Davies blogs Account Planning Conference
 Russell Davies (shown here), global consumer planning director at Nike, formerly of Wieden + Kennedy, is currently blogging the Account Planning Conference going on in Chicago. Early in the week, he wrote, “I hope everyone's good because I’m not sure I’ll bring myself to say anything bad.” He hasn’t held back all criticism, though. In fact, while he’s enjoyed bits and pieces of the presentations, he says Mark Earls (of Ogilvy & Mather) and Malcolm Gladwell have been the only “significantly good” speakers. Of Earls’ speech, he writes: “He reminded me of one of the most hateful dynamics of client/agency life—the way that almost every meeting you have is about selling something. No wonder trusts breaks down. He suggested, quite rightly, that maybe some of those meetings should be about co-creation—the joint creation of something new, rather than just a transactional thing to do with selling and approval.”
—Posted by Tim Nudd
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you should do a bit of fact checking before you post this up. russell is no longer at WK, he's at Nike.
Posted by: rd | Aug 3, 2005 2:53:53 PM
The guy before me is a retard. Try reading with your eyes open.
Posted by: PM | Aug 3, 2005 3:54:31 PM
An earlier version said he worked at WK. It's been corrected since. Thanks, rd.
Posted by: TN | Aug 3, 2005 3:59:50 PM
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