Transforming A Traditional Agency Into A Digital One – Part 2

Sunrise

When there’s been such a positive response from one of my previous blog posts it’s hard following it up, especially when I know I’m now going into far more uncharted waters for the traditional agencies. I apologise in advance for the length of this article, it seems too long for a blog post, and too short to cover everything, maybe i’ll have to get that book done. I’m going to talk about things that a traditional agency doesn’t do -  R & D (I could almost sense an intake of breath there). But before that, let’s ease things in a bit, by looking at the roles that are utterly essential in larger integrated agencies but get overlooked as they’re a little bit ‘out there’.
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Agency Migration Mini-Update

Quick update – I’m currently in the middle of writing the next part of my agency change series, but in the meantime I’ve had lots of positive feedback on the earlier post.

I’m really glad that there are like-minded people who understand what I’ve been saying. Thanks to Sam Brownfield from Tradewind (London) Ltd for mentioning this post on his blog. Sam’s post ‘End of Term Report – Digital in 2009‘ is really interesting and makes a great point about how outsourcing can sometimes turn into a mess of layers. It’s also spot on with regards to the rise of Digital Out Of Home, and the convergence of ATL and Digital Skills, something I’m really into.

Click here for the Tradewind London blog