Tag: creativity
Interviews
Be a happy warrior
I’ve worked with creatives who’ll spend hours complaining about the brief, the deadline, the account handler, the client, the industry, other creatives and just about everything.
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CEOs called Elizabeth, risky strategies, and how to get lucky
Luck plays such a significant role in so many successes, yet it seems somehow disingenuous or deceitful, so we look for rational reasons instead.
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Brave advertising and where being a creative goofball can take you
Someone along the line becomes afraid of making a statement; afraid of being too ‘out there’; afraid of upsetting their boss.
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Self-doubt, freedom from bureaucracy, and the search for meaning
I dream of a world in which people doing creative work are able to suffer only their own internal pain and not be pushed through bureaucracy that causes them additional pain.
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The “good enough” people are dangerous
I remember his opening line, “what makes you think you can get away with that with me?” I had become the person I wanted to destroy.
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The problem with setting sky-high expectations
Apart from the classic wiping a memory card by accident, I’ve made loads of mistakes. The one I’m about to lay out though is a pivotal moment in my career.
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The perils of pleasing everyone
I had massive anxiety that everything else I was doing at work was shit. The biggest thing I learned was to make a decision early and stick to it.
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Letting go of Control
I had no lack of faith in the design team, but something in me just couldn’t commit to completely relinquishing control.