January 11, 2021
Published by Daniel "DanTheAgencyMan" de la Cruz on January 11, 2021
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Reflections Jan 2021 – Week 1: Are you thinking too much about your ‘why’? What is drive? When is a lie a good lie and more…

Agency musings Drive, motivation and your ‘Why’ – are you thinking too much about it? When I watched John McAvoy’s story last year (see it here), […]
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December 16, 2020
Published by Daniel "DanTheAgencyMan" de la Cruz on December 16, 2020
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Reflections Dec 2020 – Week 2: Top Boy values, Nikki Gatenby Superengaged feature, first principles thinking, Google Trends 2020 and more…

Agency musings Top Boy got me thinking about values I know what you’re thinking, but hear me out… last week I finished watching the Netflix series […]
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December 7, 2020
Ribbon Chapel
Published by Daniel "DanTheAgencyMan" de la Cruz on December 7, 2020
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Reflections Dec 2020 – Week 1: Could this be a better visualisations of progress in agencies?, remote working & team engagement, ambiguous loss, The Great Mental Models Book feature and more…

Agency musings Better visualisations of progress in agencies Please bear with me… last week I listened to a podcast with Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke. He mentions […]
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December 1, 2020
Plutchik Wheel emotion classification
Published by Daniel "DanTheAgencyMan" de la Cruz on December 1, 2020
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Reflections Nov 2020 – Week 4: The need to be needed, novel experiences, People Ops call notes, emotion classification and more…

Agency musings The need to be needed As an agency grows beyond the multiple hat wearing circus parade of the founder. Owners of agencies often become […]
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November 23, 2020
Published by Daniel "DanTheAgencyMan" de la Cruz on November 23, 2020
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Reflections Nov 2020 – Week 3: What happens after success? When to hire a studio manager? Nocebo effect and more…

Agency musings What happens after success? The big exit. A dream for many agency owners. Cash out, move to a remote island with an outdoor shower. […]
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November 9, 2020
Published by Daniel "DanTheAgencyMan" de la Cruz on November 9, 2020
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Reflections Nov 2020 – Week 1: Client relationships, not getting feedback on pitches? Circular Questioning – consulting technique, Humble Consulting book review and more…

Agency musings Client relationships Which level of relationship do you have with your client? And how do you balance deeply caring for your client and giving […]
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November 2, 2020
Published by Daniel "DanTheAgencyMan" de la Cruz on November 2, 2020
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Reflections October 2020 – Week 5

Agency musings Time management If you missed it, some of the learnings of our time management theme research can be found here Something thought provoking that came […]
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October 19, 2020
Published by Daniel "DanTheAgencyMan" de la Cruz on October 19, 2020
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Reflections October 2020 – Week 3

Agency musings Learn from the winners and the losers – avoid Survivorship Bias It’s interesting how agency leaders most often seek the advice from people who […]
Daniel "DanTheAgencyMan" de la CruzDaniel "DanTheAgencyMan" de la Cruz October 19, 2020