May 16, 2022

Deep Dive Meetup: Birmingham

Deep Dive Meetup: Birmingham Darts, canal boat trip, a good curry and a graffiti workshop…In the UK’s most ‘idyllic’ city – Birmingham 🙃But it’s never about […]
January 10, 2022

Agency Dealmasters Podcast

Agency Dealmasters Podcast Polymensa founder Daniel de la Cruz was interviewed on the Agency Dealmasters podcast with Nathan Anibaba. Agency Dealmasters has featured some of the […]
October 6, 2021

The shortcomings of an agency non-executive director

The Shortcomings Of An Agency Non-Executive Director   A lot of agency founders we meet who get to 20, 30, 40 or 50 employees feel a […]
February 23, 2021

Different team structures in agencies

Team structures tips from four industry experts Our agency teams at Polymensa had the honour of speaking to four industry experts about team structures in agencies: […]
February 6, 2021

We researched 41 progressive companies on their virtual onboarding of new hires

Remote working and virtual onboarding at agencies In 2020 our sector was forced to shift to a remote working model. For most agencies hiring new starters […]
January 11, 2021

Reflections Jan 2021 – Week 1: Are you thinking too much about your ‘why’? What is drive? When is a lie a good lie and more…

Agency musings Drive, motivation and your ‘Why’ – are you thinking too much about it? When I watched John McAvoy’s story last year (see it here), […]
December 16, 2020

Reflections Dec 2020 – Week 2: Top Boy values, Nikki Gatenby Superengaged feature, first principles thinking, Google Trends 2020 and more…

Agency musings Top Boy got me thinking about values I know what you’re thinking, but hear me out… last week I finished watching the Netflix series […]
December 7, 2020

Reflections Dec 2020 – Week 1: Could this be a better visualisations of progress in agencies?, remote working & team engagement, ambiguous loss, The Great Mental Models Book feature and more…

Agency musings Better visualisations of progress in agencies Please bear with me… last week I listened to a podcast with Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke. He mentions […]
December 1, 2020

Reflections Nov 2020 – Week 4: The need to be needed, novel experiences, People Ops call notes, emotion classification and more…

Agency musings The need to be needed As an agency grows beyond the multiple hat wearing circus parade of the founder. Owners of agencies often become […]