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Laughing Together, Weeping Alone
Author: Jim Carroll, Chairman, BBH London The Laughing Audience - William Hogarth Old Man in Sorrow (on the Threshold of Eternity) - Vincent Van Gogh I was at home watching a film when it happened...
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Commercial Karma
Author: Jim Carroll, Chairman, BBH London Memories light the corners of my mind Misty,water colored memories Of the way we were. ~ Barbra Streisand, The Way We Were Barbara Streisland, image:...
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Dance Lessons
Author: Jim Carroll, Chairman, BBH London Asphodel Meadows, choreographed by Liam Scarlett I attended a talk by the top Royal Ballet choreographer and dancer, Liam Scarlett. He is only 26, but he has...
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“Differentiate – or Die”
Author: Chaz Wigley, Chairman, BBH Asia Pacific It was about 2 years ago that Emma, Jim and myself started talking and writing about the ‘marketing wind tunnel’ that we as an industry seem to have...
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(Don’t) Turn Your Back On Me
Author: Jim Carroll, Chairman, BBH London I attended an Edvard Munch show at the Tate Modern. Dark, melancholy, awkward stuff. Angst, loneliness, jealousy. A difficult relationship with society in...
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Swimming in the shallow end
Author: Jim Carroll, Chairman, BBH London Portrait of an artist, by David Hockney My father worked for a time at a gasket factory in Romford. One Christmas he presented me with a corporate diary he had...
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I Will Not Follow
Author: Jim Carroll, Chairman, BBH London In 1983 Celtic troubadours The Waterboys released a song called “I Will Not Follow”. I’m pretty sure it was a response to U2′s anthemic “I Will Follow”....
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The Mirror Crack’d
Author: Jim Carroll, Chairman, BBH London ‘The mirror crack’d from side to side; “The curse is come upon me,” cried The Lady of Shalott’ Alfred, Lord Tennyson – The Lady of Shalott Image: William...
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Singing in the Cemetery
Author: Jim Carroll, Chairman, BBH London “Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.” Bob Marley Bob Marley, photographed by Jill Furmanovsky I recently saw the Bob Marley documentary that came...
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Branded Gentry
Author: Jim Carroll, Chairman, BBH London Why assign your own name to a brand? What drives the founders of eponymous brands? What lies behind the success of the successful? These are questions...
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Bring me fools and geniuses
Author: Jim Carroll, Chairman, BBH London Like many people I was amused by Rory Sutherland’s recent piece in The Spectator, in which he suggested it might be a smart strategy for Agencies to recruit...
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When Everyone Talks and No-One Listens
Author: Jim Carroll, Chairman, BBH London First Published in Hall&Partners magazine, Matters. It’s often said of the characters in Anton Chekhov’s plays that ‘everyone talks,but no one listens.’...
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The Man That Didn’t Blink
Author, Jim Carroll, Chairman BBH London First published in Advertising Week Europe supplement I knew a man who never blinked. It was quite discomfiting. I’d not considered blinking that important...
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Leadership and the Amplified Self
Author: Jim Carroll, Chairman BBH London I am not a leader. It took me many years to realise it. Indeed I was in a position of some responsibility when the truth dawned. I finally understood that I am...
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The Mirror Crack’d
Author: Jim Carroll, Chairman, BBH London ‘The mirror crack’d from side to side; “The curse is come upon me,” cried The Lady of Shalott’ Alfred, Lord Tennyson – The Lady of Shalott Image: William...
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“Differentiate – or Die”
Author: Chaz Wigley, Chairman, BBH Asia Pacific It was about 2 years ago that Emma, Jim and myself started talking and writing about the ‘marketing wind tunnel’ that we as an industry seem to have...
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ARTICULATE ANGER
Jim Carroll, former Chairman of BBH, returns to Labs for this sharply observed guest post about ‘Hope to Nope: Graphics and Politics 2008-18’ at the Design Museum. We highly recommend that you also...
View ArticleTHE JEAN BRODIE SCHOOL OF PLANNING LEADERSHIP
Jim Carroll, former Chairman & Head of Strat at BBH London, returns to Labs once more, this time to offer Ben Shaw leadership advice in this ongoing series. We highly recommend that you also visit...
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