What is Customer Experience (CX)?

Today, there’s a lot of talk around customer experience. However, customer experience has been around for decades, even centuries. Now, customer experience (CX) is a key component of a brand...

12 Sep 2019

Structuring Humor for Presentations

You’re back and hopefully with your initial homework done. Now that we are familiar with our humor types and can identify the patterns, it’s time to create small humor doses....

02 Aug 2019

Getting Started with Presentation Humor

Humor is a great way to grab attention and connect with your audience. But it is also a great way to get you fired or disliked. Humor takes both the...

26 Jul 2019

Challenging Ourselves Through More Adventurous Travel

Over the years, my method for travelling shifted from big city cultural excursions to out-of-the-way adventures. This made me wonder - are others also reconsidering how they travel? Over the...

11 Jun 2019

Freeing Effects of Travel on Creativity

There’s something about travel. It erases our routines, chores and obligations, leaving behind a clearer, more creative mind. When we try to hold onto this feeling after our travels, this...

05 May 2019

The Power of Concept Novelty

If you’ve ever had the feeling we are recycling concepts over-and-over, trust me, you’re not the only one. Creating something that has never been done before is not easy in...

11 Apr 2019

Today’s Misconceptions Around Luxury

Luxury is becoming even more ubiquitous and attainable than ever. At every turn, it seems like there is a new ‘luxury’ brand or product. This can cloud consumers’ understanding of...

21 Mar 2019

The Real Top Ten Qualities of All Strategists

There are many types of strategists within the creative industry, from brand to social media strategists. Even as job descriptions differ, there are similarities in skills and requirements. I’m sure...

03 Feb 2019

Types of Strategist in Creative Industries

It’s confusing, all of these strategist positions that appeared over the last decade. When starting a creative project, whether marketing or retail, it feels like you need a strategist. But...

17 Jan 2019

Taking a Stand-Up Class for Better Presentation Skills

In the past I took professional presentation classes that were dry, generic and uninspiring. Searching for a challenge and novel approach, I took a stand-up class through a local improv...

29 Dec 2018

Why Brands Use Creative Agencies or Consultants

When I worked for a brand, I always found it odd that we used agencies for some of the most interesting projects. ‘Certainly, that’s why we have internal teams’, I...

07 Nov 2018

Difference Between Creative and Brand Strategy

It’s getting confusing these days with the many types of strategy required for creative projects. However, the two that overlap often are brand and creative strategy. This is because they...

25 Oct 2018