by Beckie Manley | Jul 21, 2015 | People + things that inspire us
This. This is my heart. I feel this every day—and I love how she articulates it. From Jessica Walsh, Sagmeister & Walsh: “This is the best time in my 20-year career to be a creative person. Everyone always used to say, It’s the work, the work, the work. And it...
by Beckie Manley | Jul 6, 2015 | Fierce Strategy + Creative, People + things that inspire us
I was excited to learn today that one of the players on the women’s USA World Cup Soccer team is from St. Simons Island, home of our U.S. based Fierce offices. Morgan Brian went to school and played soccer with our new Fierce intern, Ansley. I asked Ansley to write a...
by Beckie Manley | Apr 13, 2015 | People + things that inspire us
I love this girl. Matilda Kahl, an art director at Saatchi & Saatchi, decided one day that she was going to simplify her life by wearing a uniform every day. Her uniform is simple–black and white with a black leather rosette. So smart. In her recent Harper’s...
by Beckie Manley | Mar 23, 2015 | People + things that inspire us
“My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other’s kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other, and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. That’s how I see business: Great things in business...
by Beckie Manley | Mar 15, 2015 | Branding, People + things that inspire us
I loved Seth Godin’s blog post from 3.14.15, known famously as Pi day. In case you missed it, here is an excerpt from “Magical and Irrational”: Pi is our most famous irrational number. Not irrational in the sense that it’s a foolish argument, a...
by Beckie Manley | Mar 11, 2015 | Branding, People + things that inspire us
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to...
