The Places We'll Go Marketing Show

In this episode, Ed talks about having a good work/life balance, feedback culture and how to be a player instead of a victim   Who is Ed Smith?   Ed has CEO and GM experience in media, advertising and technology, as well as, extensive experience in the Marketing world.   He was part of the Mt.Buller Resort Management Board and Australian Alpine Enterprise, operators of Falls Creek and Mt.Hotham ski resorts.   Not for profit member of the board of trustees of Make A Wish UK, former director of Make A Wish Australia.

In this episode, Raja talks about the importance of always learning, how we need to view customer loyalty and the mistakes he made when starting his career.   WHO IS RAJA?   A transformative business leader with substantial senior management experience across different geographies around the world.   Raja has managed large-scale businesses at Fortune 500 companies across financial services, consumer-packaged goods and healthcare, including at Unilever, Citigroup, Anthem, and Mastercard.   He is globally recognized for his innovative thinking, leadership in business transformation that he has brought to executive roles across industries, and leadership in Mastercard’s marketing and brand transformation.

In this episode, Ellie gives advice to those trying to find their way in the world, reveals what her big breaks were and talks about the steps she took to get to where she is today. Who is Ellie Norman? An energetic and versatile marketing leader with over 16 years experience in fast moving complex commercial environments including 4 years in Media / Telecoms & Entertainment Marketing and 8 years in Automotive Marketing. Ellie is someone who has experience of managing ‘challenger’ brands within their categories across multiple routes to market in multi-franchise environments. With an insatiable appetite to bring sustainable change and transform brands into benchmarks she successfully leads both internal and agency teams to work to levels of excellence with a genuine positive ‘can do’ attitude to deliver the business demands through high-impact marketing campaigns. With drive and intuition she thrives working in diverse and challenging environments, and as a cheerleader of econometrics has a proven track record of commercial acumen, whilst staying focused on the strategy.

In this episode, David shares when he felt most alive, what he thinks it means to be alive and the importance of inner work. Who is David Smith MBE? David is a Nike Athlete, Speaker, Writer and Coach, he has competed internationally in several sports including GB Rowing & British Cycling. David has over come tremendous adversity and now shares both his experience in high performance sport and his first hand experience of fighting for his life with a rare tumour. Pushing both mental and physical boundaries in the hope to inspire others to live a flourishing life. Key Takeaways To be fully alive is to be in the now The greatest challenge to mankind is to be 100% in the now Time is finite Inner work is most important Chasing gold is ludacris

In this episode, Suki talks about diversity and inclusion in the work place, trying to evolve yourself and the importance of wellbeing. Key Takeaways Diversity and inclusion in the work place Importance of wellbeing Positive energy Post-traumatic growth Greatest emotion is love Equation for business transformation Who is Suki Thompson? A passionate entrepreneur and transformational business leader. She loves her work and her ambition is to help support, lead and shape the modern business and marketing environments. Suki is passionate about driving company and industry transformation through new models, ways of working, improved cultures, with wellbeing and resilience at their heart. She is also a charity Campaigner in Cancer and Mental Health, as well as a proud mum.

WHO IS SIR STEVE REDGRAVE CBE?   Undoubtedly most famous as the winner of an unprecedented five Gold Medals in five consecutive Olympic Games, Sir Steve Redgrave's accomplishments in the world of rowing are unparalleled.   Today, Steve continues to share his unique knowledge and experience of endurance events to benefit the competitive worlds of sport and commercial enterprise, investing his time in individuals and projects across the world.

Who is Steve Hatch?   In his role as CEO of YouGov and ex Facebook’s Vice President for Northern Europe, Steve manages all business operations and strategy in the region as well as leading the UK team.   Steve was the first Regional Director for the UK and has overseen its growth in operations to over 3000 people across its London offices.

WHO IS ALINE SANTOS?   Aline believes in putting people front and centre in everything that she does.  Using insights to develop and market products and ideas that add real value to people’s lives is what energizes her.  This is why helping to redefine “Dove Campaign -Real Beauty” in the 90’s and the “Dirt is Good” campaign with OMO in the past 10 years – shaped Aline's career.   Another huge passion point has been to empower women to live their full potential at home, in the workplace and in society. This is not just the right thing to do, it is the only way we will make lasting progress as the human race.

He was an integral member of the England Rugby World Cup Winning team in 2003.   Since retiring from professional rugby, Will has established himself as a leading rugby analyst and motivational speaker.   Combined with the lows of injury setbacks, personal tragedy and also self-doubt, will provides a gripping insight in to the studied determination that is needed to achieve in any arena.

WHO IS SOPHIE DEVONSHIRE? Sophie started her career in brand management with Procter & Gamble and Coca-Cola & worked consultancy/agency side with Interbrand, Leo Burnett and The Caffeine Partnership as well as founding, growing and selling her own e-commerce business. She has seen that the smartest leaders in business understand that building connections and sharing stories and ideas with peers can be energising and a powerful accelerator to success.   So that's why she is completely delighted to have been asked to be the global CEO of The Marketing Society, the prestigious, progressive global community of senior marketers, whose purpose is to empower brave leadership. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN  1. Learning to live and work in a rapidly changing world  2. Survive and thrive in the fast lane  3. Embracing the excitement of growth