Books that influenced me

In this article Adrian Coleman, found and group CEO of VCCP, shares the six books that have influenced him most.

Books that influenced me

Adrian Coleman

Adrian Coleman began his career with Esso Petroleum before moving agency-side in 1986 at the below-theline agency IMP. He moved to Chime-owned HHCL in 1993 and, in 2000, he joined Chime-owned AMD, becoming its chief executive.

In 2002, he co-founded VCCP with Charles Vallance, Rooney Carruthers and Ian Priest. It has grown from an agency of four to over 500 people. Adrian sits on the board of Chime Communications and is a member of the Marketing Society.

1. The Pirate Inside: Building a challenge brand culture within yourself and your organization

By Adam Morgan...

Not a subscriber?

Schedule your live demo with our team today

WARC helps you to plan, create and deliver more effective marketing

  • Prove your case and back-up your idea

  • Get expert guidance on strategic challenges

  • Tackle current and emerging marketing themes

We’re long-term subscribers to WARC and it’s a tool we use extensively. We use it to source case studies and best practice for the purposes of internal training, as well as for putting persuasive cases to clients. In compiling a recent case for long-term, sustained investment in brand, we were able to support key marketing principles with numerous case studies sourced from WARC. It helped bring what could have been a relatively dry deck to life with recognisable brand successes from across a broad number of categories. It’s incredibly efficient to have such a wealth of insight in one place.

Insights Team
Bray Leino

You’re in good company

We work with 80% of Forbes' most valuable brands* and 80% of the world's top top-of-the-class agencies.

* Top 10 brands