📝 Writing
This is where most of the writing lives. 650+ posts since 2016 - some about learning and creative work, some about whatever I couldn't let go of that week. A restaurant that changed fine dining, a Nintendo executive who saved the company, a Gmail interface for leaked documents...
The Tension
Zenith & Nadir
When I was a talent agent, there’d be a couple of times a year where a client
would hit
Portfolio Career
Pareto in a pandemic
The theme of last month’s newsletter [https://howardgray.net/newsletter/] was
Dormant Ties. As the professor and author Herminia
Stage Left
The $15m unbranding
When Matthew McConnaughey decided to stop doing romantic comedies, he told his
agent, Jim Toth at CAA, to make sure
Mindsets & Growth
The flipped fortune cookie
> “What would you tell your younger self?”
It’s one of the most popular questions you’ll hear in
Resources
18 elements of the Zoom revolution (remix)
In the latest instalment of his ‘Akimbo’ podcast, Seth Godin switched it up.
On the surface, nothing was different.
As
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
The Rough Edges
The photographer who infuses their biology degree into the art.
The fashion stylist who spent time as a national-level rower.
Mindsets & Growth
The cycles of alchemy
For the last 2 or 3 years I’ve become more interested in behavioural economics –
or rather, I’ve realised
Adventures #46: Resurfacing our dormant ties
Mindsets & Growth
Do you like dogs?
A few weeks ago, we went upstate for the weekend.
As you can imagine, the demand for places to stay
Adventures #45: Long-Haul
This trip is a triple header.
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
A slice of Saatchi
Here’s one way to get people talking about your brand – especially when you’re a
B2B services company.
Dubai’
Adventures #44: A different kind of range
The trouble with Generalists and Specialists
In The Neighborhood
Back to the coffee shop
The Big Apple.
Gleaming skyscrapers.
Grand Central. Wall Street. Times Square.
Bright lights. Big city.
Big business.
Big bucks.
But
How-To Guides
How to transform a webinar
Let’s be honest. You’re probably sick of webinars by now.
And if you’re not sick of them
How-To Guides
How to introduce yourself
Like it or not, first impressions count.
Regardless of whether you’re running a workshop [http://www.wavetable.net/wc]
How-To Guides
How to calculate the time you need to create a workshop
Using time and magic to bring workshops to life
Time & Magik: The first video game I got hooked on
Adventures #43: No time for scuba
Getting comfortable with what's just below the surface.