by Beckie Manley | Feb 4, 2016 | Creative Process, Fierce Strategy + Creative, From the CEO
(A guest blog post written by Beckie Manley, Founder + Idea Chief of Fierce Strategy +Creative, for Black Sheep Agency, Houston, Texas.) The answer is no. But yes. One of the questions new clients always love to ask in that first meeting is: “Do you have any...
by Beckie Manley | Feb 3, 2016 | Fierce Strategy + Creative, From the CEO, People + things that inspire us
*Image is one of Maurice Sendak’s vintage posters celebrating the job of reading, featured in Maria Popova’s post. Now Reading | BrainPickings.org One of my favorite sources of inspiration comes from Maria Popova who writes brainpickings.org. She started...
by Beckie Manley | Jan 26, 2016 | Fierce Excerpts, Fierce Strategy + Creative, From the CEO
Reading up on our industry and on all the fun and fascinating stories we come across every day is one of our favorite things to do at Fierce. We learn so many new and interesting things and this blog is the place where we like to share them with you. We have put...
by Beckie Manley | Jan 18, 2016 | Fierce Strategy + Creative, From the CEO, People + things that inspire us
*Image from Pintrest Today I took some time to listen to the TED talk by Robert Waldinger on what makes a good life. He pulls his three main lessons from one of the longest running studies on happiness that was started back at Harvard over 75 years ago. The Harvard...
by Beckie Manley | Jan 13, 2016 | Fierce Excerpts, Fierce Strategy + Creative, People + things that inspire us
*Image from Kraft. Now Reading | The Science of Craving by Amy Fleming Amy Fleming attended the Society for Neuroscience’s annual meeting where Dr. Kent Berridge, of the University of Michigan, presented his pioneering research into pleasure and desire. Her...
by Beckie Manley | Jan 4, 2016 | Fierce Strategy + Creative, Science, Research + Technology
*Photo: Art professor Mary Beth Heffernan puts a portrait-on-a-sticker on nurse Zoe Dewalt’s protective suit. Courtesy of Marc Campos./Occidental College I am so very lucky to find myself surrounded by clients, family, and friends who constantly inspire me with...