Hey @directnewideas 𝕷𝖆𝖚𝖗𝖆 𝕵𝕭 @timothylindsay Steve Harrison Marc Lewis, loved your contributions to the ‘What’s The Point of Agencies?’ talk. Great to see a passionate conversation with differing opinions expressed intelligently on a platform. youtube.com/watch?v=JQwzx4…

Can’t Sell, Won’t Sell Multiple LIONS | The Home of Creativity award winner and #advertising legend Steve Harrison will examine modern brands’ reluctance to sell in a culture of consciousness. bit.ly/3tioV5d #copywriting #advertising #creativity

The School of Communication Arts is the most successful training academy in the advertising world.Its Dean, Marc Lewis, recommends all his students - and you - buy "Can't Sell, Won't Sell". As he says it is "the most urgent read of our time". tinyurl.com/dytrch83

Steve Harrison has articlulated what I've been trying to for a while... That advertising needs to stop obsessing over social purpose and start selling. The emporer is naked.

Mary Ergul .Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) called Steve Harrison's book #CantSellWontSell "the most provocative advertising book we've seen in years" amazon.com/Cant-Sell-Wont…

Hmmm, Danone, by Nick Asbury nickasbury.substack.com/p/hmmm-danone?…

The Blogfather bludgeons and interrogates social purpose this week, goes after VISA, but finds some time for Heinz and tips his hat to the work of Steve Harrison: gasp.agency/blog/whats-you… 🖋️🌬️

When The Guardian asked me to do this podcast, I was expecting it to be an away game to a hostile crowd. But I reckon Adam and Imogen, who put if together, have done a good job of presenting a balanced and informative 30 mins. tinyurl.com/y2xbkzva .

A really interesting discussion, including the great Steve Harrison advertising.theguardian.com/reach-and-freq…

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This is an excellent piece from Steve Harrison. I highly recommend reading it in it’s entirety. linkedin.com/pulse/adlands-…

Paul Frampton-Calero Ad Association Recommended reading: Can't Sell Won't Sell by Steve Harrison - he covers a lot of this in there amazon.co.uk/Cant-Sell-Wont…

Why the IPA’s changes to the Effectiveness Awards criteria are bad for the industry Steve Harrison buff.ly/3HGYCMt

Not a bad way to end the weekend…low 60s, Solo Stove 🔥 fired up, enjoying a New Glarus Brewery Moon Man, and final pages of Steve Harrison’s sizzling Can’t Sell Won’t Sell. #amreading #advertising #firepit

I've missed Ben & Jerry's assessment of the Russian invasion and their message to President Putin on how it might be "de-escalated". Can any one enlighten me?

Our industry needs more of these two...

@boultini’s brilliant 'Copywriting is…' is now available on LEO! Read by some of the best the industry has to offer from Rory Sutherland to Scott Morrison and 𝕷𝖆𝖚𝖗𝖆 𝕵𝕭, it's a must read, watch and listen. Head to leoreader.com to do that for free right now.

More great work by James and his admirable team at Commercial Breaks and LEO. While many in the industry talk about changing the world, James and his crew get on with doing it.

"If it's true that David Ogilvy didn't begin his career as a copywriter until he was pushing 40, he'd have little chance today of getting a start at his own agency." - Steve Harrison, Can't Sell Won't Sell. bit.ly/3VD7Mjg