HERDspotting At The Turning Point
These are the inbetween days. The days between the long, hot summer, the unnaturally long, hot summer we’ve sweated through this year, and the autumn that the poetic souls long […]
The Lost Art Of Reviewing Creative
There was a time when making an ad was a big deal. A 30-second TV spot could take months to plan and produce. OOH had to be booked months ahead. […]
I Saw An Employee With Another Boss And Felt White Hot Rage
In this week’s Agony Uncle surgery, Ken Cheng explains how looking for another job is the ultimate betrayal – and what to do about it. Q. Why is it considered […]
Geese
Our resident columnist Mark Earls explores the rapid rise-and-rise of Brooklyn rockers, Geese: how talent and luck inevitably had their part to play and also how people follow other people […]
I Tricked An Employee Into Thinking They Were Terminally Ill
Our resident corporate Agony Uncle, CEO Ken Cheng, tackles business challenges so you don’t have to: Dear Ken Cheng, How do you motivate people who seem to be completely checked […]
Dobby’s Grave (And What It Tells Us About Ourselves)
There’s a beautiful beach on the wild coast of Pembrokeshire: Freshwater West. It’s got all of what you’d want from the West Walian coast: huge skies, clean water (rated “excellent” […]
If I Were On The Odysseus’ Ship, He Would’ve Been Back Home In 48 Hours
Our resident corporate Agony Uncle, CEO Ken Cheng, tackles business challenges – so you don’t have to Dear Ken Cheng, What did you think of The Odyssey? Did it give […]
Everywhere Is A Ritual Site
There’s a longstanding joke among archeologists that whenever they uncover a site or a building they don’t really understand, they call it a ritual site. A stone-lined Neolithic pathway. A […]
The Rule That Could Kill a Good Idea
In twenty-five years of changing one company, nobody ever handed me a list of what I could not change. One exception. The physical product had rules, held to three decimal […]
HERDspotting On The 390 Bus
If like me, you’re a regular user of the great fleet of big red London buses that cruise our streets, you may have noticed something new happening on board in […]