# Tempo

> Tempo is a Los Angeles creative agency that finds where strategy, marketing and experience have fallen out of sync, then builds what comes next. We start with the problem, not the brief, and use only the services the problem calls for: strategy, creative, media, experiences, production and emerging technology.

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## Pages

- [Home](https://www.ontempo.cc/): What Tempo is, the idea of Drift and Tempo, the four moves (Diagnose, Strategize, Execute, Sustain) and the team.
- [Services](https://www.ontempo.cc/services.html): The seven services Tempo offers and the three ways to work with us.
- [Philosophy](https://www.ontempo.cc/philosophy.html): Why Tempo starts with the problem instead of the idea, and how the four moves work in practice.
- [Thoughts](https://www.ontempo.cc/thoughts.html): Perspectives and field notes from Tempo.
- [Start With the Diagnosis, Not the Idea](https://www.ontempo.cc/thoughts/start-with-the-diagnosis.html): Field note by Spencer Paddock on why the best agency work begins by diagnosing the real business problem.
- [Work](https://www.ontempo.cc/work.html): A private look at how Tempo works. Most of the work is not public yet, and the page is available by request with a password.

## How Tempo works

Every engagement runs through the same four moves:

1. Diagnose: find what is getting in the way.
2. Strategize: decide what needs to change and what happens first.
3. Execute: create the work the strategy calls for.
4. Sustain: keep the brand from drifting back by measuring, listening and adjusting.

Drift is when a brand gradually departs from its core strategy and identity, so the strategy still exists but stops showing up in what customers see. Tempo is when the brand, the business and the marketing move together again, and every move builds on the last.

## Services

Brand Audits & Diagnostics; Creative Strategy & Development; Media Planning & Distribution; Campaigns & Social Creative; Activations, Experiences & Global Events; Content & Activation Production; Emerging Technology.

Ways to work with Tempo: we lead it, we work together, or you lead it and we advise.

## Team

Spencer Paddock (Strategy), Bob Berken (Creative), Brooke Mouton (Delivery + Operations), Chris Neal (Marketing + Emerging Technology), Xander Denke (Experiences + Activations).

## Contact

- Email: hello@ontempo.cc
- Newsletter: https://ontempo.substack.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ontempo-cc