Smoke makes bees stupid
Debbie Cramer, Jan 19th 2012
Charlie Brooker wrote about his triumph over cigarette addiction in May 2007 and, because it is January, and it is... more»
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There's no i in experience design
Tim Scorer, Jan 12th 2012
Monday kicked off my winter night class on Experience Design at Central St. Martins. Asymetric haircuts, country headwear, the diverse and... more»
Week 1 resolutions
Tim Scorer, Jan 6th 2012
Right the first blog of the year for me. Time for a warming up of WordPress and the usual NY... more»
The year in numbers
Tim Scorer, Dec 31st 2011
Blimey this is the fourth time I get to write one of these and its zipped by. Four years ago... more»
Christmas winner!
Tim Scorer, Dec 22nd 2011
As promised mid the 2011 party blog here is the winner of the Group film competition. Pairs were randomly assigned... more»
Chemo duck
Tim Scorer, Dec 21st 2011
I stumbled upon this gem of a programme whilst curating Patient Centricity news on Scoop it this morning. Matt and I... more»
Out left field visit
Tim Scorer, Dec 20th 2011
This is half family and half patient experience stuff so bear with me. I will reassure you I am going... more»
Christmas in The Kyles of Bute
Tim Scorer, Dec 12th 2011
We maxed it this year having finally got to the size that we can sensibly hire a big house for... more»
Pill Popping
Clare Ross, Dec 6th 2011
I noticed this article on the BBC website this morning. In summary, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is offering women free... more»
Think like a patient
Morgaine Matthews, Nov 29th 2011
Around 2,000 teenagers and young adults in the UK are diagnosed with cancer every year. These vulnerable patients often feel... more»
Lessons From a Bygone Era
Tim Scorer, Nov 21st 2011
This article was written by Max G, an account executive candidate as part of a first interview to help us... more»
What can 5 million books tell us about healthcare?
Morgaine Matthews, Nov 15th 2011
A few months ago, a new programme called Ngram Viewer graduated from Google labs. This tool, which sits within Google... more»
Scoop.it - curation for us all
Tim Scorer, Nov 4th 2011
Scoop.it, a tool that lets one and all hunt, gather and distribute content from around the Web launched publicly today... more»
Lessons from 1972
Tim Scorer, Nov 2nd 2011
I stumbled across lecture given in 1972 by Viktor Frankl which struck a cord. I hadn’t even heard of Frankl... more»
Have I shared too much?
Tim Scorer, Oct 20th 2011
Our Luke pinged me this. Tight scriptwriting, great acting and a relevant story. I saw a great candidate last night for a... more»
She’s got balls
Morgaine Matthews, Oct 17th 2011
A couple of months ago Tom, an eBee intern, gave a very interesting presentation on why men aren’t as health... more»
Team Cla(i)re do TEAM LONDON!
Claire Pearce, Oct 17th 2011
One of Hive's benefits is time off to spend volunteering through Team London - fantasic! On behalf of Team Cla(i)re...here's... more»
Connected story
Tim Scorer, Oct 16th 2011
This is the acoustic version of an article that appeared in this months Pharmaceutical Market Europe (Ootober 2011) magazine that... more»
Icebreakers are..
Tim Scorer, Oct 9th 2011
...breaking my heart this month. I can’t move for workshops. The delights of post it notes, flip charts and democratic... more»
Mr. Potato head digital
Tim Scorer, Sep 30th 2011
This week has been spent consuming the digital outputs from Digipharm and the PM Society Digital Media Awards. Most of the... more»
PM Society Digital Media Awards
Tim Scorer, Sep 30th 2011
Awesome news for all of us here. As I type I know Jas and the team are hitting it pretty... more»
From Lab Rat to busy Bee
Matthew Chorlton, Sep 29th 2011
When I finished studying almost a year and a half ago I really didn’t (and still don’t...) know what I... more»
Marketing motherhood
Tim Scorer, Sep 27th 2011
Heading back from a meeting and listening to Woman's hour the acidly critical Hollie McNish cut through the chatter with... more»
Tactical speed dating
Tim Scorer, Sep 19th 2011
Just back from an innovation roster pitch presentation which called out to the bright and challenging to come and inspire.... more»
Medicine in the Middle East
Debbie Cramer, Sep 16th 2011
I took a solo trip to the Egyptian peninsula for scuba diving and sun. I had this in abundance, and... more»
My beautiful genome
Helen Scott, Sep 16th 2011
Last night a group of us headed back to the Dana centre to fill our brains with some more geek... more»
Participant observation and lunch
Tim Scorer, Sep 5th 2011
It struck me lying in a restaurant after lunch what an overlapping world we all live in. Around the table sat... more»
PharmaCONNECT
Morgaine Matthews, Aug 30th 2011
These days pharmaceutical companies are faced with shrinking sales forces and reduced access to healthcare professionals. With less time to... more»
Death and taxes
Debbie Cramer, Aug 19th 2011
In the news today, NHS Scotland is being lobbied on the mass intake of newly qualified doctors into healthcare posts.... more»
Blood, sweat and tea
Debbie Cramer, Aug 12th 2011
Two newsworthy events from last night: one, I got injured. Two, I attended a do-shop run by the Young Creative... more»
Changed this evening
Tim Scorer, Aug 11th 2011
We're pretty lucky here, I think today i would bolt on privileged to this. Every now and then you get... more»
London pride
Tim Scorer, Aug 9th 2011
London has been under some pressure over the last few days and our state of alert continues. Those of us... more»
Vital ingredients
Adam Lach-Szyrma, Jul 26th 2011
Creative Director Adam Lach-Szyrma looks at the ingredients agencies need to produce greater work and ensure clients come back for... more»
Where innovation comes from
Tim Scorer, Jul 22nd 2011
I stumbled upon this looking for guys to help me with a current project. The film covers collaboration, inspiration and... more»
True story
Debbie Cramer, Jul 4th 2011
Today I shopped around D&AD New Blood with our creative director Adam. New Blood is a graduate design and advertising... more»
An afternoon with Eve Stewart, Set Designer Kings Speech
Kieran Delaney, Jun 22nd 2011
A few months back I was fortunate enough to be invited to a talk by King’s Speech set Designer Eve... more»
Swarm of bees on Regent Street
Tim Scorer, Jun 22nd 2011
Bizarre bee related activity on Regent Street. With a swarm gathering around a traffic light and taking up 5 hours... more»
Company update
Tim Scorer, Jun 17th 2011
We headed to Taste of London yesterday evening with the lot of us and some good friends. Prior to hitting... more»
Seeing is believing
Sangeeta Patil, Jun 17th 2011
Humans generated more data in 2010 than in the previous 5,000 years combined. Fact. Yes, indeed another fact for you... more»
Commontator
Tim Scorer, Jun 15th 2011
Yesterday pharma marketeers with Facebook company sponsored pages received an email stating ”Previously, pharmaceutical brands could submit a request through their... more»
Inside the mind of a photographer
Tim Scorer, Jun 2nd 2011
It might be that I am getting excited about a surfing trip to Cornwall the week after next, but every... more»
Whats up Doc?
Tim Scorer, Jun 1st 2011
It's with enormous joy that we announce Kathryn our Planning director has finished her PhD. Kathryn first joined us three years... more»
The changing face of patient communication
Morgaine Matthews, May 23rd 2011
The more voyeuristic of you may have heard of a little internet sensation launched in 2009 called ChatRoulette. For those... more»
The ‘Starbuckisation’ of community pharmacy
Kathryn, May 10th 2011
In 1993 George Ritzer described the concept of McDonaldisation. He suggested that the principals behind the world domination of McDonalds... more»
Ad wankers
Tim Scorer, May 5th 2011
The advertising industry gets some pretty tough press but for some reason when we parody ourselves it's an uncomfortable delight to experience. I... more»
howsmyfeedback.com
Tim Scorer, Apr 26th 2011
I was sent this recently by Em down at Ebee our innovation guys. It's a presentation covering web feedback schemes,... more»
Virgin experience
Tim Scorer, Apr 25th 2011
The window of opportunity for a brand to interact is a small one with pure product benefit marketing. The moment... more»
Dead proud
Tim Scorer, Apr 18th 2011
After months of late nights and bleary mornings our very own Claire P spanks our local Marathon. ... more»
Game-changing
Morgaine Matthews, Apr 11th 2011
We all know that despite the existence of effective medicines and highly trained healthcare professionals, a majority of patients don’t... more»
Agent provocateur
Tim Scorer, Apr 7th 2011
As we move towards a more client centred healthcare system and perhaps personalised budgets, we often find ourselves discussing patient... more»
Work experience
Tim Scorer, Apr 1st 2011
It's especially important for us agencies to get out there, not just to be passionate about communications, science and stuff.... more»
Hivestock - March 2011
Tim Scorer, Mar 24th 2011
A spring wave has hit us here in London. The sun is shining, people are smiling, and Soho is filled... more»
'appy talk
Tim Scorer, Mar 21st 2011
The wonders of social media and a conversation via twitter led me to be asked to write a regular column for... more»
Finding wine
Tim Scorer, Mar 3rd 2011
Last night saw Mike and the delights of www.findwine.co.uk come and visit. Every month or so we have an entrepreneur... more»
