Learning about Agency Leadership with Rob Girling and Gavin Kelly of Artefact Group

Rob and Gavin share their journey as leaders individually and as CEOs of Artifact Group. Having recently celebrated thriller company’s tenth anniversary, we discuss how growing to a 60 team member company has required adjustments to their strategies.We also discuss:-What kind of work is so important that even clients can’t interrupt it-How they have transitioned from doing design work (client work) to leading a team-How developing a product for agencies affected them internally and why it became a spin off company (10000ft.com)-The constant adaptations required as they look at emerging technologies-Which kinds of companies need to devote resources to R&D-The new skills needed by leadership as companies reach various stages of growth-What it means to create an organization that will live on after you