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Dispatches from three years of rebuilding a firm from the inside out — what we learned, what surprised us, and what we think it means for the agency industry.

AI-Native Agencies

Vibe Coding and Vibe Design Are Actually Not the Same Thing

by Chris Butler on August 6, 2026

Listen to this Article When it comes to design and AI, two questions come up frequently. The first is some version of “what’s up with vibe coding?” The second is…

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Agency Culture

A Framework to Adopt AI Without Sacrificing Your Culture

by Tema Flanagan on August 3, 2026

Listen to this Article AI tools have the power to transform your agency’s operations — the systems, the processes, and, of course, the people who run them. It’s that last…

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AI-Native Agencies

Watch the Recording: A Field Guide to AI Implementation for Agencies

by Mark O'Brien on July 21, 2026

Since launching Newfangled Frontier, we’ve been working inside agencies to find out where AI actually earns its keep and where it just burns hours. No two firms have looked the…

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Keep the Thinking

by Chris Butler on June 17, 2026

There is a fear narrative about AI that I think misses the most interesting thing happening. The story goes that we will offload everything to the machine — both the…

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Agency Culture

What a Healthy AI Culture Actually Looks Like

by Lauren O'Brien on May 28, 2026

Listen to this Article A few weeks ago, one of our senior marketing strategists dropped a link in our internal Slack with a message that impressed the hell out of…

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AI-Native Agencies

The 3 Year Reinvention

by Mark O'Brien on May 15, 2026

An AI-native agency runs on a unified platform where every interaction every person has with clients, data, and each other makes the system better.

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The Question Agency Teams Ask Forty Minutes Into an AI Demo

by John Nugent on April 17, 2026

Listen to this Article It’s never the question I expect. Not “will AI replace me” in some abstract thinkpiece way. The version I actually hear is quieter and a lot…

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Good Design Is Not Generated, But Production Will Be

by Chris Butler on April 17, 2026

Every good design has at least one key detail—an organizing principle that connects to brand strategy while creating hierarchy, guiding attention, and establishing invisible structure. Good designers notice them immediately…

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