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  • Smoke makes bees stupid

    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»

  • There's no i in experience design

    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

    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

    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!

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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»

  • New Look

    New Look

    Tim Scorer, Nov 2nd 2011

    Way back in January 2008, when Hive was set up I fell in love with WordPress. Its simplicity and google... more»

  • Lessons from 1972

    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?

    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

    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»

  • Big Kids

    Big Kids

    Kieran Delaney, Oct 17th 2011

    A couple of weeks back I went on a D&AD course called Taking Ideas for a walk. The course tutor... more»

  • Team Cla(i)re do TEAM LONDON!

    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

    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..

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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»

  • In Roma

    In Roma

    Tim Scorer, Jul 21st 2011

    I have been in Rome this week doing market research for a global/regional client. It’s been a mix of days... more»

  • True story

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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»

  • Bee soup

    Bee soup

    Tim Scorer, May 21st 2011

    It's been a roller coaster week this week, filled with elation, reactivity, worry, drive and planning. Midst way through the... more»

  • The ‘Starbuckisation’ of community pharmacy

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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»

  • NHS Rap

    NHS Rap

    Tim Scorer, Apr 14th 2011

    I finished an hour or so with an NHS guru and Strategy Director yesterday - catching up on life, health... more»

  • Game-changing

    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

    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

    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»

  • SLAMMED

    SLAMMED

    Morgaine Matthews, Mar 27th 2011

    Google have always come up with great promotional ideas,from the Google Search Stories to the Google Chrome ads, and last... more»

  • Hivestock - March 2011

    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

    '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

    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»