https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/22/netflix-updates-my-list-feature-so-users-can-find-content-they-have-yet-to-watc h/ Feeling overwhelmed? Burning the midnight oil to try and keep up? Seeing the impact on your health, your social life and your career? You know that if you’re not on top of it, and the water cooler conversation turns, you’re out of the loop. But don’t worry. We find what you need and … [Read more…]
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/energy-fizz-saatchi-saatchi-london-won-john-lewis-partnership/1823302 When we were invited to pitch for it, we were so excited. Well the humans among us were. I mean it was that account. If we won, our work would be the Brits’ Superbowl moment. Career made. So the human and unhuman cogs began to work. I’ve never seen the network so fired up. … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/0f358d1d-0d43-4223-b1d3-825f0f50b381 He’d been posting regularly. He had one Big Idea (one he believed in and knew could work) and so he kept on posting. Build momentum, he thought. The idea was all about developing imagination, human creativity. It was process so it had to be him thinking and typing, showing how the idea worked, so … [Read more…]
https://newatlas.com/technology/gpt-iphone-claude-slack/ She hated networking. She reached for her phone, her security blanket. Oh, so important. Sorry, can’t make eye contact. Must deal with this. Maybe later. She edged over to a quiet corner, this needs some privacy. She needed privacy. Over the years she’d become expert in finding content that looked important, real. Now it … [Read more…]
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/campaign-best-places-work-2023-100-companies-ranked/1822652 “You’re lucky to be here”. That’s what greeted me on my first day. The implications were clear: not just that a it was tough to get though the door but also that a year or so here would look good on my CV. Like the other bright and shiny New Gen around me that … [Read more…]
https://www.moreaboutadvertising.com/2023/05/more-signs-of-the-crisis-in-creativity-but-does-anyone-really-want-to-do-something-about-it She’d always been… weird. When she’d played as a kid, her Sylvanian families’ adventures had been, well unconventional. Her teacher had said her projects were “distinctive”. As a teen her social media accounts had fewer followers but those who did find her rarely left. She liked being weird. Different. Creative. Then she went to … [Read more…]
https://www.geekwire.com/2023/ai-and-the-future-of-human-health-leroy-hood-on-the-new-age-of-scientific-wellness/ Money was one factor, of course. But she’d chosen to take the job in no small part becuase it was a W-Corp. Even as far back as at school she’d practiced and looked to be more aware, conscious of wellness as as much a part of her career as her studies. She didn’t really … [Read more…]
https://adage.com/article/marketing-news-strategy/chief-impact-officers-mcdonalds-ibm-others-add-position/2490006 This is a statement. This says something to our clients, our industry and the market. The new role says we’re leading on this, taking it seriously, embedding it in the business. Board-level. We’ve always stressed the importance. The last strategic plan made that clear. This new role ensures that this issue, this opportunity, this … [Read more…]
https://thenextweb.com/news/interprefy-startup-unveils-worlds-first-advanced-automated-speech-translation-service-for-online-and-live-eventsinterprefy We’ve been round and round the houses on this. He’s the client so we have to keep listening but the new CMO is, well the profanity filter is on so I’ll let you imagine. He just doesn’t seem to hear what we’re saying. We appreciate he knows his business and he gets that we … [Read more…]
https://www.geekwire.com/2023/bill-gates-ai-will-be-as-good-a-tutor-as-any-human-but-payoffs-will-take-time/ My training course tutor was great. They (the pronoun they preferred) pushed me and pulled me. They pushed me to experiment and speculate, to explore and question. They also pulled me back when my work became self-indulgent. They literally made me what I am today. And now I’m out here “in the real world”. … [Read more…]