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2020 Vision: What is your focus for the year ahead? – Part one
It’s the start of a new decade and our industry is picking up the pace. Here, our industry leaders tell us what their focus is for…
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Browsing: Opinion
Everyone’s got an opinion in this industry! Thought leadership pieces from in and around New Zealand Adland.
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From the otherside
From marketing director at Lewis Road Creamery to head of client service at Special Group – we asked Storm Day what’s it like sitting on the…
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Why curiosity is the antidote to today’s uncertain times
Today, as thousands of aeroplanes sit dormant on deserted runways, and the world’s busiest tourist destinations lay silent, it is easy to succumb to anxiety about…
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Time to evolve, whether we like it or not
Business partner Chris Bleackley throws Newtons 1st law at me every now and then. It reads, “an object either remains at rest or continues to move at…
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“Dear human.”
“We’re in a unique moment in history for brands to be beacons for their customers, yet badly executed customer journeys risk doing the opposite,” explores Sharon Henderson, managing director…
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Embracing ‘room travel’ can build our capacity for insight
“The sole cause of man’s unhappiness is that he does not knowhow to stay quietly in his room.” – Blaise Pascale, 18th-century French writer and mathematician.…
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From our thought leaders: “How do you think this WFH period will permanently alter the way we work?”
A new normal has been established as most of our industry settles into working from home. Here, a few of our thought leaders answer the question…
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Communication in a time of crisis: a press in lockdown
In the face of the Covid-19 crisis, New Zealand went into Level 4 lockdown at midnight on March 25 causing much angst for many. People have…
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Is it just me or are we all crazy?
For the majority of my advertising career, I have suffered from anxiety and depression. Never telling anyone. Not my family, not my best mates, and most…
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Why employers should apply mindfulness principles to fight our work stress crisis
With sick leave costs rapidly spiralling out of control due to work-related stress and burnout, mindfulness expert and former ad agency-owner Marisa Garau is bewildered to see how little Kiwi employers do to reduce stress on the work floor.
Opinion
The ROI on Empathy
Maria Devereux was once a budding art director and to her colleagues appeared cheerful, hard-working and happily married. But what no-one knew was that on the…
Features
How is this still a thing? A severe case of the jingles
Let’s talk about jingles, an advertisement method the majority of us love to hate. Repetitive, cheesy and annoying, many of the jingles I have heard in…
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PornHub’s lesson on knowing your audience
PornHub has proven time and time again that it is attuned to its audience’s needs. From saving the Sperm Whale and the Bees, giving America wood…
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Understanding the new
A number of recent new business wins have reminded me how much I love working on new clients. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of…
Opinion
Marketing is everything, then and now
Mike Hutcheson explores how the decades of the 70s and 80s were the halcyon days of advertising, and what we can learn from the past. Ad…
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Axis throwback: Toby Talbot on the brutal simplicity of great ideas
This week we will see the winners of the first Axis Awards for the new decade. Here, Saatchi & Saatchi’s Toby Talbot, conveyer of the Axis…
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Why the only certainty in 2020 is more uncertainty
If the culture of your company is to be one which responds well to crisis, leaders need to be trained and ready to drop everything else…
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Blind bravery or just fitting the mould?
There is no doubt that Burger King’s new American based campaign is brave, disgustingly so. But is bravery everything in advertising? Or are they just trying…