Applied Imagination – Your AI Superpower
Could AI threaten your job, your role? Could artificial intelligence ever do what you do? Yes… Maybe… One day…. But for the foreseeable future, AI will always fall short compared to human beings in one vital way. Our imagination! … Read More
Time For The Big Creative Workout?
Year end can provide the perfect opportunity to challenge Business As Usual and get teams charged up to think differently. In turbulent times, our ability to think differently and imagine new possibilities becomes our biggest competitive advantage. And that … Read More
Funny what we can learn from comedy
The 3 R’s of hitting your punchline
Car Share would have been right up Einstein’s street
“If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.” – Albert Einstein.
The Best Ideas Come As Jokes
Advertising legend David Ogilvy said “The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible”. Here I explain why I think he was right. Part of a longer interview by Clear Lessons Foundation available here.
Turbulent times… you’ve got to laugh
Brexit, Trump, years of uncertainty… ah you’ve got to laugh. Ideally, big, sincere, belly laughs. Turbulent times throw up serious challenges and big opportunities. And that means the need to think differently, and have big, bold ideas, whether that’s … Read More
The Name Game
What’s in a name? Well… everything really.
5 Big lessons I learned co-creating BAFTA winning sitcom Car Share
It’s a funny business, writing comedy.
Weekend Brain
Which part of your brain do you take to work with you…