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re: i am an iams cat

Alastair Duncan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:19:47 GMT

And now, to make it even more weird, I saw an ad from Learn Direct or something with a faux Mike Skinner going on about "I am who I am because I want to be me", or similar. Perhaps those Learn direct consumers can't read either.

re: i am an iams cat

Peter Martin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:41:03 GMT

I'd love to add a comment, but you see, I can't... oh.. wow... a writing cat! And I'd been told... by one of them... that they can't read.

re: i am an iams cat

Andy Schiller — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:47:33 GMT

I can't believe it's not "I can't believe it's not ordinary cat food"!

re: i am an iams cat

Mark Bridge — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:12:59 GMT

An Iams cat? I thought it was a Marks & Spencers cat.

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The future of newspapers at Alastair Duncan

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re: Out with the old, in with the new

Alastair Duncan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:43:00 GMT

Every company, irrespective of its size, could do with low overheads. Totally agree with being nimble though ;-)

re: Out with the old, in with the new

Nathan McDonald — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:17:04 GMT

WPP forecasts are bullish... but they also recently announced a headcount freeze?

My prediction is that nimble companies who can adapt quickly to change, not to mention keep their overheads low, will be successful.

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re: Branding utility will save the day. Seriously.

Alastair Duncan — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:53:06 GMT

Well she is the Vice Presidential candidate, so arguably remains a product of the political system that put her there. The fact that her appointment appears to have been based on a two hour meeting with McCain only only proves the point that face value evidence leads to decision making that 'seemed like a good idea at the time' but screws everything up for people who prefer to see depth in leadership behaviour. British politics falls foul of that too, by the way. There should be no semantic confusion over the word nutter.

re: Branding utility will save the day. Seriously.

candace kuss — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:01:34 GMT

hi Alastair, Longtime devotee of branded utilities. So yay for usefulness in every form.

Might be just semantics in your post, but I feel the need to point out that a country (my America) did *not* choose Sarah Palin as even a slightly legitimate candidate for VP. Rather one desperate old man, with an identity crisis, did.

re: Branding utility will save the day. Seriously.

Gonca Telli Yamamoto — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:14:43 GMT

To create a genuine relationship between ad agency, web agency and mobile agency is getting more importance. It is acertain point that we could stress upon it. There is also o regular even in regular relationships.

re: Sir Martin O'Sorrell

Alastair Duncan — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:36:18 GMT

There's a rather nice pub in Baggot Street. Hopefully some of it will be going there.

re: Sir Martin O'Sorrell

jim coleman — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:19:13 GMT

good on him. this is the start of the exodus for companies of this size and nature. When Browns government puts in such punitive measures what do they expect?

I'd like to hear him explain to all the WPP employees where that 'saved' £204m will be going...

re: Sir Martin O'Sorrell

Alastair Duncan — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:43:33 GMT

Not really. Many WPP agencies employ at one level or another, creative people, some of whom are rather good. I do get the point though that being 'big' doesn't give one a default position of being 'better' - it takes some effort, orchestration and care to keep producing the goods. That can be very stretching.