So some very senior guys from RKCR/Y&R have announced their resignation from the agency and their intention to start a totally new company.
The reason I bring this up is because I’ve had quite a number of confusing calls/emails asking me what is going on and I don’t understand why.
Sure I share the same name as one of RKCR’s founders [though he left RCKR/Y&R years ago] … sure I have a long history working with Virgin … and sure, I/we are working with Y&R/WPP throughout Asia to boost their planning and creative capabilities … however that doesn’t mean I have the faintest idea of what is going on over there and to be honest, I don’t really care … though I would suggest getting Richard Huntingdon in the vacant spot quick smart.
I love how people can take totally unrelated information and because of some weak coincidence, suddenly think they’ve cracked the Da Vinci code … however on this occasion, as is often the case, they have demonstrated to be more Conspiracy Theorist than Sherlock Holmes … and I’m sure Robert Campbell [the one who helped found RKCR] would not be happy to think some people out there believe HE is the loud, opinionated, sunburnt planning tosser who writes this blog.
Being confused as a planner when you’re a multi-award winning creative is bad enough, but being confused for me … that must be hell on Earth!
However there is something I have learnt through all this … and that is the keyboards on French computers in internet cafe’s are laid out slightly differently from the QWERTY ones we all know so it takes a bitch-of-a time to write anything that isn’t laden with spelling mistakes.
Not that has ever bothered NP or Marcus though eh? Ha!