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And here’s what we’ve been reading this week.
If you only read one thing.
- Oscar-Nominated Director Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild) on not waiting for permission | 99U
Management.
- Strategy is more short-term than you think. “One thing that frustrates me about the word “strategy” is that it implies something big. Sure, strategy is both important and broad reaching, but it is really nothing more than a series of steps. ” | 99U
- What brands want agencies to fix | Digiday
- A response: Sorry, but brands don’t really want to fix agencies | AdPulp
- It’s not the client’s fault, it’s your fault | The Sell! Sell! Blog
- A story about getting work through | Northern Planner
- Advertisers should act more like newsrooms | Harvard Business Review
- Younger workers need a career narrative | Harvard Business Review
Insights.
- What is digital brand strategy? An interview with Faris Yakob | General Assembly
- Why Facebook makes you feel miserable | TIME.com
- Outgrowing your social media: what do you do when the people you follow on social media are not the people you want to talk to anymore? | tressiemc
- Driven by a relentless quest for “the best,” we increasingly see every item we place in our grocery basket or Internet shopping cart as a reflection of our discrimination and taste. We are not consumers. We have a higher calling. We are connoisseurs. | NYTimes.com
- For your consideration: making an Oscar-winning movie campaign | Co.Create
- Should you work for free? | Seth’s Blog
Creativity.
- 9 rules for being funny from “Inside Comedy” guru David Steinberg | Co.Create
- On writing post-fatherhood | Austin Kleon
On Nextness this week.
- Women learning from women in STW Group: join our mentoring program.
- Nextness Visual Diary | From the abstract to the divine (with a detour in aeroplane bathrooms).