Yall ever work at an agency with leadership that demands “award winning work” but also leadership that doesn’t know how to concept for big ideas 🤦‍♀️

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Yes. 🙋‍♀️

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And the lifers at the top who lack the backbone, taste and incentive to sell truly great work, but are great at managing up and deflecting blame.

We should be getting braver, not more timid, but a lot of our “leaders” are the most scared and selfish people in the building. Lack of trust is a running theme.

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Welcome to M+S!

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This all stemmed from being in a miserable brainstorm sesh with my GCD who didn’t contribute at all then kept shooting ideas down before they are actually formed. In ROUND ONE of brainstorming

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This is rude af, check yourself

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