Today I hit send on my first email newsletter: it's a (fairly) long read about when it's right to chase headcount (and when it isn't). You can read it here stephenkenwright.co.uk/insights/the...

Me last week: now seems like a great time to set up my own business Bethesda today:

I'm now working with marketing agencies full-time as a non-executive director, consultant and commercial trainer. You can find out more at stephenkenwright.co.uk

👋 I'm giving the keynote at Prolific North's From Growth to Gold: Scaling and Selling Your Agency event on 26th March. It's in Manchester and there are a whole bunch of amazing agency founders/owners talking and joining interactive roundtables. Participate: www.prolificnorth.co.uk/event/from-g...

🐝 𝐇𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐌𝐂𝐑 '𝟐𝟓: 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 🐝 1st Wave: #HIVEMCR25 🐝 @aleyda.bsky.social 🐝 @sagibson.co.uk 🐝 @lou-loud.bsky.social 🐝 Beth Woodcock 🐝 @polemicdigital.com 🐝 @stephenkenwright.co.uk 🐝 James Hayward-Browne 📅 15 May 2025 📍 New Century Hall #MCR www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hivemcr-25...

Since joining Bluesky earlier in the week I have come to suspect this whole thing is just an elaborate marketing campaign for a new Kendrick Lamar album

My Twitter/X account had 11k followers. I gave it to my employer because I was concerned that if I pressed deactivate I might be able/tempted to bring it back.

Every morning, I reverse my Volvo out of my driveway and the camera won’t turn off long enough for me to call and open my gate. Every morning I think “I wouldn’t get another Volvo”. But then Volvo puts out this film and I remember why I bought it. That’s what ads can do youtu.be/cQX-QXxwGvA?...

Really enjoyable book. Great to read about how and why Bluesky was founded and how Dorsey and co are no longer involved.