Crispin

What's actually going on at Crispin? According to Ben James, the new Chief Creative Officer of the 60-year-old agency, you should "come by and see us" to find out. Volume 1 Issue 2 of Pop Rock Disco is now LIVE. 🪩 BEN JAMES [Relentless Reinvention] podcast: https://lnkd.in/gABkgcxT BEN JAMES [Relentless Reinvention] newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gFB-gFeE In this conversation, recorded on the literal last day of Ben's first month in the role, Vince and Ben discussed areas such as the printed-screenshot ritual Ben implemented to help connect with his team in his first month, why he's betting that "come by and see us" beats any polished pitch deck as a new-business strategy, and why he believes "relentless reinvention is a feature, not a bug". Enjoy! - Team DISCO 🪩 [documenting the modern creative experience in real time] PS: Remember, we don’t publish at a “content calendar” cadence. Quality > Quantity. Subscribe to the (free) PRD mailing list at PopRockDisco.com to stay updated and get early access to all upcoming volumes, events, and experiences. ; )

What's actually going on at Crispin? According to Ben James, the new Chief Creative Officer of the 60-year-old agency, you should "come by and see us" to find out. Volume 1 Issue 2 of Pop Rock Disco is now LIVE. 🪩 BEN JAMES [Relentless Reinvention] podcast: https://lnkd.in/gABkgcxT BEN JAMES [Relentless Reinvention] newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gFB-gFeE In this conversation, recorded on the literal last day of Ben's first month in the role, Vince and Ben discussed areas such as the printed-screenshot ritual Ben implemented to help connect with his team in his first month, why he's betting that "come by and see us" beats any polished pitch deck as a new-business strategy, and why he believes "relentless reinvention is a feature, not a bug". Enjoy! - Team DISCO 🪩 [documenting the modern creative experience in real time] PS: Remember, we don’t publish at a “content calendar” cadence. Quality > Quantity. Subscribe to the (free) PRD mailing list at PopRockDisco.com to stay updated and get early access to all upcoming volumes, events, and experiences. ; )

What does a Chief Creative Officer's first month actually look like in real time? In our first 3-part check-in series for Volume 1 of Pop Rock Disco, Ben James, Crispin's new CCO, invites us in to find out. “We’re taking screengrabs of what is coming at us, and then we are printing out what we see.” - James during week 2 in his new role, on designing a new team ritual he calls Chop-Up-the-Algorithm, a weekly, in-person look at what's inspiring his team online. The new 3-episode podcast series - exclusively documenting Ben's first 30-day journey at Crispin - is now available on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts, and the companion newsletter can be found at PopRockDisco.com. Welcome to the DISCO. 🪩 _______________________ Volume 1 Issue 1 links: BEN JAMES [The First 30] Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gEZ-ua5q BEN JAMES [The First 30] Newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gs4wEU2g

Because we like storytelling at Crispin, we decided to announce my partnership with Ben the Boomerang a little differently. Follow along with Pop Rock Disco and Vince Grimes for a BTS look at his first 30 days! And then come see what we have going on at Crispin. Ben James and I would love to say hi. Between aisle nine and the moon, let’s go. This time it’s to the disco. 🚀 🛒 🪩 PS, if you love all things creative and the process behind this magic, check out PRD and subscribe. There will be real stories in real time, so you can see how things all really unfold. ❤️ Visit the disco here: https://lnkd.in/gNvU5bRw

"Relentless reinvention is a feature, not a bug. It's really the way we were built; it's what our brand philosophy is." - Ben James, Chief Creative Officer, Crispin In today’s media, most interviews happen after the work is already done. After it's been polished and packaged into a repeatable story and talking points.  It's time for something different.  POP ROCK DISCO is a new media publication documenting the modern creative process in real time, and we’re officially launching TODAY. 🪩   For our inaugural issue, Volume 1 Issue 1, we’re bringing together a series of three separate real-time conversations, recorded with veteran creative leader Ben James, Crispin's new Chief Creative Officer, across his first month in the role - one at the two-week mark, one at three weeks, and the last one on his final Friday of his first month in the role.  The new 3-episode podcast series is now available on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts, and the companion newsletter is available at PopRockDisco.com.  Welcome to the Disco. 🪩 PS: Subscribe to our (no spam) mailing list to get early access to Issues 2 and 3 of Volume 1 this week, exclusively documenting Ben's first 30-day journey at Crispin. ________________________ Volume 1 Issue 1 links: BEN JAMES [The First 30] podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gEZ-ua5q BEN JAMES [The First 30] newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gs4wEU2g

Couldn't have said it better ourselves, Breaking and Entering Media 🚀

"Success in this role is somewhere between the moon and aisle nine." 🚀 Good to have you back, Ben James. Maggie Malek and Ben share more about about what we've been building with Christopher Cicchiello. More in ADWEEK: https://lnkd.in/gg3gbwBu