Independent Paths
The unspoken layoffs
The thing no one talks about when it comes to layoffs.
Creative Business
Building creative careers and ventures that actually work
Startups
3 learnings from validating a new startup idea
A trio of counter-intuitive learnings from the early stages of sculpting a new venture
Startups
Our new approach to startup validation
Einstein said if he had an hour to solve a challenge he’d spend 55 minutes on the problem, 5
Creative Business
Damon Albarn's preset genius
All killer, no filler. From 1981.
Creative Business
How to do Deeper Work
How to do more with less? Or rather, how can you create valuable work with less resources but also less burnout, stress and distractions?
Creative Business
#SceneRemix
It's only February, but this is the coolest thing I’ve seen so far this year. It blends
Creative Business
Word of the year
Why this year will go one of two ways. And it doesn't need to get Ugly.
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
The Failure Reel: 2023
My top 10 fails of 2023
Culture & Insights
Hollywood Hits Madison Avenue: When Ovitz & the Polar Bears Stole Coca-Cola
October, 1991. Hollywood's kingmaker, Michael Ovitz, craved a new conquest: brands. But not just any brand. He eyed
Creative Business
Scarlett Johansson in 'Her' is moving from fiction to reality
Scarlett Johansson’s character in the movie ‘Her’ is about to get very real. You can now create your own
Creative Business
A.I. and the creative industries' five stages of grief
Last week I whipped up a quick LinkedIn post featuring a spec Adidas ad someone made using AI. It got
Creative Business
A long-form interview with Richie Hawtin
As regular readers will know, I've been deep into electronic music since I was a teenager. I often
Creative Business
The bootleg Adidas ad
Here’s the new Adidas commercial. While it’s not the greatest advert I’ve ever seen, it was produced
Creative Business
What business are you in?
This is a good question to ask yourself on a regular basis. Two reasons why:
1) You're probably
Creative Business
The perils of Audience Capture
If you’ve ever posted on any social media platform, you run the risk of Audience Capture. But this is
Creative Business
Hobby. Job. Career. Vocation.
A 'self-help' video that everyone should take 9 minutes to watch.
Now
Now - Oct 26, 2023
What I’m working on right now
1. Building Wavetable - a creative studio and media company blending education and
Creative Business
The Monopoly on Narrative
This quote by Bryce Roberts on entrepreneurship and narratives stopped me in my tracks:
“In the same regards that VCs