Sweathead, A Strategy Podcast

@Agencyprobs is crushing it on Instagram. With over 110,000 followers, the meme account helps everyone in advertising laugh and cry a little at the career that's chosen them. In this anonymous and debut interview, I speak with one of the founders and minds behind the account. We discuss what the ad industry creator lifestyle is like and we discuss some of the industry problems that cause the most pain. You can find Agency Probs here: https://www.instagram.com/agencyprobs/ ** Next strategy events: Masterclass with Mark Pollard - How To Find Your Strategy Voice (April) WTEff-The Eff-ing Effectiveness Festival (April) Details: http://www.sweathead.com. ** Sign up for our newsletters: 1. For Friday's Sake–a weekly laugh at the marketing world https://sweathead.com/newsletter/for-fridays-sake/ 2. Strategy 4 Life–inside the working lives of strategists https://sweathead.com/newsletter/strategy-for-life/ ** 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.

Simon Kemp is founder of Kepios, a business consulting firm that helps organizations worldwide make sense of people's digital behaviors. He's been investigating digital trends for a very long time. This means that he knows what I mean when I ask, "Yeah but is any of this useful?" So, in this chat, Simon points our attention to the digital trends worth our attention. You can find Simon here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eskimon/ ** Next strategy events: - Masterclass with Mark Pollard - How To Find Your Strategy Voice (April) - WTEff-The Eff-ing Effectiveness Festival (April) Details: http://www.sweathead.com. ** Sign up for our newsletters: 1. For Friday's Sake–a weekly laugh at the marketing world https://sweathead.com/newsletter/for-fridays-sake/ 2. Strategy 4 Life–inside the working lives of strategists https://sweathead.com/newsletter/strategy-for-life/ ** 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.

Elisabeth Bromberg recently set up a consultancy. It's called Mildred Mae. Her focus is on empathy. In this episode, we discuss the three kinds of empathy as well as what it's like to set up a consultancy in these times. You can find Elisabeth here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabethbromberg/ You can find Mildred Mae here: https://mildredmae.com/ ** Next strategy events: Masterclass with Mark Pollard - How To Find Your Strategy Voice (April) WTEff-The Eff-ing Effectiveness Festival (April) Details: http://www.sweathead.com. ** Sign up for our newsletters: 1. For Friday's Sake–a weekly laugh at the marketing world https://sweathead.com/newsletter/for-fridays-sake/ 2. Strategy 4 Life–inside the working lives of strategists https://sweathead.com/newsletter/strategy-for-life/ ** 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.

I wrote a thing today. It features Musashi, a sick samurai. He was probably sick in all the ways by today's terms but I try to connect what you're going through to what he once went through. This is especially relevant to anyone trying to work out their place in their company right now. We're launching a new weekly newsletter called For Friday's Sake. You can subscribe here: https://sweathead.com/newsletter/for-fridays-sake/ You can find out about all of our events and training here: http://www.sweathead.com

Andrew Roth runs dcdx, a research firm that focuses on Gen Z. In this episode, we discuss whether the term is even useful as well as some of dcdx's recent research reports into how Gen Z spend their time and what they're up to on TikTok.  You can find Andrew here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-roth43/ ** Next strategy events: Masterclass with Mark Pollard - How To Find Your Strategy Voice (April) WTEff-The Eff-ing Effectiveness Festival (April) Details: http://www.sweathead.com. ** Sign up to our weekly strategy 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.

Picture this: you're on a plane. An airplane. You land in Austin, Texas, for SXSW. And as you get off the plane you realize you've just lost your client Silicon Valley Bank and a chunk of your savings are at risk in another bank that might go under. Well, that's what happened to Jason Harris, CEO Mekanism, last week. You probably know his agency and his work and his accolades. But that's not what this episode is about. Instead, we talk about the dark times. We talk about getting back up when everything else is falling apart. You can find Jason here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-harris-29abb12/ ** Next strategy events: WTEff–The Eff-ing Effectiveness Festival (April) 8 Masterclasses this year Details: http://www.sweathead.com. ** Sign up to our weekly strategy 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.

Christine Villanueva has had massive strategy jobs at UM, McCann, Ogilvy, and Walton Isaacson. She's had jobs you might have your eyes on. But, as a seasoned strategist, Christine knows you can't shortcut your way into a leadership role. So, in this episode, we discuss sensible ways to speed up your career, a career that might only last 10-20 years if you're lucky.  You can find Christine here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-villanueva/ ** Next strategy events: Masterclass with WundermanThompson CSO Rodrigo Maroni (March) The Sweathead Strategy Accelerator (March) WTEff-The Eff-ing Effectiveness Festival (April) Details: http://www.sweathead.com. ** Sign up to our weekly strategy 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 two sets of agency-client dysfunctions and ways to deal with them–too many revisions and your strategy getting props but not your creative. Download our new career planning toolkit here: https://mailchi.mp/sweathead/career-planning-toolkit ** Next strategy events: Masterclass with WundermanThompson CSO Rodrigo Maroni (March) The Sweathead Strategy Accelerator (March) WTEff-The Eff-ing Effectiveness Festival (April) Details: http://www.sweathead.com. ** Sign up to our weekly strategy newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dscjW5

Nish Shah has just set up a company focused on helping companies to pitch. It's called Pitch Factory. Like Hit Factory. You know, that studio where hundreds of pop music hits were once made. In this episode, we discuss Nish's philosophy "Pitch With Joy" as well as some practical tips for Young Lions about to head over to Cannes to compete. You can find Nish here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hellonishshah/ ** Next strategy events: Masterclass with WundermanThompson CSO Rodrigo Maroni (March) The Sweathead Strategy Accelerator (March) WTEff-The Eff-ing Effectiveness Festival (April) Details: http://www.sweathead.com. ** Sign up to our weekly strategy 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.

Rodrigo Maroni is CSO of WundermanThompson in New York. He's managed strategy teams at Weiden+Kennedy and Crispin Porter & Bogusky too. And back in Brazil, Rodrigo led Brazil's Account Planning Group or Grupo de Planejamento.  Rodrigo is my kind of strategy leader–he wants his teams to grow, to take risks, and to thrive.  But this isn't the experience of all strategists out there. Some bosses aren't great. So, in this episode, we discuss how to develop the next generation of strategists. Rodrigo is teaching a masterclass for Sweathead in March.  You can find him here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/romaroni/ ** Next strategy events: Masterclass with WundermanThompson CSO Rodrigo Maroni (March) The Sweathead Strategy Accelerator (March) WTEff-The Eff-ing Effectiveness Festival (April) Details: http://www.sweathead.com. ** Sign up to our weekly strategy 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.