Phil Adams - Applying First Principles Thinking And Storytelling to Solve Brand Problems and Reimagine Democracies

<p>Phil Adams is an Edinburgh-based independent brand strategist, consultant, writer, and documentary filmmaker.&nbsp;</p><br><p><strong>What We Discuss&nbsp;</strong></p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>01:50 Who is Phil Adams?</p><p>05:45 Who or what made Phil who he is, and how his curiosity and love of books were nurtured?</p><p>08:30 The serendipitous event that changed his trajectory and broadened his horizons.</p><p>13:15 His values of adventure and opportunism, Phil explains the importance of taking opportunities when they emerge.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>15:45 Phil discusses having an act of faith and a strategy of life when dealing with uncertainty.</p><p>18:00 Phil discusses his youthful recklessness and rebellion.&nbsp;</p><p>21:00 The serendipity that led him to pivot from a path of engineering to life in advertising and the actions taken to create opportunity.</p><p>25:45 Phil explains his pragmatic and focused approach to the direction he took.</p><p>27:00 I ask Phil about his superpowers or talents.&nbsp;</p><p>30:15 The underrated talent of post-rationalizing a creative idea as a problem-solving solution to win pitches.&nbsp;</p><p>33:55 Phil explains his perspective on how the best creative minds combine logic and magic to render a brand in surprising ways and the role of planners to identify the essence of an idea and then express the campaign value.&nbsp;</p><p>38:20 What Phil values in others professionally and why hiring people better than you is essential.&nbsp;</p><p>41:20 The importance of ‘trust’ with friends and when building teams.</p><p>42:30 What is he complimented for; his ability to understand a client's business and culture and his clarity and ability to simplify.</p><p>47:30 Phil describes how his engineering first principle problem-solving ability led him to strategic planning.&nbsp;</p><p>50:00 I ask Phil for his insights on being an entrepreneur</p><p>51:45&nbsp;What is Phil working to achieve in life?</p><p>54:10&nbsp;How he deals with uncertainty through faith, effort, and curiosity and his ad