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Todd Kolm, Frameworks for Finding the Right Problem

Our Favorite Stories: Hotboxing the next blockbuster idea: starting a career at the tail end of the "Mad Men" era in digital healthcare advertising. Working with Rich Norman, Todd learned how Allegra got its name. "An articul...

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Jan. 27, 2025

Todd Kolm, Frameworks for Finding the Right Problem

Our Favorite Stories: Hotboxing the next blockbuster idea: starting a career at the tail end of the "Mad Men" era in digital healthcare advertising. Working with Rich Norman, Todd learned how Allegra got its name. "An articul...

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Jan. 13, 2025

"Playing with Platforms" with Chuck Monn, CCO at R&R Partners

Happy New Year, we hope you've had a fantastic holiday filled with much deserved rest, good food, and even better company. We're starting 2025 with strong with TBWA veteran-turned-indy CCO Chuck Monn. Among many things, he ta...

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Dec. 30, 2024

An Infinite Canvas: The Future of Collaborative Storytelling with AI …

Our Favorite Stories Alec's journey as the "Photoshop kid" at Grey Entertainment, helping build the Batman movie's first website. His reflections on surviving the Web 1.0 era and the exciting chaos of startups in 1990s New Yo...

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Dec. 16, 2024

"Straight-A student with a bad mouth" with Chris Eichenseer, Founder …

Our favorite stories: From record label & photography studio to ad agency; shaping incredible brands like Lollapalooza and Pitchfork to now Kimberly-Clark and Patagonia Renting a $700/month, 2,000 sq ft industrial space to ma...

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Dec. 9, 2024

Jargon Monoxide with "MC" Melissa Cabral, Head of Strategy at Sid Lee

Our favorite stories: Mass media shaped by sight-sound imagery, inspired by watching a ton of TV and critiquing the commercials as much as watching the programming. Recalling jingles, surgery cartoons, GEICO ads... On trying ...

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Oct. 14, 2024

"To be Curious about Change" with Tom Doctoroff, ex-CEO of J. Walter …

"If you got one foot in tomorrow and one foot in yesterday, then you're squattin' on today." - Brian's grandma Our favorite stories: 3x author, professor, and agency chief turned clinical therapist Over 20 years in China lead...

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