Think pieces

JEFFERSON: You’d better make sure you’re connected

I once told an audience I was speaking to that LinkedIn was ‘networking for people who couldn’t network.’

Why Justin Cernis is taking a Stand Against Violence

Pimp My Cause caught up with Justin, founder of the brand strategy and communications agency The Cernis Collective...

The Griffin has landed

Probably the most common ways for a brand to get its name are from either its founder or from the area...

Online oddities - the reduced pressure to conform online: Part 2

In the last decade we have learnt more about our behaviour than in the last 100...

JEFFERSON: It's A Living Thing

Peter Drucker said it years ago: ‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast.’ Totes.

Hendrick's Gin's flying cucumber blimp

A giant floating cucumber graced New York’s skies this month. Joss Davidge tells us why.

Word of mouth

In 1648, England was involved in a vicious civil war, Royalists against Roundheads.

Letter from Atlanta: Celebrating bravery in market research

Bravery and market research may not be two natural bedfellows

The culture factor series: II. Sport

In the wake of the recent scandal surrounding the world of competitive football, we’re reminded how sport plays...

Breaking Boundaries

The rules, the risks and the rewards of stepping up, and standing out from the crowd.

Letter from Singapore: the male grooming 'crisis'

Last month The Economist published a feature length piece on the glum future of men in the modern world.

JEFFERSON: So long, Frank Lloyd Wright?

Churchill said that: ‘We shape our buildings. Thereafter, they shape us’.

Abandoning perfection

It's possible you work in an industry built on perfect. That you're a scrub nurse in the OR, or an air traffic controller...

A personalised human experience from JetBlue

Joss Davidge is a big advocate of humanising experiential marketing in an increasingly digital world.

Dinner on the moon with Omega

Luxury watchmaker Omega hosted an out-of-this-world experiential party where guests were taken on a journey...

Use your marketing talent to inspire London’s future bosses

This month we are proud to feature a new charity called London Village Network (LVN). LVN is a grassroots organisation

JEFFERSON: L’Age Idiot

‘You can’t email a hug’, runs the headline, against a picture of a mother and baby cuddling. In and of itself, this is unarguable.

Letter from New York: Quick... make me feel something!

Digital is hard... and part of the challenge is to move away from the impulse to create...

Challenging the value in brand values

Before we start, a small confession. I’m guilty of the crime I am about to complain about. In fact, I’m

Thinking together

Bright people love meeting other clever people. It’s one of the main reasons university is such fun.

MINI tricks drivers into a test drive

MINI’s latest campaign drives home its superior reliability compared to its competitors, says Joss Davidge in this week’s blog.