Published in Illuminate·9 hours agoMember-onlyA Time For Heroes: The Global Medical Response StoryHow A Challenger is Changing the Delivery of Healthcare to America. By Julian Aldridge, Founder, Enact Agency I’ve only seen the inside of an ambulance once, and that was quite enough. I’d been having some routine dental work — a filling replaced as I recall — when my dentist of…Marketing7 min read
Published in Illuminate·Jul 29Member-onlyThe Struggle is Real. Five Characteristics Every Entrepreneur Has to Own.By Julian Aldridge, Founder, Enact Agency — It was a hot evening in West Hollywood LA, and my mind to be perfectly honest, wasn’t on the job in hand. …Marketing9 min read
Published in Illuminate·Jul 7Member-onlyAll Clear. The First Responder Foundation StoryWhy Stereotypes, Assumptions and Preconceptions are so Powerful, and So Dangerous. By Julian Aldridge, Founder, Enact Agency Challengers challenge assumptions, correct? It’s something that we at Enact talk about constantly, and it’s a bedrock of the Challenger ethos. …Marketing8 min read
Published in Illuminate·Jul 1Member-onlyGreen Challengers. Longer Term Solutions To Invest InBetter For You. Better For The Planet. By Julian Aldridge, Founder, Enact Agency Introduction. In this second of a two part series, we look at some of the longer-term strategies to help halt global heating, and how you can invest in future technologies to help save the planet, as well…Climate Change9 min read
Published in Illuminate·Jun 24Member-onlyRock n Roll: The Greatest Challenger Known To Man, and Woman.Part 2: My Ten Defining Musical Moments. By Julian Aldridge, Founder, Enact Agency Series introduction. If, as noted by Vladimir Nabokov, curiosity is insubordination in its purest form, then Rock ‘n Roll is its soundtrack. …Marketing8 min read
Published in Illuminate·Jun 16Member-onlyThe Bigger The Challenge, The Greater The OpportunityHow Small Actions Can Effect Huge Change. By Julian Aldridge, Founder, Enact Agency Introduction. In this first of a two part series, we look at how Challengers are helping the world cope with the brutal facts of climate change — and how you can be part of the solution. …Marketing6 min read
Published in Illuminate·Jun 13Member-onlySometimes the Recipe for Results Isn’t That HardHere’s how Twitter thinks about creating and measuring sMarketing1 min readSometimes the Recipe for Results Isn’t That Hard----
Published in Illuminate·Jun 10Member-onlyVenture Forth Young Man, and Young WomanWhy It’s So Important to Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable. By Julian Aldridge, Founder, Enact Agency As workshop moderators one of our primary goals is to get our participants comfortable with being uncomfortable. Before, during, and after the actual workshop. …Marketing8 min read
Published in Illuminate·May 27Member-onlyHow to Turn an Inconvenience Into a DestinationWhat the Dullest of Categories Can Teach Any Challenger. By Julian Aldridge, Founder, Enact Agency I first heard about QuikTrip gas (petrol) stations during a workshop in Iowa. We’d started our three day time together with a quick round of intros, where the last thing people talked about was their…Marketing8 min read
Published in Illuminate·May 20Member-onlyHidden in Plain SightHow Intelligent Naivety Leads to Breakthrough Ideas. By Julian Aldridge, Founder, Enact Agency Over the past dozen years I must have played and seen a clip from one of my favorite movies, Dead Poet’s Society, a hundred times. And it never gets old. In the 1989 classic, Robin Williams, playing…Marketing6 min read