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How to tell stories that matter
For me, the most striking example of the power and persuasion of storytelling is, itself, a story. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s in the...
Ally Castle
Nov 17, 20175 min read


Now we are three : what to learn about creativity from pre-schoolers
Ideally has just turned three! We’ve made it past the precarious newborn phase and the petulant tantrums of the terrible twos...
Ally Castle
Aug 2, 20173 min read


What two years of Ideally has taught me about creativity (and creative people).
Creativity is notoriously hard to pin down. In fact its mysterious, ethereal nature is the very thing that drives it and makes it...
Ally Castle
Aug 8, 20165 min read


Judging creativity : when is an idea a good idea?
“Television needs to innovate, not regurgitate.” So said Liz Warner, a top TV exec, recently in a speech. As Broadcast, the industry rag...
Ally Castle
Jul 8, 20163 min read


More than a number
8 REASONS YOU NEED YOUR AUDIENCE & WAYS TO USE THEM In my experience there are some TV types (and all sorts of content-makers) who seem...
Ally Castle
Nov 11, 20155 min read


To broadcast is not to communicate
Why Twitter may have reached its ceiling of users - and what that says about how the medium dictates the message. Sometimes, honesty...
Ally Castle
May 25, 20154 min read


Being strategic doesn’t mean creativity by numbers
This post was reproduced as an article in Broadcast on 13 March 2015 Far from killing ideas, strategic thinking and carefully-chosen...
Ally Castle
Mar 9, 20155 min read


Creativity is a two-way exchange
Transactional Creativity and how every idea needs an audience - even those which aren't about making money. Through many years of work in...
Ally Castle
Jan 8, 20154 min read


To create is to be human
How artistic expression and appreciation is a human need, to nurture both individuals and communities - and means we are all creative....
Ally Castle
Nov 30, 20143 min read
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