Opinion

21 hours ago

Reimagining creative work through the new labour codes

The codes do not limit creativity. Rather, it helps unlock it–consistently, ethically, and at scale.

1 day ago

Advertisers are watching Australia’s teen social media ban

Under-16 digital behaviour in Australia is about to change, and ripple effects for brands will be everywhere.

2 days ago

The PR partnership paradox

When PR grows, but client demands remain the same, partnerships feel misaligned. The outcome: fragmented messaging, poor performance, and lost opportunities.

2 days ago

Why LLMs should be “decolonised”

LLMs today need to speak a variety of languages, not just English with an accent.

Dec 04, 2025

The feed is full, but we’re all starving

Why brands must stop performing for algorithms and start speaking to humans again

Dec 02, 2025

How to be GEO-ready in 2026

The future of discovery won’t be a search result. It will be a conversation, one where AI decides whose voice to amplify.

Dec 01, 2025

Omnicom-IPG is now one company. The tough questions clients should be asking

"If you're not asking, you're assuming. And in a post-merger environment, assumptions are expensive," writes Kevin Freedman.

Nov 28, 2025

Does India need aspirational masculinity?

As Movember rounds out to a close, let's decode the evolution of modern masculinity through advertising.

Nov 28, 2025

The ‘green’ cost of FOMO

How short-term sales spikes, such as Black Friday, are rewiring consumer behaviour.

Nov 27, 2025

How India’s VFX and post studios are powering global storytelling

India is no longer an outsourcing destination; it is a trusted, creatively mature partner in the global content supply chain.

Nov 26, 2025

Redundancy is a business decision. Here’s how to bounce back fast

As layoffs reshape the creative industry, Dean Connelly shares a practical roadmap for how talent can reset, reposition, and get hired in 2026.

Nov 26, 2025

Gut only tells half the story

Brands rely on advertising research for their PR strategy. But these insights are designed for creative messaging, not behavioural or cultural context.

Nov 24, 2025

Why leaders must rethink how they conduct layoffs

With advertising holdcos restructuring, HR heads and even CEOs need to hesitate before outsourcing these conversations to tech.

Nov 21, 2025

Friendship, fashion, and the female gaze

Why does Sex and the City still feel so iconic? The answer lies not just in the clothes or the cocktails, but in how the series reoriented the gaze.

Nov 21, 2025

Why brand clarity trumps brand visibility

When people understand your brand, they trust it more easily. In categories where choices are abundant, clarity becomes the decisive factor.

Nov 20, 2025

From noise to ROI: how smart brands can win India’s festive quarter

Soaring cart abandonment rates, undecided consumers and a tendency to mass-serve irrelevant ads are challenges that can spike during this season.

Nov 19, 2025

Dismantling the climate rhetoric

Agencies need to rethink their role. Beyond crafting messages, they should act as conscience keepers to ensure that ‘purpose’ isn’t reduced to a positioning strategy.

Nov 19, 2025

What the Cloudflare outage reveals about digital fragility

This outage, alongside similar incidents at major cloud providers, signals a rising pattern of vulnerabilities and structural degradation.

Nov 18, 2025

While rivals look outward, WPP is consumed by its own internal crisis

WPP grapples with an inherited “failure of modern corporate governance,” Darren Woolley writes. Cindy Rose must now prove that the next chapter rests on integrity rather than growth at any cost.

Nov 18, 2025

Agentic AI and the morality gap: Can logic learn compassion?

The future of storytelling, branding, and consumer trust depends not on machines that think faster, but on those that act responsibly.