Some great debates 🔥👊🏼🏆

In 2023 smart, experienced, astute cmn clients are being left out the room. In 2023 smart, experienced astute cmn clients are pulled in last minute to activate shitshows w/ no context. In 2023 smart experienced astute cmn clients are left to wipe up the mess. 🤯Week 1, 2 cases.

Client said he will stitch me into the orchestra & today I have asked him to identify where pieces fit into the jigsaw & I’m not even lying. Circle backs are so old school.

Global call this morning. Client: you are so alive in the morning, why are you so alive? Me: oh, a crisis. Client: reschedule? Me: nope, South Africa / [insert any country] is a crisis.

Good company to be in♀️- congrats Mike Sharman & Dustin Chick 🥇

The wildest story. We were asked to meet with them in those fancy offices a couple of years ago to pitch on their PR. I asked too many questions. Smelt that rat 🐀 😝✋🏼

Google’s plans to intro generative AI into its ad business - Financial Times breaks the story today:

This story is wild. Grab all the ☕️☕️☕️. Pras Michel of The Fugees: rollingstone.com/music/music-fe…

Some high flyers be flying …

Three of me arrived at a Teams meeting today with a new client. Three. Wave when you see one of me in the 🪐🛸🛰️

So after the pandemic years of messy work / sleep hours; Eskom now has us showering, cooking, working at ungodly hours & resting like new moms (!?) with one ear tuned to beeping fridge alarms & eyes on battery life. Productivity shambles.

If you are on Instagram, please go look at Frances VH Mohair’s stories. The most beautiful story unfolding there 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼.

Um. So today is the day Standard Bank won’t allow you to log into internet banking without downloading app. And the app says I have an invalid token. Or am I in a control group simulation?

We finally did the exercise yesterday. 41. Our clients have won 41 awards since Jan 2020. Globally not just locally. Not that awards are the be all and end all. But they are certainly a good benchmark. 41 in 42 months. Mad we didn't do this last month - could have said 41 in 41.

Love love that Engen ad with the bokke - well done to whoever got that done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Astounding, Humbling. Lira on Upside of Failure with Relebogile Mabotja - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=9uhDx6…

Let me tell you that when big companies have you on your knees begging, in a crisis, the only person you ever need that 1) cuts through the BS 2) with empathy and 3) blistering speed is Wendy Knowler - this woman deserves every award, accolade & blessing in the world. 🙏🏻

Please be on high alert re Vodacom scammers: