Tankards away

Keen observers will note that I haven’t posted to this damn blog in something like 6 months. This was due to a combination of factors: social media fatigue, a lack of time & energy (having a second baby 7 months ago may have had something to do with it), and the sneaking suspicion that I’d

A day for openness and transparency

A while back, one of the planners I work with – Sean – had a great idea (he does that a lot – a nice quality).  We’d been talking about the growing demand for transparency in marketing and business, and that while many marketers today see the need for it, at the same time many

Planning For Good needs your help…

This is an urgent request to planning & strategy folk (responses needed by Monday March 23): WE NEED SOME CAUSE-RELATED BRIEFS Can you help us help the Ideas Foundation? It’s a fantastic UK charity that is committed to championing creativity in young people. It’s a mentoring program for 16-17 year olds which gives them the

Toronto planning event

I’m very excited to share some details about an upcoming event for Toronto’s strategic planning community. First, some background. The idea for this came out of discussions I and a few other planners and strategy types have been having over the last 6 months. We realized a few things: There are thriving planning communities in