Tim Broadbent had run TBW Smith Jones Wallace Broadbent and Ndimande for two decades and been an active board member for almost the same time. He had been in the ad business for over 45 years and now, in the twilight of his career, the time when he should have been sinking with steady dignity into his Plett mansion and regular early morning golf, he was staring right down the barrel.
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The Gate Keeper (Chapter 4: In which strategies are developed)
The CEO eyes the intern and contemplates whether he is in fact God. The first Mangaung strategy session takes place.
The Gate Keeper (Chapter 3: In which ideas form)
The fat men put out a call for Mangaung concepts. Mama E engineers an opportunity for the intern, and Phil the graphic designer struggles to look up.
The Gate Keeper (Chapter 2: In which the intern is noticed)
The intern wonders if anyone will ever ask her to do anything approximating work, and then discovers a strange old white lady at the executive offices.
The Gate Keeper (Chapter 1: In which help is secured)
Mama E takes the helm at the TBWSJWBN executive offices and realises that not all is well. Nonetheless, she does her best to reassure a nearly naked – and now jobless – young graphic designer.