Nosy algorithms and secret sauces

Videos, despite being mightily powerful business tools for engagement and persuasion are, frankly, dumb beasts.

For all their walkie-talkie pfazz, they are black boxes.

Worse: they suffer from their own form of Locked-In Syndrome. Once viewed. They then close up. You know their name. But not what’s going on inside.

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Finding wonder in the ordinary

When remembering John Webster (creative director, BMP), Dave Trott tells us how John looked to answer the question what are real people doing? to come up with ideas/insights for adverts that then went on to win major advertising awards.

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