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- 15/05/2013
- When my son was very small he asked me about death. We were driving along on a sunny day. Suddenly the concept hit him with the weight of a cartoon anvil. I heard his little voice from the back seat say “Daddy, I don’t want to die”. ...
- DIFFERENTIATE OR DIE
- 13/05/2013
- Gordon Smith didn’t go to art school. He started at 16 as a runner in an ad agency. Then he managed to get a job in the studio, then a junior art director, then senior art director, then head of art, then creative director. ...
- TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A WRIGHT
- 08/05/2013
- A while back, Robin Wight was involved in a project that needed some careful public relations handling. The most influential man in this area is Alan Parker, founder and chairman of Brunswick PR. ...
- NOT SO ELEMENTARY
- 01/05/2013
- Joseph Bell was a physician at Edinburgh University in the 1870s. He constantly taught his students observation and deduction. To notice every tiny detail and draw conclusions. ...
- WHEN THINKING GETS IN THE WAY
- 29/04/2013
- Sheryl Sandberg is Chief Operating Officer of Facebook. She earns around $26 million a year.
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The character Peggy, from Mad Men, was apparently modelled on a real life copywriter. Shirley Polykoff. But Shirley Polykoff didn’t have much in common with Peggy. Polykoff was a terrific writer for a start. Second, she was really …
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