Mike Lubow ran some of the biggest ad campaigns of the '70s, '80s, and '90s as a CLIO-winning creative director. In retirement, he's written columns, short stories, and The Idea People, a recently published novel.
Long ago, in what seems like a galaxy far far away, I was a creative director in a major multinational ad agency. Chicago office, to be specific, but I often found myself presenting to clients and agency biggies in New York. Either place put me center-stage in high-rise boardrooms that were cathedral-sized, with tables like shining bowling alleys and a cast of characters who stared at me as I strutted my stuff.
