Comments on: Bob Scarpelli’s Latest Thought

By: actuallDDBer

actuallDDBer — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:21:11 +0000

Bizarre to use China as inspiration.

So what’s the Olympic “Big Show”? A reenactment of the Chinese government beating up Tibetan monks?

As for Bob’s memos. Again, it harks back to Keith’s “On Any Wednesday.” Brain farts from the big guy. No big deal.

By: Been There

Been There — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:31:44 +0000

it’s become very very lonely at ddb. like a morgue. if we merge with element, it may be like an ER, at least

By: DDB Layoffs « Agency Spy

DDB Layoffs « Agency Spy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:46:28 +0000

[...] sucks. Layoffs always just suck. Not sure how many or from what departments. Wonder if the next “Thought From Bob Scarpelli ” email will cover this, but… what do you even [...]

By: RT

RT — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:58:13 +0000

@required_name…that’s a joke, right? i’m a little slow this morning, just wanna make sure.

By: George Parker

George Parker — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:39:24 +0000

Tom hits the nail on the head, as usual… I got kicked out of a well paying freelance gig at his agency a few years ago ‘cos one of my piss & vinegar emails landed up in the wrong “in-Box.” Everyone should read “e” one of the funniest books on advertising around… But they should read “MadScam.” first… I am an “AdHo” remember.
Cheers/George

By: required_name

required_name — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:44:23 +0000

>she “challenge the notion” of human rights violations and cultural oppression

sheesh… why?

By: voiceofreason

voiceofreason — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:13:25 +0000

maybe bob does both: talk to troops AND write emails.
jesus, guys, it’s just a memo.
vof

By: Tom Messner

Tom Messner — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:21:47 +0000

Nor should CEOs communicate in person; they could find themselves on youtube.
CEOs should, rather, adopt the General Douglas MacArthur post-WWII management style: aloofness. Have three direct reports and stay in your office. Never be seen, never be heard.
Funny thing that happened with e-mail at the beginning. I was into it in 1984 because a client introduced it and encouraged it for all internal communication from the top down. The only people we could really e-mail were the clients. But it was fun, and the only embarrassments came when somehow you cc-ed people you didn’t think were on the thread (George Parker probably could write about that in the 90s).
It is hard to inspire through memos. Actually it is just hard to inspire.

By: happy dwarf

happy dwarf — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:36:08 +0000

hire the right people and you don’t need to send e-mails urging them to basically do their jobs. ddb is a very, very old-school agency that’s desperately trying to seem of the times.

By: Dallas Star

Dallas Star — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:47:07 +0000

Any agency leader who uses mass e-mail to regularly communicate is out of his or her mind. It’s too easy for disgruntled employees to forward to disgruntled bloggers. I’m surprised than any CEO in this day and age even uses e-mail — nothing good can come of it.