2016 February

First Glimmerings: a brilliant paper on the creativity of margarine

This is an archive paper for Ogilvy by Michael Jacobs, a member of the company for many years and still a friend who now does excellent work in conflict resolution. It dates from 22 June 1998. The context was a conversation

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Of Billiard Balls and Turtles

Our western culture takes it very much for granted that we are separate individuals. We experience ourselves as such, and there is no serious challenge to that self-perception. The exceptions such as the behaviour of crowds are seen as individuals

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Dynamic Stability

For logo designers, the phrase dynamic stability will recall the logo of Deutsche Bank. In the early 1970s, restored to a unified bank and now expanding globally, Deutsche Bank looked at its rather dated logo and decided it was time

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The Patterns of Change: Think-in, 29th January, 2016

This was the kickoff of our Think-ins, the network meetings of the Centre for Thinking Futures that we support (see Thinking.institute). Our Thinking Partner from Sydney, Philip Pryor, was here to help lead the inaugural day for us. We explored the

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Blog: Ecologic

First Glimmerings: a brilliant paper on the creativity of margarine

Of Billiard Balls and Turtles

Dynamic Stability

The Patterns of Change: Think-in, 29th January, 2016