EST. 1979 · FALKIRK, SCOTLAND
The
Humans
Behind
the Ideas
IDEAS® was built on the premise that creative thinking — applied with rigour and genuine curiosity — is the most powerful business tool there is.
Forty-seven years later, nothing has changed. Except the number of organisations that have discovered it for themselves.
THE FOUNDER
A modern-day Renaissance man. That’s what the press called him. He’s been called worse.
This is the story of Ideas Founder: Don Jack. Don Jack composed his first song at six. At nine, he conducted his school orchestra to a national music award. By his teens, he was performing in bands. By his twenties, his work was on every Wet Wet Wet record, video, and piece of merchandise — including “Love Is All Around”, one of the best-selling singles in UK chart history.
He’s been a vocalist and guitarist, a drummer in a rock band, a keyboardist who charted a Burt Bacharach cover. He’s signed to Warner Brothers Publishing. He’s fronted the Carnevale Radio Big Band at corporate events and written the book, lyrics, and music for Loch Ness — The Monster Musical.
He’s also a regular creative contributor to Simon Cowell’s Got Talent franchise, has directed and performed in record-breaking theatre, and has devised content for magic shows in London’s West End, on Broadway, and in Las Vegas.
And through all of it — the music, the exhibitions, the TV, the theatre — IDEAS® has been the vehicle. The creative consultancy that takes everything Don has learned about what makes things memorable, and applies it to the organisations that need it most.
“Ideas ahead of what was common at the time, responding to opportunities, recognising patterns, but mostly just doing stuff.”
Many Hats, One Vision
Designer.
AKA: Composer, Artist, Curator, Entrepreneur
Composer. Producer.
Signed to Warner Brothers Publishing. Fronts the Carnevale Radio Big Band. Co-wrote Loch Ness — The Monster Musical. Created music production company DJXJD (Poker Face) and New Country duo JIMNI.
Artist. Curator.
Winner of the Brooke Bond Art Prize (age 11). Paintings and sculpture exhibited internationally. Executive Curator at The Touring Exhibition, with works by artists also held in the Musée d’Orsay.
Museum Founder
Founder of The Museum of Movie Magic, Scotland — wherever the exhibitions appear internationally, museum visitor numbers shoot through the roof.
Serial Entrepreneur
Ventures spanning audiobooks (Coliphon), luxury tartan (Tartan Golf Bags), air quality innovation, property, and film. A record of creating things before the market realises it wants them.
IDEAS® is one part of something bigger
