I have been in the design industry for over 20 years, starting my career, on the cusp of the introduction of the Apple Mac and Adobe so as you can imagine, I’ve seen a lot of change.

Over the past few years we’ve all seen a dramatic shift in the agency workplace environment. More and more young people are becoming educated about the benefits of working within a flexible culture, whilst the rest of us are trying our hardest to adapt to offer a more flexible culture to keep up with the ‘Jones’.’

Some months ago I took a life experience step into the world of preparing for fatherhood (baby eta October 2018). Cue many congratulations and the still slightly odd comment of “well done” (urm thanks!?).

Clients, customers and suppliers should be more than just that - they should be partners. Treated as such, they will become advocates.

Die Hard on the TV (yes, it is a Christmas movie), empty wrappers in the chocolate tin, too much food, magical Christmas markets, family, friends, fun, laughter and let’s not forget Chris Rea ‘Driving home for Christmas’. It’s one of my favourite times of the year!