Leadership: Strategy vs. biology
We just found an incredible film that we had to share. Here Simon Sinek describes the biological reasoning for leadership in a manner that is the antithesis of the usual…
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Stomp box branding lessons
We spent a number of very happy but tragically wage-less years in the music industry. Like many companies today, the brands that dominated the equipment market in the 1990’s had…
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Don’t say it, prove it
There is a great pub near our office that serves beautifully prepared, home cooked food. The menu tells us that the ingredients are of the highest quality, individually selected and…
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Be generous with praise
The importance of good manners with colleagues and with competitors is not new and not just for reciprocity. Just ask Alfred Hitchcock. (Found via the excellent @FilmHistoryPics Twitter account)
Read MoreAlways listen to Seth
As usual, there was more great stuff in this one hour keynote speech than I could write down so here’s the whole clip. It’s a really worthwhile way of spending…
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When differentiating, lead with the meat
We took this photograph from a dining table in an amazing Turkish restaurant in Sheffield, UK. It is located in a city that boasts one of the highest student populations…
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Brand positioning at sea
Thanks to a combination of foreign parentage and international clients, we’ve been crossing the English Channel up to a dozen times a year since the mid nineties. During that time…
Read MoreJust because you might not understand it
Just because you don’t understand it, that doesn’t mean that it isn’t art. There are a few organisations that really excel at one thing. They can get so good at…
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United Nations hears Fair Trade Music’s message of fair remuneration for creators
The panel was organised by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) as part of their “Get Up. Stand up: For Music!” event and also featured a number of other composers and copyright experts.