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He Wrote Like A God.

He Wrote Like A God.

How Wieden + Kennedy, Nike and 20 years with cancer turned Jim Riswold into one beautifully creative mind.

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Ernie Schenck
Mar 12, 2024
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Jim Riswold is dying. He has cancer. He’s given the finger to the miserable bastard for a very long time. But cancer is a tenacious beast and Jim might not have many more birds to flip. It’s terminal. He knows it. What he also knows is a kind of creativity that we rarely see anymore. At least, in advertising. If you’re in this business, you understand.…

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