I found myself in a home goods for the first time and judging by the gender split it’s clear the fellas have no idea this wonderland exists

An agency and brand-side jobs observation: relatively fewer brand and social strategy gigs, more comms planning ones. All are important, but maybe a sign of an increasing importance of how over what.

It’s not a standing meeting it’s a

“On average, they found, employers contacted the presumed white applicants 9.5 percent more often than the presumed Black applicants.”

nytimes.com/2024/04/08/ups…

'You should rather be grateful for the weeds you have in your mind, because eventually they will enrich your practice.'
—Shunryu Suzuki

Stocked up on some of favorite NAs

Credit card readers:
welcome, please insert your card ✨

(2 seconds later)

FUCKIN’ TAKE IT OUT 🤬

Me: “you need to floss more” feels true but not that interesting. Can we keep pushing it?

Dentist: …

We did it Joe (for real though, this course was great)

If you’re in a 40%+ zone you get a meeting eclipse today

Buying a house is the best way to get unsolicited ideas thrown your way which as a strategist feels like I’m finally paying my penance

Just get me an AARP card already

I went to Home Depot before work wearing Carhartt pants and everyone looked at me like the poser I am

Me to every LinkedIn post with 2+ paragraphs

IDing people by generation labels leads to lazy thinking. In this case: applying timeless worries related to age and inexperience, worries attached to a temporary life stage, as if fundamental to their identity.

“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it.” - RIP Daniel Kahneman nytimes.com/2024/03/27/bus…

Imagine with me for a moment that agencies and holding companies invested in their employees’ growth and development with the same vigor that they have invested in tech, AR, VR, and AI.

Advertising would be so different.

Tools are only as good as the person using them.

Working on student projects is so pure