Managing an advertising agency isn't all beer and skittles. After four…

David Ogilvy
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Managing an advertising agency isn't all beer and skittles. After fourteen years of it, I have come to the conclusion that the top man has one principle responsibility: to provide an atmosphere in which creative mavericks can do useful work. ✨ David Ogilvy (1963). Confessions of an advertising man, Holiday House
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