This week's top features and opinions: Meet the new face of BBH, Top 10 TED talks, Adlanders name their heroes

 

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This week's top features and opinions The new face of BBH: meet Pelle Sjoenell Kate Magee Pelle Sjoenell, known for his collaborative approach to creativity, is now holding the job that Sir John Hegarty once had. Keeping the agency's culture alive is one key task, Kate Magee writes. Heroes: Richard Curtis by Peter Souter Peter Souter Teacher of love, saver of lives, entertainer of masses... Is it any wonder that Peter Souter looks up helplessly, hopelessly to his fellow screenwriter? Top ten talks from TED 2016 Kevin Chesters For planners, nothing gets the brain cells fizzing quite like the TED conference. After taking in 100 of the stimulating talks and demos last week, our man in Vancouver, Kevin Chesters, picks out those you simply cannot afford to miss. Mirror targets women with new print brand Gurjit Degun The publisher is launching The New Day to lure back readers who now get their news fix on social media. Change mentality drives Paul Frampton's rise at Havas Media Group Gideon Spanier The new HMG UK and Ireland chief executive is focusing on content and social as he aims to grow agency billings to €1 billion by 2020, Gideon Spanier writes. Owning it: does agency ownership drive financial performance? Mandy Merron Last month, M&C Saatchi gave its new senior leadership team a 30 per cent stake in the business. But does ownership drive financial performance? The accountancy firm Kingston Smith dug through the data and discovered that independent agencies that make their leadership team feel like owners, by giving them a stake in the company, substantially outperform the market. Creativity thrives when the team has skin in the game Claire Beale I had a drink the other day with a young designer who has just struck out with a couple of partners to launch their own business. A view from Dave Trott: the sunk cost heuristic Dave Trott In 1912, The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank. Mobile World Congress players would like Facebook alternatives Gideon Spanier Mark Zuckerberg's Mobile World Congress appearance kicked off a debate among delegates about his company's mobile ad market dominance and the power of ad-blocking, Gideon Spanier writes. Is programme finance distorting the TV ad market? Gideon Spanier This kind of investment can help shows get made at a time of budget cuts at broadcasters, Gideon Spanier writes. The warning is clear: make better ads or get blocked Gideon Spanier The battle lines are being redrawn in the mobile advertising wars. Can ad agencies rival consultancies? In making its move into consultancy, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO opens up another front in the war between adland and the management gurus. Team-work is key to success - even for galácticos Maisie McCabe What's the most important ingredient for a management team's success? How an Aardman director created a journey through Stephen Hawking's mind Will Studd created "inside his head", an animation for BBC Radio 4 to accompany Stephen Hawking's Reith Lecture. Diary: Spinning (red) top Ashley Highfield, the chief executive of Johnston Press, is putting on a brave face about spending £24 million to acquire i, the 40p daily paper, just as Trinity Mirror prepares to spoil the party with the launch of a rival title, costing 50p. History of advertising: No 163: Campbell's marbles They say the camera never lies but, in advertising photoshoots during the 60s, it frequently did. On the Campaign couch: does every product need to advertise? Jeremy Bullmore Do you agree with the belief that some products are so good they don't need to advertise? Tech viewpoint on cross-screen Nick Reid The power of sight, sound and motion continues to be the strongest storytelling tool and marketers' bedrock for nearly all media campaigns. Campaign Jobs Strategy Director £70 - £85K + benefits Rare Selection, London (Central), London (Greater) Strategy Director Up to £90K + bonus, health, pension Rare Selection, Central London ACCOUNT MANAGER – Shopper Marketing Agency – FMCG accounts – £28,000- £32,000 £28k - £32k Judi Patton, London (Central), London (Greater) ACCOUNT MANAGER x 2 – Telecoms and Retail – South West London agency – c. £30k JP1575 Judi Patton, South West London

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