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Disruptive ideas that fit in

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Why he values one idea over another and just what we mean when we say an idea is disruptive

Think negative

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The pressure to think positive is everywhere, but our daily lives are driven as much by negative emotions as they are by positive ones.

Undervaluing creativity

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Heather Andrew, introduces us to the 'creation' and 'judgement' networks in our brain

Forget me not: why we are programmed to forget

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When did marketing become so annoying? Earlier this year Keith Weed spoke at the ISBA Conference

How to power up your idea brain

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I think Abba were wrong. It’s not ‘money, money, money’ that makes the world go round, as conventional economists would

Creative blindness (and how to cure it)

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At the lowest point of the war, Winston Churchill said the only thing that would save us was ‘corkscrew thinkers’

All Avenues Open: Growing in a Post-Trust Marketplace of Smaller Worlds

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The economy has finally cycled back, but not consumers.

What we talk about when we talk about running

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By Elen Lewis

10 things we learned this winter

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By Elen Lewis

Five questions to ask to get through stressful times

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Feeling stressed? Ask yourself these.

OUR CHANGING ATTITUDES IN THE PAST 20 YEARS

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So, it’s twenty years since the first edition of Market Leader arrived in all our in trays.

I want to be an active verb: striving to be a cause not an effect

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‘They’re all old here, except you and me…They never do anything: they only discuss whether what other people do is right. Come and give them something to discuss.’

The Tiger Oil Memos

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Twenty-five years after his company filed for bankruptcy, his office memos came to light. Here are some of the highlights

The dogs that don’t bark in the night

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Data and statistics will always be open to interpretation, writes Rory Sutherland, and what you don’t see is as important as what you do.

Marketing therapy

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This year, mental health has risen rapidly up the agenda of marketing leaders.

But what is the unique contribution that

The Art Fund interview

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Elen Lewis speaks with Dr Stephen Deuchar, director of The Art Fund and Lawrence Green, founding partner, 101 about the

Tsundoko

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Tsundoko, the Japanese term for a pile of unread books.

Do it the hard way: channelling your inner Bette Davis

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Instead of celebrating short cuts, we should learn from Bette Davis

The most crucial link in the communications chain is the one you can’t see

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The Executive Creative Director, in his signature black roll neck sweater, has just presented his proposed campaign to the senior

The dawn of implications

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Technology has intertwined with modern life to such a degree that it is impossible to imagine life without it.

Fellows interview, Dame Cilla Snowball

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Introducing our 2017 honorary fellow, Dame Cilla Snowball.