tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post2770842803386191961..comments2023-11-05T04:01:12.146-05:00Comments on Ad Aged: Meditations on stubbornness.george tannenbaumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10974259094860905139noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-78016754704801000922009-09-11T05:52:03.896-04:002009-09-11T05:52:03.896-04:00Anon is right: It's ok to lose a battle in ord...Anon is right: It's ok to lose a battle in order to win the war. But being pragmatic is part of the job at the best of times.<br /><br />What the article says is that having a spine might actually be an impediment in some agency situations. Words emanating from ivory towers are expected to be taken literally.Shanty Mathewhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/shantymathewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-78430449188341205002009-09-10T17:14:02.644-04:002009-09-10T17:14:02.644-04:00Oh, anonymous, I do agree with you. My point is to...Oh, anonymous, I do agree with you. My point is to stubbornly hold onto the big view. Allow yourself a bit of buffeting but keep your eyes on the prize. Sorry if I wasn't clear with my examples.george tannenbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974259094860905139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-72413507529250047082009-09-10T16:25:57.616-04:002009-09-10T16:25:57.616-04:00In theory I agree with you.
In reality I do not.
E...In theory I agree with you.<br />In reality I do not.<br />Every General knows when to make a tactical retreat. In today's crazy market, don't throw your job away because someone want so to use cheap stock photography. Maybe it's Ok if you're creating the next ground breaking ad that will be remembered for generations and studied in marketing courses, but if it's over a dumb ad, cave in as fast as you can. Wait for your opportunity to be defiant. Fighting for an ordinary ad is not worth it, and everybody is doing ordinary ads today. I had an old art director who wanted to kill everybody at the agency if they didn't like the way he ragged his type. Fight for principles, not for ads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-29353639524602224392009-09-10T11:47:24.186-04:002009-09-10T11:47:24.186-04:00One of my favorite moments in the corporate world-...One of my favorite moments in the corporate world--shortly before I quit and not much longer before I would have been fired--was when the results came back from one of those psychological DiSC tests. <br /><br />My boss looked at the list of adjectives describing me and said, "'Defiant.' Yeah, that sounds about right."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01701815231353263575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-81547244356814980992009-09-10T11:39:35.268-04:002009-09-10T11:39:35.268-04:00Whew! You scared me for a minute there, Geo.Whew! You scared me for a minute there, Geo.Teeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943312952246047448noreply@blogger.com