I met Charles Handy the well known social observer and management guru when he came to JWT in the 1980s to help us understand how organisations are structured and how teams work most effectively.

When asked to provide a “Letter from a New York Marketer”, I didn’t have to look far afield from personal experience.

Advertising folk of a certain age reminisce fondly about the Cannes of the past.

This month we are featuring the work of Step-Ladder, a new organisation that helps people get on to the property ladder.

Ladies and Gentlemen Of the Marketing & Advertising Industry of 2015; Listen to your clients.

Ours is a hire and fire culture. Perform or you’re out. We don’t have time to bring you up to speed.

Each of these examples is different, but they all share common traits.

If you think about it, there's generally no correlation between how much something cost to make and how interesting it is.

I was on the receiving end of an intriguing direct marketing effort...

I’ve got a pal who met his wife in a brothel. Oh, don’t worry – it wasn’t his idea. It was his financial adviser’s.