Work
I Updated My Blog’s Sidebar!
It’s been in the works for over a year. But last week it actually happened: I left the building. Or rather stayed at home, and didn’t log into Zoom. Anyway, I don’t work for Wieden+Kennedy anymore. (You might know that this isn’t the first…
Found this random SWF on my HD. Made me all Poke / Orange / Balloons nostalgic.
Breakfast Beer and Bingo
I’ve known the wonderful Mr Bingo for many many years. In fact, this morning, he announced that the freelancing he did for Poke was his first proper creative gig (after working at Size?). Anyway, I bumped into him on Friday – he was…
Slack: Work This Way
Great piece in The Guardian this morning by @jemimakiss. It’s all about Slack and the culture behind the company. Reading through the piece it struck me how similar the cultures of Advertising Agencies and Tech Start-Ups are. And how…
Sneak into The Kennedys (a home for random creative folk)
Are you, or do you know, someone ‘creative’? Someone who’d like to come and work with us for 7-ish months? (Please forward this on to people you think might be interested). You’ll get thrown-in at the deep end of advertising — with support…
Working differently at W+K London
We’ve just started something that I’m rather proud of (note: this is specifically a thing we’re trialling in the London office of Wieden+Kennedy). A couple of weeks ago we announced a bunch of changes to the way we work, some of the most…
Ugh, calendars.
The Chokehold of Calendars is well worth a read. In my experience, most people don’t schedule their work. They schedule the interruptions that prevent their work from happening. In the case of a business like ours, what clients pay us to…