Cannes Lions 2018: A Personal View of a Global Event

by Avra Lorrimer

Managing Director, Consumer Packaged Goods
June 27, 2018

Cannes Lions 2018: A Personal View of a Global Event

Cannes Lions

Spending a week at the Cannes Lions Festival is surreal. You are on the French Rivera, in proximity to A-list celebs, C-suite execs and people offering freebies. Within this environment, it can be easy to forget why we’re there: to celebrate the power of creative communication. While our day jobs require that we focus on … Read more

The Blockchain Will See You Now

Blockchain Health

Originally published in WPP Health and Wellness’ “THINKWELL VOL. 2“.  Are you fascinated by blockchain technologies and intrigued by their potential applications to healthcare? Have you been waiting for an article that will explain it all perfectly? If so, this is not that article. How quickly this technology might transform healthcare is evident in looking … Read more

Smart City-zens Required

smart cities

Unsurprisingly, smart cities are high on the agenda at CES this year, with a dedicated smart city showcase focused on bringing this most utopian of ideas to life. According to Navigant Research, we can expect to see a global market for smart city solutions and services of $97.9 billion in 2026. The development of smart cities … Read more

 CES 2018: Trends to Watch out for at This Year’s Show

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week is set to be packed with interesting announcements from the big players of the tech scene as well as some start-up newcomers. A handful of gadgets have already made their debut at the CES Unveiled event ahead of the show’s official opening, but what … Read more

WALL-E, Take the Wheel!: Facing Up to Our Driverless Futures

Driving Road

Buckle up… are we ready to let WALL-E take the wheel? In case you weren’t paying attention, there are robots on the horizon. Some of them want to drive your car. And the horizon isn’t far off, either. Many automotive manufacturers suggest that we’ll be sharing the road with autonomous vehicles in the next three … Read more

The Most Magical Time of the Year: Preparing for CES, Of Course!

It’s the most magical time of the year… I love this time of year. That sense of expectation in the air, the sense of anticipation about the people we’ll see and the parties we’ll enjoy, all those boxes just waiting to be investigated, the travel plans, the anxious planning of footwear and bulk buying of … Read more

3 Questions with H+K US CEO Alex Jutkowitz

Leading up to Holmes Report’s Global PR Summit, PRovoke17, we asked Alexander Jutkowitz, H+K US CEO, to tell us his perspective on the changing communications landscape. Alex will join the event as a panelist discussing navigating change in a new reality.How can brands innovate faster in a world of uncertainty?It all starts with how you define uncertainty. … Read more

5 Questions with IBM's Paolo Sironi

Source: LinkedIn  IBM’s Watson is the machine that crushed Ken Jennings at Jeopardy, analyzes sports statistics to improve player performance, churns through 60 million pages of medical journals a second, and is learning to make diagnoses and treatment recommendations. Now, it’s being used to revolutionize the world of finance. Watson has grown up and its … Read more

Creativity + New Reality Live-Stream

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We are now live on Facebook! View here or join the conversation on our page. New Reality, Same Old Brain – Matt Battersby, Behavioural Scientist Pete Beeney, Global Agency Lead, Spotify Branding in a Screenless World Nanette Braun, Chief of Communications and Advocacy, UN Women Redefining CSR in Marketing Redefining CSR in Marketing Jessica Walsh, … Read more