Think with Google Firestarters

Global Chief Brand Officer at Esprit, Ana Andjelic, discusses the premise behind her book on how social, cultural, and environmental capital changes brands. She explores the concept of curation and taste in the aspiration economy, the relationship between values, ethics, and economic value, and the challenges of implementing brand purpose. She also emphasizes the importance of engaging in the aspiration economy through narrative frameworks, collaborations, communities, and curation.

Brand consultant Helen Edwards is a columnist for Marketing Week, adjunct professor at London Business School, and the author of a new book ‘From Marginal to Mainstream: Why Tomorrow’s Brand Growth Will Come From the Fringes – and how to get there first’. In this thought-provoking episode she discusses why marketers need to look beyond the usual places to drive sustainable growth in an increasingly competitive world.  Check out our YouTube video series at: https://goo.gle/3t13pWt

What are the parallels between planning and parenting? As both the Planning Director at VCCP and the father of a toddler, Rob Estreitinho distills some brilliant lessons for strategists and marketers. Rob talks about the importance of context in decision-making, flexibility and continuous learning, and creating the conditions in which solutions can emerge. Check out our YouTube video series at: https://goo.gle/3t13pWt

Sarah Salter has been named by Campaign as one of the UK advertising industry's most renowned and authoritative voices on innovation. In this fascinating episode, Sarah discusses the power of conversations as a path to learning, plus the potential of new technologies such as NFTs to drive brand and consumer value.  Check out our YouTube video series at: https://goo.gle/3t13pWt

Behavioural science is a powerful tool for advertising, but many marketers overlook it, says Richard Shotton, best-selling author of The Choice Factory. Tune in to hear how it can be used to tap into mood, situation, and human biases to craft more impactful campaigns. Check out our YouTube video series at: https://goo.gle/3t13pWt

What are the key levers of effectiveness? What’s the value of difference in driving brand growth? How can brand value be a multiplier to profitability? Kantar MD, UK Insights and Marketing Effectiveness, Dom Boyd, reveals a gold mine of insights into advertising effectiveness. Delving into the current disconnect between advertising effectiveness evidence and spend, and the confidence that marketers have in their marketing strategies and mix. Check out our YouTube video series at: https://goo.gle/3t13pWt

Are you speaking a totally different language to your customers? Lou Downe, author of the best selling book Good Services and former Design Director of the UK Government, joins Neil to talk about what we get wrong about service design and how improving it can help your users, your team and even the world we live in. Check out our YouTube video series at: https://goo.gle/3t13pWt

Why is thinking differently so important in modern marketing, yet sometimes so hard to achieve? In this episode, Nick Myers, Head of Planning at OLIVER Agency shares his thoughts on why you can only be a true heretic if you really understand the orthodoxy, and why the OLIVER model is such a good example of a heretical approach. Check out our YouTube video series at: https://goo.gle/3t13pWt

In this episode, Lucy Jameson, a founder at Uncommon London, talks about the importance of finding your crew, building an agency culture from the top and the bottom, the enduring power of creativity and disrupting category norms, creating outputs that don't always look like advertising, and why fame is the least used strategy but so often the most effective one.   Check out our YouTube video series at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNBdIP33wJ3rZLkH1iR_Xjy0TznS1Ii_3

In this episode, Andy Nairn, co-founder of Lucky Generals talks about the risks of overthinking marketing and brand problems, how the quest for perfection can suffocate serendipity and luck, and how becoming buried in process can mean that you become blind to everything else around you.   Check out our YouTube video series at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNBdIP33wJ3rZLkH1iR_Xjy0TznS1Ii_3