by Jon Higgins | Feb 25, 2022 | Between Two Meetings
Back when Chiat/Day was the undisputed hottest agency in all the land, I used to work with a super smart guy who floored us in a leadership meeting one fine morning by declaring we weren’t in the ad biz anymore. Nope. That day we became purveyors of “persuasion.” We...
by Jon Higgins | Oct 14, 2021 | Between Two Meetings
It would be no exaggeration to say that Bill, the man pictured in the middle here, was also at the center of Bob Thomas & Associates, our mighty, incredible agency in Redondo Beach, Calif. Bill was our primary client lead at Nissan – by far our largest...
by Jon Higgins | Sep 21, 2021 | Between Two Meetings
The past few days I’ve been walking around the neighborhood looking for all the world like the Village Idiot. That’s what you think when you see a guy all by himself, holding his sides, tears of mirth rolling down his face, belly laughing to beat the band. Right?...
by Jon Higgins | Jun 29, 2021 | Between Two Meetings
… that’s how Western Michigan University president Edward Montgomery described it – a record-setting gift of $550 million, the largest private donation ever made to a public university. We called it “transformational” and were proud,...
by Jon Higgins | Apr 23, 2021 | Between Two Meetings
The great Bob Thomas. My first boss, peerless teacher, second father, bestie. For the guy who ignited my career, I’m launching a microblog on Instagram (see lowandbhold) with BT as my inspiration, once again. Big end-of-the-month birthday for this legend!