Part of being a member of a successful team has to do with getting to know your teammates. Think about each person’s strengths, weaknesses, and pain points. Think about YOUR strengths, weakness, and pain points. What are you really good at? Where could you use help?...
Active Listening
How many podcasts and trainings have you listened and sat through that focused on active listening? In a work environment, listening is essential whether it’s your boss telling you what you need to do or your client telling you what they want. The best thing you can...
The Changing Relationship Between In-House and Outside Agencies
There has been a shift of power – creatively speaking – regarding to who “owns” brand and creative in corporate America. There was a time when anyone but the internal creative teams did new creative work or managed the outside creative agencies. However, for many...
Become a design superhero
I work in User Experience design, and recently there's a design trend that's running through our company like a wildfire: accessibility. I thought I knew about it/what it was but as it turned out, I only knew the tip of the iceberg. I had no idea how many people are...
Your Future Starts Now
"There ain't no future in the past." That line from a Vince Gill song has it right -- especially when it comes to fresh ideas. Creativity lives in today and aims for the future. Even the guy who wrote The Beatles' "Yesterday" -- arguably the world's most famous song...
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Why buy when you can rent?
The technology options available today for managing workflow and digital assets come in many shapes and sizes. One of...
Collecting Critical Data Begins at Project Intake
As we’ve discussed in previous articles, creative leaders are most effective in implementing operational changes when...
In-House Business Startup Journal Part 9: Performance Reviews
By Andy Brenits Well, it’s that time of year again for many corporate creatives… the year-end performance review cycle...
Deliver on What Your Clients Really Want
Saying you’re a client-centric creative services organization is easy. Proving it is much more difficult. Recognizing...
Opinion Poll: How much influence does your in-house team have on agency relationships?
No matter how large, talented or versatile your in-house creative team is, at some point, the need arises to...
From How to Why
When we start working, we’re focused on doing the tasks that need to get done. Designing, writing, filing, answering...
Design Career Path: NY
Finding practical ways to help creative professionals in their career development is one of the many compelling...
Design Career Path: NJ
“An amazing designer can design for anything” has been a long-standing belief among many managers of In-house creative...
Job Cost Tracking and its Impact on Decision Making, Justification and Control
A creative services manager must make many decisions in the course of managing her production process, including...
Getting Started with Process Documentation
Previously I shared some thoughts about the importance and benefits of documenting your processes. After reading you...
In-House Business Startup Journal Part 8: Admitting Mistakes
By Andy Brenits "Steve jobs would never have done that" I thought to myself, as I read the open apology by Tim Cook...
Some Management 101 Thoughts For the New Creative Leader
Over the years I have seen new managers make some fundamental mistakes, and those mistakes have taken time to recover...
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