For the budding rainmakers among us: Don't miss this Influx interview with Jon Steel:
Exerpt: The client team arrived at the agency at the appointed time, to be greeted by a disinterested receptionist in a rather dirty lobby area. The receptionist broke off from filing her nails for just long enough to direct them towards a small sitting area where the seats were stained, ashtrays were overflowing, and the stains of numerous coffee cups remained on the table. She didn't offer them any drinks. The clients waited, and waited, and waited. As the scheduled time for the agency's presentation disappeared into the past, they asked what was going on, and the receptionist replied tersely that someone would "be along in a minute." Their frustration grew, until at the moment they were about to pick up their bags and leave, Peter Marsh, the agency head, appeared before them. "Gentlemen," he said. "You have just experienced what hundreds of thousands of people experience every day on British Rail. And we'd like to talk to you about how to put that right.? Read the interview
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