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Is There A Creativity Crisis?

It's not art, but it is something more than a balance sheet

Tim Kilroy

FinancesFinances

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Why Do Annual Plans Always Suck?

It's cuz you aren't doing them the way your agency needs...

Tim Kilroy

ProcessProcess

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The Kind vs Wicked Agency

No, this email is NOT about Ariana Grande or Cynthia Erivo AFAIK

Tim Kilroy

PurposePurpose

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It’s January. Do You Know Where Your Focus Ought to Be?

Because it’s probably not where you might imagine....

Tim Kilroy

PlanningPlanning

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26 for 2026 - But WTF Do I Know

This is a predictions post - I am probably talking out of my keister...

Tim Kilroy

The "Discovery" Call Is Dead

It's time to think about it differently.

Tim Kilroy

PurposePurpose

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The Dude Abides - But Should He?

Yes or no or maybe or...whatever

Tim Kilroy

PositioningPositioning

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Surprises Are Surprising...

Don't let yourself become a YAFA

Tim Kilroy

Vibes Vision & ValuesVibes Vision & Values

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1 + 1 + 1 = Wow That Was Easy

Thank goodness I have never been good at math...

Tim Kilroy

PositioningPositioning

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Company Culture Doesn't Come From a Slide Deck

Thank gawd...cuz those things are snoozy....

Tim Kilroy

Vibes Vision & ValuesVibes Vision & Values

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WTF With All The Sales Talk?

This is all a big plan to get you to see "the big plan"

Tim Kilroy

Business DevelopmentBusiness Development

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Every Sales Call Has Permission Gates → Stop Trying to Open Them With Brute Force

Stop smashing your face into unopened gates...it hurts.

Tim Kilroy

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