A little departure from the usual marketing stuff. Part one of two. The Short Version I drove a Tesla from the UK to Italy and back. Nothing catastrophic happened. This surprised everyone, including me. The Longer Version When I chose the Tesla, it wasn’t because I’m particularly green or because I enjoy explaining to petrolContinueContinue reading “Tesla Road Trip: UK to Italy and back.”
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Podcast S1 E3 | Fast Beats Big
Watch on YouTube Listen on Spotify https://youtu.be/i94heZcdPrg Is bigger always better? Ever watched a huge corporate machine move slower than a snail while a tiny team runs circles around them? This episode of “Stuff and Things” breaks down why speed trumps size in today’s business world… or does it? In this latest episode, I exploreContinueContinue reading “Podcast S1 E3 | Fast Beats Big”
Podcast S1 E2 | Size Matters
Watch on YouTube Listen on Spotify https://youtu.be/Sq6mEIErONk In the second episode of the companion podcast to the book Stuff and Things, I unpack the art of client relationships and adaptability in the business world. In this episode, we’ll explore: – Why one size NEVER fits all in client communications – Navigating different leadership styles -ContinueContinue reading “Podcast S1 E2 | Size Matters”
Be more human please, brands.
Inspired by Maddy’s post on Mental Load and the power of permissive brands, I wrote this reply based on recent experiences. I do wonder if sometimes the simplest thing a brand can do to ease the mental load is to make it easy to do business with them. Our lives are rarely linear so actuallyContinueContinue reading “Be more human please, brands.”
Key Takeaways: CMO role and Customer Focus
The Richmond Marketing Forum in London recently kicked off with a fabulous keynote featuring Naomi Walkland, CMO of Motorway, Jessica Myers, Chief Customer Officer of The Very Group and Rosie Hanley, Marketing Director at John Lewis. Having been surrround-sounded by political debates in the media where debate has been re-framed as shouty, aggressive, finger-pointing, talkingContinueContinue reading “Key Takeaways: CMO role and Customer Focus”
Bid on a bonkers NFT of me as coffee table to raise money in memory of David Amstel
We shot me as coffee table as part of our new agency film. All a bit of daft agency type fun. I shared it a week or so ago and got some fun responses. My good friend Jennifer said I should do a limited calendar run. Which made me laugh out loud. And then theContinueContinue reading “Bid on a bonkers NFT of me as coffee table to raise money in memory of David Amstel”
autologia
It’s not everyday you get asked to appear on an Italian automotive blog. Thank you, Eraldo. Sette domande a Nick Gill
Talk it out
Clear your head in 60 minutes? For free? Absolutely. Chris Barez-Brown believes that a ridiculously simple approach to mental-health and wellbeing will benefit everybody. He openly admits its not the answer to everything but it can help. He’s so determined to prove it can work that he’s teamed up with a leading University to runContinueContinue reading “Talk it out”
How to live a remarkable life
This is Thalassa. Thalassa is happy. Not just because of the Tony’s Chocolonely in her hand. Because she’s engineered a way to make her work fit her life goals. Just look at her and how happy she is. She always had a dream to live and work in Barcelona, a city she feels is homeContinueContinue reading “How to live a remarkable life”
From always on to mostly off
I can remember my first wireless mobile device. It was a BlackBerry. I got it even though officially my grade wasn’t high enough but because I had to deal with a range of clients and partners in the Wunderman network across Europe in person and across email and calls. A BlackBerry would help. And atContinueContinue reading “From always on to mostly off”
