The part of The Localist Lab I kept thinking about afterwards wasn't the talk. It was the room.

So many smart people doing interesting things across marketing, technology, entrepreneurship and creative work — and Birmingham is still small enough that we can show up to each other's events, share what we're learning, grab coffee, disagree about marketing for an hour and then go get a beer.

There's real momentum here. I just want us to keep doubling and tripling down on it.