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Convincing Clients to Embrace Risk Is a Matter of Trust

Second Wind
6/18/2026


Anyone who has worked in the agency business long enough has learned one of its odder truisms: the most effective creative ideas are often the riskiest ones. Higher-risk creative tends ...

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The Great Debate: Why Conflict Can Improve Your Creative Product

Deborah Budd
5/4/2022

Differing priorities, work methods and viewpoints generate conflict. And that is all to the good in a creative agency looking to use all of its employees to fuel agency creative ...

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A Creative Brief is Your Guide

A Creative Brief Is Your Guide, Not a Shackle

Deborah Budd
1/19/2022

The art of writing a creative brief involves reduction: you want a simple, telegraphic idea from which the designer or creative team can start their work. But no matter how ...

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