ITIAPTWC Episode 69 – Paul Burke on Ageism
Good morning.
Apologies for the recent silence of this blog. WordPress lost all my data recently, so that had to be sorted out. We got most of it back, but if you’re wondering where a few of the more recent posts have gone, they have vanished into the digishpere, never to return. A shame, as they took a while to write, and I had a couple more cued up, but First World Problems and all that…
Moving swiftly forward, I have a new podcast episode for you. Paul Burke and I discussed the subject of ageism, during which we went off on various tangents, but eventually returned to the subject in hand.
It still requires further explanation, so I shall endeavour to find a ‘younger’ powerful ECD-type, to see what they think of the issue. Stay tuned for that.
In the meantime, here’s my chat with Paul on iTunes, Soundcloud and the play button just below these words.
Hi guys, ad legend Gass here…. Paul Burke’s … [top talent] view on young ECD’s avoidance of older, elder, experienced is a symptom of insecurity rather than tight budgets. Pound for pound and at speed Senior creative’s solve, improve and also encourage younger creatives. They can show up coming talent that you can have a future in advertising rather than a later work life balance crisis. When I was was an up and coming Creative director, with more senior creatives like Mike Cozens, Graham Watson, Ken Mullen and John Knight working to me on some big international accounts. I learned loads more and improved rapidly my offer as an ECD and working creative. Their skills made me look good and made my career last longer.
Keep up the good work, and more insights please.