by Luke Sullivan | Jul 9, 2016 | Advertising, Creativity, Education, Problem Finding
Back when I was a young knucklehead in advertising, we all knew the way to advance was to outwork everybody and dig up as much work as you could by walkin’ around and bugging the project managers for open job orders. (“Gimme a problem to solve. I’ll do a radio spot, a...
by Luke Sullivan | Feb 2, 2015 | Problem Finding
Recently I had the pleasure of talking with my old friend David Baldwin and was reminded again of why he’s held in such wide esteem by the ad industry. First off, for you students who don’t know his name, you should. I pasted his bio at the bottom, but by...
by Luke Sullivan | Sep 15, 2014 | Advertising, Commentary, Digital, Education, Problem Finding
I just finished reading a really good book, a new title from Warren Berger, who’s been writing about the ad industry for a long time. Smart guy. Book’s titled A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas. What Berger calls “inquiry” or...
by Luke Sullivan | Apr 2, 2012 | Advertising, Problem Finding
In this Sunday’s New York Times Book Review, I read about a cool new title called The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. In a review titled Why Won’t They Listen?, the writer got into some territory that has direct bearing on our...