I’ve been thinking a lot lately about creativity in business. When I was scheming this agency, the clearest point for me – a student of the Rotman School‘s Integrative Thinking approach and a fan of Richard Florida’s postulations on the creative class, among other things – was that I needed to design a company that [...]

It’s easy to be cynical about advertising and design award shows. There are too many that are clearly cashgrabs, with high entrance fees and no real reward aside from having a thumbnail of your work published in a crowded, poorly-designed awards annual (which, if your work is included, you’ll still have to fork over $50+ [...]

Over the years, my Facebook creeping has led me to notice more and more males signing up each November for the phenomenon that has become Movember. Movember is a month-long charity event that encourages men (or perhaps some women) to grow moustaches and generate donations for Prostate Cancer Canada (and other various men’s health charities [...]

Last week was Toronto’s Creative Places + Spaces conference – a very dynamic gathering of speakers from not-for-profit and educational sectors, with some CBC talent and Toronto City Hall employees thrown in for good measure. The theme of the day was collaboration. Presenters explored the unconventional ways that individuals, communities, and institutions can work together [...]

We are seriously excited to be working as AOR for the White Ribbon Campaign‘s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event. Stuff like this is so good for the heart, and they’re an incredible organization that does such great things to make our city, our country, and our world a better place for both ladies [...]