How to fuel creativity, find balance and stay inspired
In this extract from Emmi Salonen’s new book, The Creative Wellbeing Handbook, she explores how creative thinkers can reduce stress and avoid burnout
Where’s the real value in leadership training?
Beyond skills, the benefits of leadership courses include deep personal development and a framework of senior contacts to lean on well into the future
If we want creativity to matter, we have to lead like it does
AI is bringing rapid changes. Leaders need to understand it, while recognising the value of creativity and brand, so humans and machines can thrive together, says Wayne Deakin
How to stop money ruining everything
John Mescall, creative chair of by The Network, tackles the existential dilemma of running a creative business as a creative person
The creatives left coping with long Covid
CR talks to some creatives who are sufferers of long Covid, and discusses how it is impacting their lives and work
How global design teams drive innovation
Working with designers with different backgrounds and experiences brings richness and diversity to the design process, says Jo Barnard of Morrama. These collaborations are vital to the future of design
Bang your head against ajar doors
Happy Thoughts: Advice for Your Average Creative is a new series of articles by Stu Outhwaite-Noel of the agency Modern Citizens, designed to take you into 2025 with a spring in your step. Here’s column three
You’re just one cog in the machine
Happy Thoughts: Advice for Your Average Creative is a new series of articles by Stu Outhwaite-Noel of the agency Modern Citizens, designed to take you into 2025 with a spring in your step. Here’s column two
Should I go in-house?
A new year often brings the desire for a career change, including trying new avenues. Here, Patrick Burgoyne, co-founder of the In-House Agency Leaders Club, tackles an increasingly common question for creatives
Why we need to join the dots between creativity and value
It has been widely proved that creativity drives business value, and yet investment in it continues to go down. It’s time agencies demonstrated its effectiveness more clearly, says Ask Us For Ideas co-founder Nick Bell
This column won’t make you famous
Happy Thoughts: Advice for Your Average Creative is a new series of articles by Stu Outhwaite-Noel of the agency Modern Citizens, designed to take you into 2025 with a spring in your step. Here’s column one
How to kick-start a creative renaissance
As we look ahead to 2025, John Roescher of design agency Raw Materials offers a blueprint of how to reject blandness and create more meaningful and innovative design
How Center design studio is shaping startups
Formerly a design director at Coca-Cola, Alex Center’s Brooklyn studio now brings branding magic to startups and small businesses
Laphroaig x Willem Dafoe is a peaty partnership worth savouring
The Islay single malt has enlisted the Hollywood star for its latest campaign, celebrating the whisky’s unmistakable, enigmatic taste
Why brands need culture
In her new book, Leila Fataar explains how the most powerful engagements between brands and audiences happen through culture, requiring different approaches to marketing and comms
Brompton unfolds bold new identity for its 50th anniversary
The British cycling brand has partnered with Studio Blackburn to celebrate its heritage as it enters a new, globally minded era