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28 April, 2021

I’m sorry but… this Pandemic is a big opportunity!

Brits are known as big apologisers – a few tongue-in-cheek surveys show the average British person apologises 4,380 …

13 April, 2021

Bold. One of my favourite words.

I feel there’s a real once-in-a-generation opportunity for bold steps by brands in the next few months.

07 April, 2021

Failure: Own your scars

I was part of a heartfelt and powerful session on failure, as part of the recent Rising Festival.

25 March, 2021

Balancing your brand’s long-term health with short-term activation

This over focus and reliance on digital has pulled all areas of marketing into the realm of performance, leaving …

02 March, 2021

Using LEGO to break down walls

My daughter recently spent a happy afternoon building an elaborate cable-car system to transport an old phone above our …

25 February, 2021

Brand strategy and your North Star

We live in strange times. One of my coping strategies when I start to feel overwhelmed is to ask myself ‘if I could …

05 February, 2021

Staying Strong

The reaction to my Starting Strong blog was amazing, so I just wanted to share some ways we’ve found to do just that …

29 January, 2021

Resilience

I started to think more and more about the term resilience after listening to a fascinating podcast with Bruce …

25 January, 2021

Lessons from Lockdown

Looking back on 2020, one of the few upsides was how big upheavals can be a once-in-a-generation chance to quite …

18 January, 2021

Lockdown leadership – the opportunity

As a family we’ve been pretty lucky through lockdown but frankly 2020 was a new low as Christmases go.

11 January, 2021

Starting Strong

Like most of you no doubt, I had plenty of time over the holiday period to reflect on how confronting 2020 was...

14 December, 2020

The psychology of uncertainty – and how to use it

We are uncertain of almost everything these days, but why do some businesses seem to handle it better than others, even …