Circus set to launch in two weeks – The Difference Engine founder Farrah Bostic and AWARD chairman Craig Davis join line-up
The Communications Council has confirmed the final line-up of keynote speakers for the 2013 Circus Festival of Commercial Creativity with the announcement of Farrah Bostic, founder of The Difference Engine, and Craig Davis, chairman of AWARD and former co-chairman and chief creative officer of Publicis Mojo.
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Joining leaders from The Coca-Cola Company, Facebook, Goodby, Silverstein & Partner’s, Saatchi & Saatchi X, JWT Shanghai, and the Sydney Theatre Company, Brooklyn-based Bostic and Sydney’s own Davis will complete an eight-strong list of international industry heavyweights in a world-class showcase to launch the festival on 19th March.
Speakers will explore everything from Chinese creativity to lessons from the Silicon Valley as they uproot the latest developments in the world of commercial creativity. Encouraging lean thinking and innovation, Bostic adds expert insight in the area of brand APIs, while Davis turns focus to the rising topic of conscious capitalism.
Says Margaret Zabel, CEO of The Communications Council: “We are extremely excited to introduce Farrah Bostic and Craig Davis to the mix. Diversity encourages creativity, and there is a real sense of variety among the keynotes at Circus 2013.”
Following the keynotes, the 20th March sees local experts go head to head in the Battle of Big Thinking – a day of snappy presentations put forward by a diverse group of 15 leaders delivering big ideas and exploring the wider societal context in which creativity operates.
The third and final day of Circus 2013 engages attendees in Master Class workshops, applying innovative thinking in creative communications to their day-to-day work, before the day and festival conclude with the prestigious AWARD awards: the annual Australasian creative awards celebration.
The ultimate circuit breaker event, ‘Circus’ is a world class learning experience offering both businesses and individuals the opportunity to rethink, reset and reinvigorate their professional aspirations.
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‘World Class’ has to be the most overused term in Australia, and if anything that it’s applied to actually were, then those doing the spruiking wouldn’t have to say so.
The fact that it shows up so often, reveals just how culturally insecure this little island actually is.
As far as the new speakers are concerned, I would have thought that at least one of their topics might have been ‘How to destroy a thriving creative agency in two years or less’.
Shouldn’t it be Conscience Capitalism anyway?
CD not CD is spot on.
Of late, too many ‘world class’ creatives have steered successful shops into muddy waters with their ‘I know best’ attitude, pissing off clients and replacing proven hands with self promoting awards jockeys.
Trouble is nobody will book a seat at their ‘confessionals’ as they are living the nightmare at work.
Ah yes, so world class they’re spending more time with their family.
Can we set up a counselling hotline for bitter ex mojo staff.
Hopefully it will free up the CB comments sections.
Yep, smells like jimmy alright
Hard to see why why the ex Mojo staff need a hotline, their problem is over now (but I’m sure there will be others to come).
Yes, after so much agony for so many who took pride in what the agency once was, and then were forced to stand by and watch as the brand was steered away from creativity and directed toward bottom line retail.
Hey, bitter people.
An agency isn’t down to one guy at the top.
I’ve worked for agencies where the top was rotten to the core. But we still did amazingly well.
You can’t blame the creative grand pu-bah for your creative output. Everybody contributes. Suits, clients, production and… gasp… creatives.
If your culture sucks where you’re working, just ask yourself what you are doing to change that. Ask yourself what you are doing to convince the suits to sell great work. Ask what you are doing to convince clients that brave isn’t artistry, it’s necessary.
I’ve helped turn around the last 5 agencies I’ve worked for. Big names, small names, doesn’t matter. Currently very well awarded. In my humble opinion, the boss doesn’t make the agency great. The agency makes the boss great.
Slag me off as much as you want, but if you change your outlook you’ll realise this is not just enriching from a work / career point of view, but from a ‘want to get out of bed and to the office before 10am’ point of view too.
@ Please… Dude you must never have been fired by management at an agency, no?
The reason why people get pissed at certain people at agencies is because they are treated badly by upper management…. you’re banging on about work this and work that… the sheer number of people that have been fired or treated badly is the reason for people being ‘bitter’ as you label it…. wake up mate… you MUST be one of these pricks firing people and thus making things really difficult for good, talented poeple who happened to not be liked by upper management.
There was always a lot of gossiping in the corridors between staff at mojo and talking behind backs, rather than staff supporting one another. There was also a huge divide between the creative dept. and other departments. this wasn’t all down to the one person. It’s such a socially awkward place. Is it better now? Have these problems been addressed? I genuinely hope so.