Inspiring Futures - Lessons from the Worlds of Marketing and Advertising
By Ed Cotton
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Inspiring Futures pulls back the curtain on the minds reshaping advertising and marketing today. Host Ed Cotton, former Chief Strategy Officer at Butler Shine and Stern & Partners, engages industry visionaries in raw, unfiltered conversations about their career pivots, creative breakthroughs, and strategic innovations. No canned responses. No PR filters. Just honest insights about navigating the complex world of brands, creativity, and agency life. Each episode delivers actionable wisdom from those who've mastered the craft and aren't afraid to share their failures alongside their successes.
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Re-Imagining Havas Chicago- A Conversation with Chief Strategy Officer Chase Cornett and Chief Creative Officer Frank Dattalo
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Nick Thompson - CEO of The Atlantic- Author-- "The Running Ground"
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Brandon Murphy- Chief Strategy Officer- Trade School- Atlanta
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Kelsey Hodgkin- CEO and Partner- Special US
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Nick Avaria- Inside The Unglamorous World of Agency Operations
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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What's to Be Done About Misaligned Briefs And a Broken Creative Process?
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Mary Lou Bunn- CEO + Founder- Flower Shop
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Lucy Barbor - We Are Masterplan
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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David Aaker- The OG of Brand
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Rachel Ramaswamy- Managing Partner - Work and Co
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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The Talent Architect: Christine Olivas (No Single Individual) on Building Today's Agency Model
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May 01, 2025 |
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Tara Lawall- Chief Creative Officer and Partner- Rethink NY
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Pip Bingemann- Co-Founder- Springboards.Ai
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Michael Miller and Chris Noble- Consiglieri
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Ali Burton- Gate One and Catch
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Donna Dupont- Chief Strategist, Foresight and Design- Purple Compass
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Brent Vartan- Managing Partner- Bullish- Moving Strategy Upstream
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Mark Lester- Squint Consulting
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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The World of Pharma Marketing- Martin Stapff- Co-Founder, Chief Creative Officer, Michelle Rigot- Executive Creative Director/Strategy- Yama Group
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Dr. Anastasia Kārkliņa Gabriel.- Understanding Culture
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Julianna Katrancha- Group Strategy Director - Johannes Leonardo
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Allen Adamson- Metaforce
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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The Future of Creative Services- Joe Nash and Patrick Kizny
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Lori Bartle- Cultivagency- From Account Management to Account Leadership
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Tom Suharto - Global Strategy Lead - Forsman & Bodenfors
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Hyphenated- 4 Years On- William Esparza and Kelli Roberston
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Jonathan Wise- CoFounder - Purpose Disruptors
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Dr. Grace Kite- Founder- Magic Numbers and Magic Works
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Beth Bentley - Tomorrowism
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Caroline Johnson- Co-Founder- Business Model Company
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Andy Nairn- Co-Founder- Lucky Generals
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Maz Karimian- ustwo
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Daniel Groh- Satisfy Running
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May 27, 2024 |
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John Geletka
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May 16, 2024 |
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Eliza Yvette Esquivel- Our Protopian Future
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May 01, 2024 |
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Warren Berger- Author and Journalist
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Gerard Crichlow- Global Strategist- Axe/Lynx/Unilever- IPG
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Peter Semple- CMO- Depop
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Tass Tsitsopoulos- Global Strategy Director, McDonald's at Wieden + Kennedy
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Ian Murray- Co-Founder-Burst Your Bubble
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Jae Goodman- The Future is Super Connected
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Amy Daroukakis- How to Be a Cultural Strategist
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Peter Spear- All things Qualitative
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Keely Adler- VP, Cultural Futurist- Dentsu Creative and Core Team, RADAR
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Laura Hutfless, FlyteVu Co-Founder
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Neal Mann- Co-Founder- NOAN
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Joe Carter- Co-Founder- The Ironclad Pan Company
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Katie Dreke- Part 2- Three Years On
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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George Prest- From BBH Copywriter to Local Politician
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Sophie Ayles
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Dan Gardner- Co-Founder- Code and Theory
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Ivan Kayser- CEO- Redscout
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Kyle Duckitt - Strategy Director- BBH Singapore
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Escape Pod- Tyler Moore and Evie Psarras
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Craig and Bridget- Two Years On
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Kin- An Agency with Purpose- Sophie Ozoux
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Vasanth Seshadri- The Sunny Side- Singapore
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Neel Williams- Group Creative Director- The Martin Agency
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Bonnie Wan- Partner and Head of Brand Strategy, Goodby, Silverstein and Partners
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Stevie Archer and Kevin Skobac - SS+K
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Kierstin De West- From Strategist, to Sustainability Researcher to Marketer
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May 17, 2022 |
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Nick Steel of HarrimanSteel- Two Decades as a Creative Independent
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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The Current State of Social Media- Nikita Walia-Blank
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Thomas Papadopoulos- Possible Future
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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The Future of Emerging Art- Wayne Chang- Saatchi Art
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Post-Purpose- Thomas Kolster
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Inspiring Futures- Ukraine- Lidiya Zabrodska- Strategist- Lviv
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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The Future of Transformation- Rachel Mercer and Mike Rigby- Proto
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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The Future of Purpose- Rob Holzer - Matter Unlimited
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Branding with Sound- Paul Amitai and Connor Moore of Listen
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Ben Dietz- The Worlds of Bitcoin, NFTS and More
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Neil Parker- Deep Brand Thinking- co:collective
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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The Future is 30 minutes- Dr. Gordon Euchler - Deloitte
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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The Future is Better Briefs- Matt Davies and Pieter-Paul von Weiler
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Lindsay Stein- Havas- Social Impact and the Agency
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Rob Walker- The Art of Noticing Culture
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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The Culture of Design- Nick Ace- COLLINS
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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What is strategy for design?- Paul Collins- Elmwood
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Merging the Physical and Digital - David Schwarz- HUSH
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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John Graham- Cartwright
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Designing Experiences - John Roescher- handsome
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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The Future is Possibilities- Nathan Phillips- Technology, Humans and Taste
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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The Power of Story - Frank Rose
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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The Future through the Eyes of Junior Strategists - Payal Pereira and Shannon Gerety
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Greg Hahn- The Future is Liberation
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Brand Design- Some perspectives from Christina Falzano and Ben Solomon- Conran
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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The Future is the Super Strategist- Lesley Bielby
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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The Future is Mojo- Mo Said- Mojo Supermarket
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Creating and Writing - Dan Germain
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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The Future of You- Tracey Follows
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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The Future of Directing and Creating - Aaron Duffy
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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The Future is Pi- Alex Bennett-Grant and Mark Lester- We are Pi
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Bree Groff- SYP- The Change We are Seeing
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Carolyn Hadlock- The Creative Who Loves Strategy
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Craig Mawdsley and Bridget Angear
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Chuck and Nandi Welch- From the Street to the Suite
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Inside the Mind of Rishad Tobaccowala
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Brent Vartan- Bullish
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Jason Harris-Mekanism
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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Seth Gaffney and Rob Baird- Preacher
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Charlotte Smith- CEO- The Talent Business- North America- The Future of Marketing Talent
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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Cindy Judge- Sterling Rice Group-The Future of Food
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Transforming an Agency- Kristen Cavallo - CEO and Elizabeth Paul- CSO- The Martin Agency
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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John V Willshire- Innovation is Inspiration
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Tim Maleeny- Strategy Evolved
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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Time to Start your Own Agency?- Meryl and Gaelan Draper - Quirk
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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The Future is Collaborative - Jason Zabel and Elsa Perushek
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Katie Dreke - Expand Your Horizons
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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Kelli Robertson and William Esparza- The Strategist/Creative Partnership
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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Ana Andjelic- The Future of Aspiration
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Jeff Sweat- Writing Books
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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Rob Campbell- Talks Creativity
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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Lucy Jameson- An Uncommon Approach
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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Adam Morgan and Mark Barden- Constraint As Rocket Fuel
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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Tracey Faux Pattani- How to Lead During COVID
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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Building a Business Mentoring System- Akil Benjamin
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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The Digital Agency Future- John Dempsey
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Chas Edwards- Creating Surprising Experiences- Pre and Post COVID
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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The Ad Agency Opportunity- Jeff Sweat
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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The Future of Brand Storytelling- David Charles
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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A Perspective on Race and The Moment- Michael Arterberry
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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The Future of the Ad Agency- Justin Small
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Time for a New Agency- Jay Chaney - Broken Heart Love Affair
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May 29, 2020 |
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The Future of Film Production- George Olver-Movidiam
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May 26, 2020 |
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The Future is You- Jen Patterson
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May 23, 2020 |
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The Future is Swedish- Niclas Norstrom- Acne- Stockholm
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May 18, 2020 |
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The Future of Your Neighborhood- Chloe Saintilan, Zach Roif and Matt Woodward- R/GA
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May 15, 2020 |
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The Future is Pragmatic- Adrian Ho- Zeus Jones
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May 14, 2020 |
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The Future is Expansive Creativity- Shaun McIlrath- Iris Worldwide
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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Terry Young- Founder Sparks and Honey on the Business of the Future
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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The Future of the Agency is Virtual and Digital - Matt Walsh- Greenstone
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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A View from London - Zoe Scaman
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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Adweek's Doug Zanger - The Current and Future State of -Communication, Advertising and Agencies
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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The View from Bangkok- Dave McCaughan
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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The Future is Bold and Uncomfortable - Lucy von Sturmer
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Wishing for a Right Brained Future- Orlando Wood
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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The Future of the Marketing Organization- Lindsey Slaby
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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The Future is Strategy as a Team Sport- Amelia Torode
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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Thas Naseemuddeen- Omelet- The Future is the Strategist as CEO
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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The Future is Aux -Bringing Ideas to Life Through Technology
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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Faris and Rosie Yakob- Global Futures
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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Gary Hirsch- On Your Feet- Art Meets Commerce
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Chris Riley- From Wieden to Apple to Ethics
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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Bree Groff- Change is the Future
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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Dave Burg- Planner from the Future?
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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Heidi Hackemer - Soul Replenishment and More
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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Michael Fanuele- Stop Making Sense
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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Lawrence Wilkinson- Scenario Planning the Future
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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Katy Jeremko
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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Frank Rose
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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Mark Pollard
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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Colin Nagy
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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Episode 2- Gareth Kay
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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Episode 1- Ana Andjelic
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Feb 27, 2019 |