Just read a Q&A with Nick Law (Publicis) in the Drum. Surprised that he perpetuates the "creatives are crazy" stereotype. After 7 agency years I'm pretty sure the account people are the real psychos.

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What Strat1 said. Raw deal from Bob. Don’t always like all of his positions but I agree with most of them and think his thoughts on building teams of story tellers and system thinkers is smart

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Not surprising. Being a “zany” Aussie is key to his whole schtick.

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Nick is great. The way Bob treated him, not always so.

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WHY ARE WE STILL NAME DROPPING MARCEL IN HEADLINES

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He shat on R/GA in that article multiple times. Talk about biting the hand that fed.

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Wow he seems like a real piece of work. Should fit in perfectly at Publicis

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Without account people, those things would burn every week

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R/GA 2 lol it’s like Google Plus

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