Category Archives: People
Resource roulette
‘”That guy’s better than his baseball card,” they say of players whose skills and contributions to a team can’t easily be captured by a batting average…’ I read on Ad Age today. It sums up my current problem. Creatives are … Continue reading
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A desk with a view
It seems that making my own way has consisted mostly of leaping from shoulder to shoulder. I was luckier than I deserved that most of the ones I landed on belonged to giants. My first boss, who gave a difficult … Continue reading
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Generation 2.0
I suspect I’m dealing with a weird kind of generation gap right now. More and more, I find myself among writers who don’t really proof or edit their work. More unnerving than that, they don’t seem to have the fear … Continue reading
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A man gets tied up to the ground…
…He gives the world its saddest sound. Yesterday, I sat in the monitor room of a focus group, next to a translator wearing headphones. Seven years in the Middle East, and this was the first time I heard the voices … Continue reading
