SPITBALL
The blog where we ponder on the state of the industry, chat with pros, and muse over trends
On The Leaders' Lounge with Paul Bootlis
Advertising is ego-driven. You can get lost in it. I think you need to keep a perspective on it as a career. Creative people should always look outside of advertising - do side projects and other things to keep it real.
On The Leaders' Lounge with John Halpin
…Be prepared to spend your life learning because you need to be on the cusp of cultural change.
On The Leaders' Lounge with Christina Aventi
..Life itself is a great teacher for strategy. Get out of the books and podcasts and live it.
On The Leaders' Lounge with Ginny Stein
I generally baulk at saying ‘it is a privilege’, as it is such an overused phrase, but in the case of journalism, I absolutely believe it to be true.
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Game changers: Albert Namatjira
Founder of the Indigenous art movement in Australia, Albert Namatjira is the most famous and most influential Indigenous Australian artist of all time.
On The Leaders' Lounge with Mylan Vu
If you’ve got big goals and they feel years away, you’ll be surprised how accelerated that process becomes when you know exactly what you need to work on and why you need to work on it.
Game changers: Pablo Picasso
There was barely an art movement in the 20th century that Picasso didn’t inspire, create or contribute to.
On The Leaders' Lounge with Paul Swann
Adopt the mantra that ‘every day you learn something new is a good day’ and you won’t go too far wrong.
Game changers: Henrik Ibsen
On return to his native Norway, Ibsen began writing and producing plays that challenged the norm of how plays were written, the themes and subject matter explored, and how social issues could be addressed in theatre productions.
On The Leaders' Lounge with Corinne Podger
The more I travel, and the more journalists I work with, the more I believe we’re a single ‘tribe’. We are motivated by the same things: great stories, told well, for a clear target audience, which adhere to specific values on ethics, accuracy and trust.
Game changers: Edith Head
It was her style that inspired the fictional character ‘Edna Mode’ in the animated movie, The Incredibles (2004).
On The Leaders' Lounge with Fintan Lalor
Since I was very young, my father has always encouraged me to try and experience everything that I could. The more I exposed myself to different things over the years, the quicker I discovered what I liked and what I was good at doing.
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Game changers: The Everly Brothers
According to Bob Dylan, The Everly Brothers ‘started it all’.
On The Leaders' Lounge with Carl Moggridge
I’m genuinely interested in what I do, and I’ve taken ownership of my career outside of my day job. Increasingly, I’m not sure I see the same curiosity and commitment to learn.
Experiencing Bhutan: Mrs Catherine Harris AO, PSM, FAICD
Taking a trip to Bhutan makes you realise how beautiful life can be when one focuses on the important things in life, not the material things.
Game changers: Yayoi Kusama
Our earth is only one polka dot among a million stars in the cosmos. Polka dots are a way to infinity. When we obliterate nature and our bodies with polka dots, we become part of the unity of our environment.