Sweathead, A Strategy Podcast

In 2021, Derek Walker lit up our first ever strategy conference The Sweathead Do-Together.  His talk about fear in advertising sent chills through over one hundred souls.  We've heard that some people replay this talk to themselves when they need a kick in the pants. Having just launched this year's Do-Together, we thought we'd share Derek's talk via the podcast. He'll be back this year to light a fire under you. You can find details at http://www.thedotogether.com. You can find Derek here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-walker-8741578/ You can watch this talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVeW7xbm1z0 ** Early-bird tickets to this year's Sweathead Do-Together are available until the end of August or until sold out: http://www.thedotogether.com. October 18-20, ten hours of conference, over 20 speakers, plus 3 masterclasses. ** ✉️ Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dscjW5 Sweathead is a support group for strategists and account planners around the world. We host conferences, online courses, live events, and podcasts. We also train companies.

In this episode, we discuss mediocrity and why some people need it plus I answer nine questions while walking through New York City. The questions include: 1. What can I do when I feel a lack of interest cause every project looks the same? 2. How to approach building a team for the first time 3. Why are we moving backwards as a country? 4. Are the traditional strategy-creative roles in agencies relevant in the fast-paced digital marketing era? 5. Does the agency world over index with neuro-atypical peeps (spectrum, sociopaths, etc)? 6. I’m frustrated by how the person I report to hardly gives a shit about planning and knows less. 7. What’s the value of strategy? 8. How do you deal with a strategist above yo who won’t get out of your way? 9. Do you know of any good practices or exercises I could use to "derive insights from data"? ** For early-bird tickets to The Sweathead Do-Together and for information about our next strategy accelerator, visit http://www.sweathead.com ** 🔥 Strategy classes: http://www.sweathead.com ✉️ Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dscjW5 📸 Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sweathead 🔊 Podcast & other links: https://znap.link/sweathead Sweathead is a support group for strategists and account planners around the world. We host conferences, online courses, live events, and podcasts. We also train companies.

Freelancing can smell like freedom but it can also reek of fear. “I can’t wait to be my own boss…but what if I can’t manage myself?” “I’m so excited about finding my own clients…but what if nobody wants to work with me?” “I can’t wait to choose how I spend more of my days…but what if I spend them in ways that set me back?” In this podcast recording, freelance strategist Lydia Taylor hosts a conversation with Sophie Cross and Howie Chan about specific tips that will make the freelance life feel less scary. Lydia Taylor is a freelance strategy consultant https://www.linkedin.com/in/lydiataylor0/ Sophie Cross is Editor of Freelancer Magazine https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophcross/ Howie Chan is a healthcare brand consultant https://www.linkedin.com/in/howiechaniam/ ** 🔥 Strategy classes: http://www.sweathead.com ✉️ Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dscjW5 📸 Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sweathead 🔊 Podcast & other links: https://znap.link/sweathead Sweathead is a support group for strategists and account planners around the world.  We host conferences, online courses, live events, and podcasts. We also train companies.

For this episode of Sweathead, VMLY&R's Kevin Brockenbrough collects a few of his favorite minds to share their experiences as black strategists working in advertising in the USA: Simone Pratt (Ogilvy), Deadra Rahaman (Huge), and Emanuel Basnight (Power Twist). This episode is from a live recording. Kevin was due to host the whole session but had some technical challenges so you’ll hear his powerful voice at the start and then towards the end when he rejoined us. Big thanks to Simone for taking over as the session’s center of gravity. The guests’ details and links are as follows: Kevin Brockenbrough - Group Director, Strategy & Insights, VMLY&R https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinsbrockenbrough/ Deadra Rahaman @DeadraRahaman - VP Brand Strategy, Huge https://www.linkedin.com/in/deadrarahaman/ Emanuel Basnight @elbj - Creative Strategy and Content Lead, Power Twist https://www.linkedin.com/in/emanuel-basnight-5079223/ Simone Pratt @simoneisis1913 - Brand Strategy Director, Ogilvy https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonepratt/ ** 🔥 Strategy classes: http://www.sweathead.com ✉️ Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dscjW5 📸 Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sweathead 🔊 Podcast & other links: https://znap.link/sweathead Sweathead is a support group for strategists and account planners around the world.  We host conferences, online courses, live events, and podcasts. We also train companies.

Sharing a creative brief with creative teams can be scary, right? Well, how about presenting strategy to a Chief Creative Officer and an Executive Creative Director? Four Sweathead students recently did this with Wunderman Thompson CCO Jill Applebaum and Leo Burnett ECD Kieran Ots.  This is a rare public experience that's often full of trepidation and excitement in equal measures. You can find Jill here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-applebaum-4280a96/ Kieran is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kieranots/ Big shoutouts to our students for being brave enough to go on public record: - Dulce Vazquez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dulcevazquez/ - Eric Pattillo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-pattillo-0053813b/ - Kaitlin Carpenter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaitlincarpenter/ - Kris Kennedy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kriskennedy/ ** The Sweathead Do-Together conference and our next multi-week accelerator will happen in October, 2022. ** Subscribe to our newsletter for updates: ✉️ Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dscjW5 ** 🔥 Strategy classes: http://www.sweathead.com 📸 Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sweathead 🔊 Podcast & other links: https://znap.link/sweathead Sweathead is a support group for strategists and account planners around the world. We host conferences, online courses, live events, and podcasts. We also train companies.

Maria Van Buskirk is Head of Strategy at Media by Mother. Mother is notorious for its creativity. So you'd expect Media by Mother to be notorious for its creativity in media.  But how does it all work, especially in a city like New York that can make creativity feel so corporate and where big budgets and a fetish for efficiency can dull many creative spirits? In this episode, Maria shares with us how media thinking can help ideas before they happen and when to bring a comms planner in to play. You can find Maria here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-van-buskirk-01317540/ ** The Sweathead Do-Together conference and our next multi-week accelerator will happen in October, 2022. ** Subscribe to our newsletter for updates: ✉️ Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dscjW5 ** 🔥 Strategy classes: http://www.sweathead.com 📸 Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sweathead 🔊 Podcast & other links: https://znap.link/sweathead 
Sweathead is a support group for strategists and account planners around the world. We host conferences, online courses, live events, and podcasts. We also train companies.

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We all want to feel good about our work but does some of the marketing industry take itself too seriously? In our personal pursuit for meaningful work and a sense of nobility, can we completely overshoot the whole point of marketing? What if marketing doesn't need to be noble? What if "brand purpose" isn't a useful concept? What if marketing is just to sell? These are questions that Anthea Foyer (Sector Development Officer, City of Toronto), Julie Ng (Marketing and Business Development Consultant), and Radovan Andrej Grezo (Creative Director, Somebody&Somebody) discuss with us in this live panel recording of Sweathead. You can find Anthea here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthea-foyer/ Julie is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julieonvancouverisland/ Andrej is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/radovangrezo With thanks to Dot Jarantilla for making this happen. ** Find out about our 4-week virtual summer camp at http://www.sweathead.com. It starts on July 21, 2022. **  🔥 Strategy classes: http://www.sweathead.com ✉️ Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dscjW5 📸 Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sweathead 🔊 Podcast & other links: https://znap.link/sweathead Sweathead is a support group for strategists and account planners around the world. We host conferences, online courses, live events, and podcasts. We also train companies.

Nathan Brown is Global Chief Strategy Officer for UM in New York. We worked in the same building on William St in Sydney about 15 years ago. Nathan was a breath of fresh air. He built teams that expected to do creative things with their clients’ media buys. He was a good coach and easy to collaborate with. He’s still all of these things. But many years have passed since we worked together so I wanted to see how a coach-oriented, creative thinker was faring in the high-stakes game of media planning in New York. We discuss a lot of C-words: - Creativity in media planning, - Media buying as a commodity, - Being a CEO of PHD Media, - Being a CSO, - Culture, - Collaborating with advertising agencies, - Clients, and - Whether Nathan is a company man at heart :) You can find Nathan here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-brown-8115153/ ** Find out about our 4-week virtual summer camp at http://www.sweathead.com. It starts on July 21, 2022.  ** 🔥 Strategy classes: http://www.sweathead.com ✉️ Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dscjW5 📸 Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sweathead 🔊 Podcast & other links: https://znap.link/sweathead Sweathead is a support group for strategists and account planners around the world. We host conferences, online courses, live events, and podcasts. We also train companies.

Jo Lepore is Global Foresight Leader at Mars Wrigley. She moved to the USA about a year ago and works out of Hoboken, New Jersey. In this episode of Sweathead, Jo takes us through how she approaches her work, the work of a snack futurist. This kind of work might be of interest to a few agency strategists and Jo helps us understand how to make it work that the rest of a business will want to engage with rather than ignore or just use as lunchtime entertainment. Jo also publishes her own podcast. It’s called Looking Outside. You can find out more here: https://www.looking-outside.com/ ** Find out about our 4-week virtual summer camp at http://www.sweathead.com. It starts on July 21, 2022. It's for our annual members. ** 🔥 Strategy classes: http://www.sweathead.com ✉️ Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dscjW5 📸 Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sweathead 🔊 Podcast & other links: https://znap.link/sweathead Sweathead is a support group for strategists and account planners around the world. We host conferences, online courses, live events, and podcasts. We also train companies.