Strategy Tings

“Limit everything to the essential but do not remove the poetry.”
— Dieter Rams, quoted in Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams
— Dieter Rams, quoted in Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams
Dieter Rams
The easiest way to push strategy when you come in in the middle of the project?
“when we say _______, do we mean ______ or _________?”
but like, make sure to read the room.
Strat Scraps



When you ask people to tell you about love, they tell you about heartbreak.
Ads do not need to reflect the target audience. They need to appeal to them
Ads do not need to reflect the target audience. They need to appeal to them
In traditional strategy, the ‘therefore’ logic chain is much shorter. In creative strategy, ‘therefore’ stretches and leaps, but a good strategist can help a client understand why the leap is happening.