A few things all agencies should leave in 2017:

- IG dog portraits.

- Agency rap videos.

- The overwhelmingly unfunny office sarcasm.

- Unannounced ‘stay the latest’ coworker competitions.

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The rap videos need to go. It feels especially uncomfortable with our industry’s diversity problem.

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I think office dog portraits are delightful

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So, Havas.

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But sarcasm is evergreen. And a cornerstone of agency culture.

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There are agencies doing rap videos?
How original </sarcasm>

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AI

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Thought Agency rap videos went with 2016...uh-oh.

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A big one: Hubris.

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“Innovation strategists"

What counts as office sarcasm?

Executive Vice President 1 I was mainly referring to employee-to-employee interactions during small talk and feedback.

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