The three secrets of effective podcast ads 

'Listeners can spot insincerity a mile away'... 23.12.2024

I’ve started living outside my usual bubble

'Be curious about different lived realities'... 24.10.2024

BarkBox, Starface, StrangeLove: D2C brand use of language

'Language is the most flexible tool you have'... 28.08.2024

Fameflation: rising cost of fame asks us to play a different game

The escalating ‘cost’ of attracting attention and building recognition... 16.07.2024

Fear speech, politics and media panic

How parties are using fear in the run-up to the election... 05.06.2024

In search of the funniest B2B adverts 

Is it time to take laughter seriously?... 27.03.2024

How cynicism festers in a greenwashed world  

A company can be honest without going on about it... 22.02.2024

AI companions: why brands should tread carefully

Joel Stein explores the risks, from safety to wellbeing to privacy... 23.01.2024

The irresistible power of imperfect brands 

Transforming a brand from faceless machine to relatable character... 29.11.2023

Are the UK’s world-class creative industries at risk? 

Creative industries need to secure a place in mainstream policies... 18.10.2023

Micro-seasons: brands need ways to be sensitive to the world around them

Teaching brands the value of continual adaptation for sustainable ideas... 27.09.2023

Design, plasticity and the playful workspace

Play is a way to remake the world... 23.08.2023

Wonder, magic and enchantment in a time of chaos and decline

Make space for the spiritual, the intuitive and the unexplainable... 19.07.2023

Being creative isn’t always an existential jump into the abyss

'All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.'... 28.06.2023

Legacy: what energy are you putting out into the world today?

Knowing where we came from can help us feel part of something bigger... 10.05.2023