“Hire slow, fire fast. (It’s better to have a hole, than an a-hole.)” — At the Behance 99% Conference 2012 Niel Blumenthal (Warby Parker) argued that nothing is more important that hiring the right people for your team. According to Blumenthal, culture fit is everything. To uphold and carry out your business’ core mission, your team has to be a living, breathing representation of your values. If they don’t fit, let them go.
“The quality of your UX shows how much you respect or disrespect your customers.” — Alexis Ohanian (Co-Founder, Reddit) at Behance 99%
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Forget buying your way to tech know-how. Goodby, Silverstein & Partners’ Allison Kent-Smith argues that agencies should focus on constant employee training to raise everyone’s digital game.
Just returned from Hyper Island Master Class in Stockholm together with six Saatchi & Saatchi colleagues. We’re back, all filled with energy, lust, knowledge, new skills and a new network. What more could you ask for? #himc Hyper Island Master Class
“There is no shame in not knowing shit. There is huge shame in pretending to know shit.” — Mark Comerford @markmedia at Hyper Island Master Class
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“Understanding people = making things enjoyable = sell more shit.” — Jim Babb (Quoted by Leo Savage)
North brand agency by Skylab Architecture.
(Cut to commercial during this years Superbowl halftime)
It’s halftime. Both teams are in their locker room discussing what they can do to win this game in the second half. It’s halftime in America too. People are out of work and they’re hurting, and they’re all wondering what they’re gonna do to make a comeback. And we’re all scared because this isn’t a game. People in Detroit know a little something about this. They almost lost everything. But we all pulled together, and now Motor City is fighting again.
I’ve seen a lot of tough eras, a lot of downturns in my life, times when we didn’t understand each other. Seems that we’ve lost our heart at times, when the fog of division, discord and blame made it hard to see what lies ahead. But after those trials, we all rallied around what was right, and acted as one. Because that’s what we do. We find a way through tough times, and if we can’t find a way then we’ll make one.
All that matters now is what’s ahead: how do we come from behind? How do we come together? And how do we win? Detroit’s showing us it can be done. And what’s true about them is true about all of us. This country can’t be knocked out with one punch. We get right back up again, and when we do the world’s gonna hear the roar of our engines.
Yeah. It’s halftime, America. And our second half’s about to begin.