Inspiration Archive

How to become an Armchair Entrepreneur

By James CooperPublished: March 26, 2012 at 23:05 Tags:
Last week I was invited to speak at the Digital Marketing Live event in Amsterdam. I spoke about a concept I have been thinking about for a while; how you can be an entrepreneur within a large organization. A few people asked me to upload the presentation but it’s very video heavy and really the slides are just talking points so I figured a blog post would be better. Five ways to become an Armchair Entrepreneur. Aka: The War on Talent. Sir Martin Sorrell must have heard about this presentation as he used the phrase ‘War on Talent’ the day after I...
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Daniel Poole presents ¡The New Curiosity Shop!

By James KirkPublished: March 8, 2012 at 23:14 Tags: , , ,
Last weeks First Thursday marked the opening of ¡The New Curiosity Shop!, a new exhibition at Londonewcastle Project Space, curated by acclaimed designer Daniel Poole, CS headed down to check it out. (more...)...
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Creative Social Presents..F*CK THAT’S GOOD

By creativesocialPublished: February 1, 2012 at 15:20 Tags: ,
Only 1 week to go before we have our next installment of our sell out (as always), Creative Social Presents. We are looking at everything that’s turning our socials on, getting them hot under the collar and red faced. F*CK THAT’S GOOD. Joining us in the hot seat, we have a brilliant line up of: Sanky, Co-Founder/ Creative Partner and Art Director, AllofUs Patrick Collister, Founder, Creative Matters Seb Royce, Executive Creative Director, Glue Simon Lloyd and Christine Turner, Creative Digital Head, Adam and Eve Andy Sandoz,...
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The role of Innovation within ad agencies

By Daniele FiandacaPublished: November 1, 2011 at 11:19 Tags: ,
Yesterday I started a new job as Head of Innovation of Cheil UK. Given this is a new role for me, I thought it would be useful to get some direction from some of my friends/peers on how they view the role of innovation within an advertising agency (beyond what I already knew from my own experiences as well as the excellent pieces by Ben Malbon on the topic of Chief Innovation Officers). Those that kindly lent me their words of wisdom were as follows (thanks guys): Adam Good, Executive Vice President at Proximity Worldwide Andy Kinsella, Innovation Director at Glue Isobar Andy...
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What I took out of CS Fanboy: Mania of the Geek

By James KirkPublished: October 13, 2011 at 16:08 Tags: , ,
Last Wednesday was a big night for Creative Social as it saw the the launch of the CS Fanboy series. The event titled 'Mania of the Geek' was a celebration and exploration into the impact that video games have had on our lives. I've been a gamer since booting up the tape drive of my Commodore 64 for the first time, so this was an evening I had been looking forward to. I thought there was no point in giving an in-depth view of the event as there are...
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