Mark’s running a free breakfast seminar. It’s tomorrow (forgot to do this earlier, sorry Mark). I can’t go thanks to living Up North but you should if you can. In his own words: Hi Andrew, Hope you’re well. This is a bit of a long shot bearing in mind the distance and the ungodly hour,…

If you haven’t read Mark Earl’s Herd yet, you should. It’s about time someone wrote a planning-ish book that argued for a new approach that was more than a long creds document.   And being a geek, I found the first bit fascinating. He uses science to argue that humans are social creatures buy nature,…

The fact of my feckless, clumsy, absent minded tomfoolery will come as no surprise to people who pop here now and again. From locking keys in cars to spilling hot tea on my privates, it all happens to me. Frequently. But sometimes I think most of comes down to bad luck. Like this weekend, cycling…

You should wantch this presentation from nine year old James. It’s from a special edition of Dragon’s Den for Children in Need, where young people pitch their idea to the hardbitten suits. His idea is to encourage children to look out for lonely kids and befriend them – and offer prizes in return. It may…

So I’ve been given this new mobile phone from work. It’s this long slim Nokia. I didn’t want it, but there you go…. Now the first thing I don’t like is the operating system, I’d grown used to Sony, this feels strange. If the manufacturers want you to switch, I wonder how they could ease…

You would expect me to support Ben’s plea for a decent cup of tea when he visits other people’s offices. And if course I do. But not just because a decent cuppa makes my world go around (which is does – simple I am). You can tell a hell of a lot about a place…

Went to a farmers market in Leeds last week. I didn’t intend to go wild, but the stuff on offer was far too exciting. No need to feel faintly smug or moral, just very hungry. You can go to one these things to support local suppliers, be organic etc if you like. And I think…

It’s here. The legendary Paul Colman has posted his second project here. Great project, great prize too. Good luck!

There hasn’t been much movement on that ‘to do list’ recently. This will be remedied very shortly. In the meantime, those people who want to know what’s happening with the Account Planning School of the web will be pleased know that the famous Paul Colman, now of Weiden and Kennedy, will be doing the next…

"Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Arthur C Clarke That’s a proposition in need of brief if there ever was one……….