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Three pieces of advice

I was just reading a review of Philippa Perry’s parenting book: The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad…

May 3, 2019

Three pieces of advice

May 3, 2019

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A Monastery for Everyday Life & Leisure

Reconsidering Don Carlos

Books frequently play a part in our ‘coming of age’ narratives. For many baby boomers Salinger’s Catcher In The Rye, Kerouac’s On The Road…

Jun 27, 2018

Reconsidering Don Carlos

Jun 27, 2018

James Souttar

It‘s time we admitted it

Something is going on with human beings. Most of us, if we’re honest, have felt it. But, for whatever reasons, we seem to find it difficult…

May 17, 2018

It‘s time we admitted it

May 17, 2018

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A Monastery for Everyday Life & Leisure

The parasite

A few years ago I was taking the dog for a walk in the park when I noticed something I’d never seen before. It was so quick, I almost…

Jan 29, 2018

The parasite

Jan 29, 2018

James Souttar

Staring at our own reflection

This week has seen developments in two major corporate scandals, one on each side of the Atlantic. Last Thursday US bank Wells Fargo was…

Sep 14, 2016

Staring at our own reflection

Sep 14, 2016

James Souttar

Nasty is the new black

The dark heart of the emerging workplace

Sep 8, 2016

Nasty is the new black

Sep 8, 2016

James Souttar

Irreconcilable

I’ve said this before, but the difference grows ever more marked. As I slip through the looking glass from the ‘filter bubble’ of Facebook…

Aug 22, 2016

Irreconcilable

Aug 22, 2016

James Souttar

Distasteful metaphors

A couple of years ago I discovered I had become a ‘brand strategist’. The job that I’d done since the end of the eighties had, unbeknown to…

Aug 19, 2016

Distasteful metaphors

Aug 19, 2016

James Souttar

Why ‘Brand UK’ has to split

“The people of Britain have spoken”, the Prime Minister said, and already this phrase has become a cliché of the post-Referendum world we…

Jul 5, 2016

Jul 5, 2016

James Souttar

Big lessons from the new politics

“The value of understanding the New Politics for those of us engaged in the brand business can’t be underestimated. It’s telling us that…

Jun 28, 2016

Big lessons from the new politics

Jun 28, 2016

James Souttar

James Souttar

I'm a communication consultant and designer, thinker, brand strategist, writer and apprentice Persian calligrapher.

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