Sweathead, A Strategy Podcast

An episode for all my people thinking about their next jobs when, maybe, a brief pause to think about their next lives is due. Plus some of your questions answered. http://www.strategyisyourwords.com

Natalie Kim runs We Are Next. She is urgently trying to get diverse advertising voices into public while also helping people start their advertising careers well. We hear from hundreds of people every month. So we thought we’d compare notes about what we are hearing for the We Are Next podcast and Sweathead podcast. PS Happy maternity leave, Nat! http://www.we-are-next.com For more strategy talk: 1. Newsletter: http://www.markpollard.net/email-newsletter/ 2. Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard 3. Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/markpollard 4. Facebook - join 7,000+ strategists: http://www.sweathead.co The Kickstarter for the “Strategy Is Your Words" book is live until December 4 http://bit.ly/strategykickstarter

Barry Mowszowski has worked at Droga5 in New York as well as Contagious and, after a good stint in the agency world, he decided to go to the Berlin School of Creative Leadership. We discuss getting an executive MBA and the work Barry now does helping leaders to understand how to adapt their companies for creative minds and makers.  You can find Barry here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrymow The Kickstarter for "Strategy Is Your Words" is live: http://bit.ly/strategykickstarter

Kaitlin Maud is back. As co-founder of Austin's Current Forward, Kaitlin has spent time thinking about and developing products from strategy services. It's one of those ideas that sounds cool and seductive but what does creating strategy products mean and can it even work? You can find Kaitlin here https://twitter.com/kaitlinmaud The Kickstarter for "Strategy Is Your Words" is live http://bit.ly/strategykickstarter

Jason Fox is a copywriter who also writes the social media presence known as Lee Clow's Beard. We discuss how Jason came to create Lee Clow's Beard, melancholy, writing, and the fundamentals our industry can seem too advanced to defend. You can find Jason here https://twitter.com/jason_fox and Lee Clow's Beard here https://twitter.com/leeclowsbeard * The Kickstarter for the “Strategy Is Your Words" book is live until December 4 http://bit.ly/strategykickstarter

Simon McEvoy runs strategy at Omobono in the UK. He's working with his agency on decentralizing how they operate, as well as on building give into the company and into the culture. "Give" - as in encouraging a sense of safety, vulnerability, and forgiveness. But are agencies meant to act like this? And how does it work? This is what we discuss. You can find Simon here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonmcevoy/  For more strategy talk: 1. Newsletter: http://www.markpollard.net/email-newsletter/ 2. Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard 3. Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/markpollard 4. Facebook - join 7,000+ strategists: http://www.sweathead.co The Kickstarter for "Strategy Is Your Words" is live: http://bit.ly/strategykickstarter

Jessie White is Executive Creative Director at Instrument in Portland. We discuss two main topics: the graduation from designer to leader and how designers and strategists can work better together. If you work with people in any other kind of discipline and if you're contemplating a shift from being on the tools to being on the people, you'll get something out of Jessie's insights. You can find Jessie here https://twitter.com/jessiefwhite For more strategy talk: 1. Newsletter: http://www.markpollard.net/email-newsletter/ 2. Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard 3. Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/markpollard 4. Facebook - join 7,000+ strategists: http://www.sweathead.co The Kickstarter for "Strategy Is Your Words" is live http://bit.ly/strategykickstarter

Thoughts from SoHo about knowing when you have an insight or strategy or idea plus THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING MY KICKSTARTER: http://bit.ly/strategykickstarter

Reema Mitra is VP of Brand at New York's Today Tix, a ticketing platform that gets you into your favorite shows. In this episode, we discuss how brand and product can work better together, the importance of research, and finding your way in a career that has a hunch about what it wants to do but knows it will take a few twists and turns to find it. You can find Reema here: https://twitter.com/rmitty Sweathead strategy classes are in session: http://courses.sweathead.co

Derek Walker is a creative director turned agency owner. He writes and reflects extensively about the industry and he believes the advertising industry is operating in the face of constant fear. And he believes a big part of this is because agencies haven’t fought hard enough for themselves. You can find Derek here https://twitter.com/dereklwalker For more strategy talk: 1. Newsletter: http://www.markpollard.net/email-newsletter/ 2. Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard 3. Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/markpollard 4. Facebook - join 7,000+ strategists: http://www.sweathead.co The Kickstarter for "Strategy Is Your Words" launches November 5th.