corporate Agony Uncle, CEO Ken Cheng, tackles business challenges – so you don’t have to. Dear Ken Cheng, I have an employee who seems to be crying a […]
Effectiveness Espresso: The Power Of A F*ck-up

In his new weekly series, strategist Rob Estreitinho looks at the advertising that actually works (with results), so you don’t have to. This week: Hiscox. Few things keep more of […]
What if HOW you react under pressure is costing you?

Ever paused to notice what happens in your body when you read the words “high stakes?” Do you feel a pull of energy, that positive rush before something important? Or […]