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.

Episode Date
The Talent Architect: Christine Olivas (No Single Individual) on Building Today's Agency Model
May 01, 2025
Tara Lawall- Chief Creative Officer and Partner- Rethink NY
Apr 24, 2025
Pip Bingemann- Co-Founder- Springboards.Ai
Apr 03, 2025
Michael Miller and Chris Noble- Consiglieri
Mar 11, 2025
Ali Burton- Gate One and Catch
Mar 03, 2025
Donna Dupont- Chief Strategist, Foresight and Design- Purple Compass
Feb 05, 2025
Brent Vartan- Managing Partner- Bullish- Moving Strategy Upstream
Dec 30, 2024
Mark Lester- Squint Consulting
Dec 17, 2024
The World of Pharma Marketing- Martin Stapff- Co-Founder, Chief Creative Officer, Michelle Rigot- Executive Creative Director/Strategy- Yama Group
Dec 03, 2024
Dr. Anastasia Kārkliņa Gabriel.- Understanding Culture
Nov 14, 2024
Julianna Katrancha- Group Strategy Director - Johannes Leonardo
Nov 12, 2024
Allen Adamson- Metaforce
Oct 11, 2024
The Future of Creative Services- Joe Nash and Patrick Kizny
Sep 23, 2024
Lori Bartle- Cultivagency- From Account Management to Account Leadership
Sep 17, 2024
Tom Suharto - Global Strategy Lead - Forsman & Bodenfors
Sep 11, 2024
Hyphenated- 4 Years On- William Esparza and Kelli Roberston
Aug 29, 2024
Jonathan Wise- CoFounder - Purpose Disruptors
Jul 25, 2024
Dr. Grace Kite- Founder- Magic Numbers and Magic Works
Jul 09, 2024
Beth Bentley - Tomorrowism
Jun 26, 2024
Caroline Johnson- Co-Founder- Business Model Company
Jun 19, 2024
Andy Nairn- Co-Founder- Lucky Generals
Jun 12, 2024
Maz Karimian- ustwo
Jun 11, 2024
Daniel Groh- Satisfy Running
May 27, 2024
John Geletka
May 16, 2024
Eliza Yvette Esquivel- Our Protopian Future
May 01, 2024
Warren Berger- Author and Journalist
Apr 29, 2024
Gerard Crichlow- Global Strategist- Axe/Lynx/Unilever- IPG
Apr 22, 2024
Peter Semple- CMO- Depop
Apr 16, 2024
Tass Tsitsopoulos- Global Strategy Director, McDonald's at Wieden + Kennedy
Mar 28, 2024
Ian Murray- Co-Founder-Burst Your Bubble
Mar 20, 2024
Jae Goodman- The Future is Super Connected
Feb 15, 2024
Amy Daroukakis- How to Be a Cultural Strategist
Feb 07, 2024
Peter Spear- All things Qualitative
Jan 23, 2024
Keely Adler- VP, Cultural Futurist- Dentsu Creative and Core Team, RADAR
Jan 08, 2024
Laura Hutfless, FlyteVu Co-Founder
Jan 05, 2024
Neal Mann- Co-Founder- NOAN
Dec 19, 2023
Joe Carter- Co-Founder- The Ironclad Pan Company
Nov 09, 2023
Katie Dreke- Part 2- Three Years On
Oct 12, 2023
George Prest- From BBH Copywriter to Local Politician
Oct 10, 2023
Sophie Ayles
Oct 02, 2023
Dan Gardner- Co-Founder- Code and Theory
Sep 25, 2023
Ivan Kayser- CEO- Redscout
Sep 21, 2023
Kyle Duckitt - Strategy Director- BBH Singapore
Aug 03, 2023
Escape Pod- Tyler Moore and Evie Psarras
Aug 02, 2023
Craig and Bridget- Two Years On
Apr 05, 2023
Kin- An Agency with Purpose- Sophie Ozoux
Jan 23, 2023
Vasanth Seshadri- The Sunny Side- Singapore
Aug 31, 2022
Neel Williams- Group Creative Director- The Martin Agency
Aug 26, 2022
Bonnie Wan- Partner and Head of Brand Strategy, Goodby, Silverstein and Partners
Jun 22, 2022
Stevie Archer and Kevin Skobac - SS+K
Jun 07, 2022
Kierstin De West- From Strategist, to Sustainability Researcher to Marketer
May 17, 2022
Nick Steel of HarrimanSteel- Two Decades as a Creative Independent
Apr 26, 2022
The Current State of Social Media- Nikita Walia-Blank
Apr 19, 2022
Thomas Papadopoulos- Possible Future
Apr 11, 2022
The Future of Emerging Art- Wayne Chang- Saatchi Art
Mar 31, 2022
Post-Purpose- Thomas Kolster
Mar 29, 2022
Inspiring Futures- Ukraine- Lidiya Zabrodska- Strategist- Lviv
Mar 14, 2022
The Future of Transformation- Rachel Mercer and Mike Rigby- Proto
Mar 10, 2022
The Future of Purpose- Rob Holzer - Matter Unlimited
Mar 09, 2022
Branding with Sound- Paul Amitai and Connor Moore of Listen
Feb 23, 2022
Ben Dietz- The Worlds of Bitcoin, NFTS and More
Feb 15, 2022
Neil Parker- Deep Brand Thinking- co:collective
Dec 22, 2021
The Future is 30 minutes- Dr. Gordon Euchler - Deloitte
Dec 21, 2021
The Future is Better Briefs- Matt Davies and Pieter-Paul von Weiler
Dec 20, 2021
Lindsay Stein- Havas- Social Impact and the Agency
Oct 18, 2021
Rob Walker- The Art of Noticing Culture
Sep 27, 2021
The Culture of Design- Nick Ace- COLLINS
Sep 14, 2021
What is strategy for design?- Paul Collins- Elmwood
Sep 13, 2021
Merging the Physical and Digital - David Schwarz- HUSH
Aug 11, 2021
John Graham- Cartwright
Jul 26, 2021
Designing Experiences - John Roescher- handsome
Jul 20, 2021
The Future is Possibilities- Nathan Phillips- Technology, Humans and Taste
Jul 13, 2021
The Power of Story - Frank Rose
Jun 30, 2021
The Future through the Eyes of Junior Strategists - Payal Pereira and Shannon Gerety
Jun 22, 2021
Greg Hahn- The Future is Liberation
Jun 08, 2021
Brand Design- Some perspectives from Christina Falzano and Ben Solomon- Conran
Jun 07, 2021
The Future is the Super Strategist- Lesley Bielby
Apr 26, 2021
The Future is Mojo- Mo Said- Mojo Supermarket
Apr 22, 2021
Creating and Writing - Dan Germain
Apr 06, 2021
The Future of You- Tracey Follows
Mar 29, 2021
The Future of Directing and Creating - Aaron Duffy
Mar 22, 2021
The Future is Pi- Alex Bennett-Grant and Mark Lester- We are Pi
Mar 08, 2021
Bree Groff- SYP- The Change We are Seeing
Mar 02, 2021
Carolyn Hadlock- The Creative Who Loves Strategy
Feb 25, 2021
Craig Mawdsley and Bridget Angear
Feb 03, 2021
Chuck and Nandi Welch- From the Street to the Suite
Feb 01, 2021
Inside the Mind of Rishad Tobaccowala
Jan 25, 2021
Brent Vartan- Bullish
Jan 07, 2021
Jason Harris-Mekanism
Dec 22, 2020
Seth Gaffney and Rob Baird- Preacher
Dec 21, 2020
Charlotte Smith- CEO- The Talent Business- North America- The Future of Marketing Talent
Dec 15, 2020
Cindy Judge- Sterling Rice Group-The Future of Food
Dec 14, 2020
Transforming an Agency- Kristen Cavallo - CEO and Elizabeth Paul- CSO- The Martin Agency
Nov 23, 2020
John V Willshire- Innovation is Inspiration
Oct 21, 2020
Tim Maleeny- Strategy Evolved
Oct 19, 2020
Time to Start your Own Agency?- Meryl and Gaelan Draper - Quirk
Oct 12, 2020
The Future is Collaborative - Jason Zabel and Elsa Perushek
Oct 05, 2020
Katie Dreke - Expand Your Horizons
Sep 21, 2020
Kelli Robertson and William Esparza- The Strategist/Creative Partnership
Sep 03, 2020
Ana Andjelic- The Future of Aspiration
Aug 26, 2020
Jeff Sweat- Writing Books
Aug 21, 2020
Rob Campbell- Talks Creativity
Aug 14, 2020
Lucy Jameson- An Uncommon Approach
Jul 14, 2020
Adam Morgan and Mark Barden- Constraint As Rocket Fuel
Jul 13, 2020
Tracey Faux Pattani- How to Lead During COVID
Jul 08, 2020
Building a Business Mentoring System- Akil Benjamin
Jul 02, 2020
The Digital Agency Future- John Dempsey
Jul 01, 2020
Chas Edwards- Creating Surprising Experiences- Pre and Post COVID
Jun 25, 2020
The Ad Agency Opportunity- Jeff Sweat
Jun 23, 2020
The Future of Brand Storytelling- David Charles
Jun 22, 2020
A Perspective on Race and The Moment- Michael Arterberry
Jun 18, 2020
The Future of the Ad Agency- Justin Small
Jun 17, 2020
Time for a New Agency- Jay Chaney - Broken Heart Love Affair
May 29, 2020
The Future of Film Production- George Olver-Movidiam
May 26, 2020
The Future is You- Jen Patterson
May 23, 2020
The Future is Swedish- Niclas Norstrom- Acne- Stockholm
May 18, 2020
The Future of Your Neighborhood- Chloe Saintilan, Zach Roif and Matt Woodward- R/GA
May 15, 2020
The Future is Pragmatic- Adrian Ho- Zeus Jones
May 14, 2020
The Future is Expansive Creativity- Shaun McIlrath- Iris Worldwide
Apr 13, 2020
Terry Young- Founder Sparks and Honey on the Business of the Future
Apr 03, 2020
The Future of the Agency is Virtual and Digital - Matt Walsh- Greenstone
Apr 02, 2020
A View from London - Zoe Scaman
Apr 01, 2020
Adweek's Doug Zanger - The Current and Future State of -Communication, Advertising and Agencies
Mar 29, 2020
The View from Bangkok- Dave McCaughan
Mar 27, 2020
The Future is Bold and Uncomfortable - Lucy von Sturmer
Mar 19, 2020
Wishing for a Right Brained Future- Orlando Wood
Mar 13, 2020
The Future of the Marketing Organization- Lindsey Slaby
Mar 10, 2020
The Future is Strategy as a Team Sport- Amelia Torode
Feb 27, 2020
Thas Naseemuddeen- Omelet- The Future is the Strategist as CEO
Jan 16, 2020
The Future is Aux -Bringing Ideas to Life Through Technology
Dec 18, 2019
Faris and Rosie Yakob- Global Futures
Dec 16, 2019
Gary Hirsch- On Your Feet- Art Meets Commerce
Nov 18, 2019
Chris Riley- From Wieden to Apple to Ethics
Nov 12, 2019
Bree Groff- Change is the Future
Aug 15, 2019
Dave Burg- Planner from the Future?
Aug 08, 2019
Heidi Hackemer - Soul Replenishment and More
Jul 17, 2019
Michael Fanuele- Stop Making Sense
Jul 08, 2019
Lawrence Wilkinson- Scenario Planning the Future
Jun 24, 2019
Katy Jeremko
Jun 18, 2019
Frank Rose
Apr 08, 2019
Mark Pollard
Apr 04, 2019
Colin Nagy
Mar 13, 2019
Episode 2- Gareth Kay
Mar 05, 2019
Episode 1- Ana Andjelic
Feb 27, 2019