Sweathead, A Strategy Podcast

1. Empathy 2. What’s the difference between a strategy and a plan? 3. I got the dates wrong - Kickstarter Tuesday Nov 5, NYC event Wed Dec 4 http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

Eaon Pritchard is working on his second book. Sort of. You see, he published his first book in 2018. It was called “Where Did It All Go Wrong?” Then he ran into a career surprise and is now working out what kind of work he wants to do and how to get that work. We talk about how all of this feels like and how to keep going when the going gets shitty. You can find Eaon here: https://twitter.com/eaonp 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.

Mary Ergul is a strategist who wants to see companies help strategists start new jobs well. So she made a deck called “Sinking Isn’t An Option” (http://bit.ly/strategyonboarding). Grab the deck, fill it in, and help your fellow strategists fly... or, at least, not drown. Mary mentions working at Havas a few times. She recently left and is joining Madwell. You can find Mary here https://twitter.com/MaryErgul and here http://maryergul.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 "Strategy Is Your Words" launches November 5th.

Sarah Watson likes big pictures. First, as an account planner then as a chairman, Sarah has been drawn to the big picture and to grand narratives and to drawing them out of people, companies, and brands. But, over time, she’s had to learn how to adjust to her clients and colleagues because not everyone knows what to do with a big picture. After all, you don’t usually just hang them on a wall, stand back, and think, “Lovely.” You have to turn them into action. 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.

Today’s walk - yeah, things I’m learning about through therapy, confidence, a happy life, job interviews, how maternity leave can feel. This weekend, make some art, yo! http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

In a happy coincidence, an interview I'd scheduled with Jim Carroll occurred hours before he was due to attend the Account Planning Group's Creative Strategy Awards.  The APG really is the leading industry group for the awkward among our industry and, after a hefty career in London, Jim just chaired two days and 27 presentations from England's strategy brains for the APG. So we talked about how he sees the state of creativity in advertising, why planning seems a bit lost, what makes planning work difficult yet powerful, and his analysis of this year's account planning papers and presentations. This interview isn't edited so you know you'll get a few rambling questions.  You can find Jim's writing here: https://www.jimcarrollsblog.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 "Strategy Is Your Words" launches November 5th.

Justin Lines is a marketer who recently completed a year at the University of Edinburgh. He's on a mission to investigate the connection between comedy and marketing. His paper "How do comedians reveal the funny?" discusses insights and, especially, how comedians deploy benign violations - thoughts that offend yet seem true - to stir their audiences.  You can read Justin's research here https://justinlines.com and you can find him on Twitter here https://twitter.com/JustinLines1 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.

It's an outer-body experience to have written a bunch of pages about empathy and feelings and how they can affect a strategist (not all strategists because, let's face it, not everyone has feelings), and to then start therapy and have some of the ideas in your writing played back to you but about you.... very about you. Take a listen if you're into any of this. I am. I need to be. You - you have choices :) I'm launching the book as a Kickstarter on November 5, 2019. I'd love your support - even if it's just telling everybody you know about it. You can subscribe to my newsletter for launch details: https://www.markpollard.net/email-newsletter/ You can also follow the adventures on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard And Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/markpollard

I wanted to re-record the introduction to my book "Strategy Is Your Words" after making a few changes and because the sound wasn't great six months ago. I'm launching the book as a Kickstarter on November 5, 2019. I'd love your support - even if it's just telling every single person you know about it. Joking. But not joking.  Let me know what you think. I think I'm happy with it which is a very unusual thing for a writer to feel.  You can subscribe to my newsletter for launch details: https://www.markpollard.net/email-newsletter/ You can also follow the adventures on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard And Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/markpollard

Here are stories about mental health experiences from the Sweathead Facebook community. Ben Breier, Julia Vanderput, Abbey Gaunt, and Mariana Cotlear step up and share their minds with us. A huge thanks to them.  You can read Ben's Medium article here: https://medium.com/@misterdisco 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.