It was only a matter of time. They all knew it. When the awards started rolling in, the new business and, yes, the profile pieces in the trade feeds, there was no way they’d be able to keep “the rainmaker”. I just hoped the “Grandmaster” would remember me. Take me along too. Starting a new agency was the logical step. Moving somewhere else wasn’t worth the arguments about gardening leave, IP etc. Starting something new was the obvious move. I just hoped I was in the plan. We’d worked together. We knew each other. It would need a human, surely.