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Sweathead, A Strategy Podcast Mark Pollard
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How do you get good at strategy? Whether you’re into brand strategy, advertising strategy, digital strategy, social media strategy, or you just love doing strategy but you get frustrated at how people use the word, Sweathead will help you delve into the practices and minds of some of the world’s most wonderful strategists. We're in our sixth year and have surpassed 1,500,000 listens! Hit SUBSCRIBE, tell your friends, and leave a kind rating. Real-time action is @markpollard and @sweathead.
You can find strategy classes and "Strategy Is Your Words" here: http://www.sweathead.com.
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A World Champion Of The Cannes Young Lions Plus A Contender - Monika Farkašová, David Cerveny
Monika Farkašová (from agency Triad) has won the Young Lions so I'm now calling her World Champion because "Winner" is boring.
The Young Lions takes the best young talent from around the world and pits them against each other in a ferocious battle of minds for 24 hours in Cannes every June.
David Cerveny (from agency Zaraguza) is a frequent contender in this battle as well having represented the Czech Republic several times. He has his eyes on the big prize and the new title WORLD CHAMPION.
In this episode, we discuss what it's like to compete in the Young Lions competition as well as the advertising markets in Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
Monika is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monika-farka%C5%A1ov%C3%A1-7b2730a5/
David is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidcerveny/
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Mark is teaching in Prague (June 24) and will be at Cannes this year. Details about all of our upcoming masterclasses are on the Sweathead website: http://www.sweathead.com.
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Cultural Intelligence for Marketers: Building an Inclusive Marketing Strategy - Dr Anastasia Karklina Gabriel
Dr Anastasia Karklina Gabriel has just published her first book "Cultural Intelligence for Marketers: Building an Inclusive Marketing Strategy".
Having earned a PhD, Anastasia has consulted for many agencies and now works in Reddit's Global Insights team.
In this chat, we discuss a few of the key concepts in the book as well as the experience of writing it.
You can find Anastasia here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasiakgabriel/
And her book here:
https://www.amazon.com/Cultural-Intelligence-Marketers-Inclusive-Marketing/dp/1398614033
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Find out about our upcoming masterclasses at http://www.sweathead.com
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Stop Collaborating And Listen - Why Do Workshops Defeat Us? - Rob Estreitinho, Salmon Theory
Rob Estreitinho and I have just dropped a deck for you. It's called "Stop Collaborating And Listen".
In it, we discuss why workshops are being forced on everyone right now, how this isn't always a good thing, and what to do about it.
You can find the deck here:
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Top Ten Strategist Traits - Live From Hell's Kitchen
You can find out about our upcoming masterclasses at http://www.sweathead.com
Mark is here:
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How To Have Award-Winning Ideas - Alexandre Kazuo Kubo, Lucas Ribeiro
Alexandre Kazuo Kubo and Lucas Ribeiro are Associate Creative Directors at McCann New York. Recently, they published a guide on having and expressing award-winning advertising ideas.
It's relatively rare for employed big-agency creatives to publish like this so I took the opportunity to get them to talk us through their free guide while forcing them to indulge me in my love of Brazil and Brazil funk.
Their guide is here:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Vv4yXzNDyDnoaAdDKTh_2W99OrzNZRy_Y_j1feoanx8/edit?pli=1#slide=id.g2ad8616ace2_0_96
Lucas is here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasantunesribeiro/
Kazuo is here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandre-kazuo-kubo-33189177
Mark is here:
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The Wrongs And Rights Of Brand Strategy Workshops - Camilla Petty
Camilla Petty recently released a workshop guide from 15 years of experience in advertising. I've run hundreds of these things and have thoughts. So we got together to discuss what makes a workshop work as well as the things that don't.
You can get 25% off Camilla's guide using the code SWEATY at checkout: https://oddkid.co/store/brandstrategyworkshopguide
You can find Camilla here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camillagrey/
You can find Mark here:
http://www.instagram.com/markpollard
Customer Reviews
Good listen for marketing, advertising, online business & strategy
Mr Pollard knows his stuff & is a good listen.
Some real value in the 23Jan24 episode with Alex H Smith, start there.
If you think for a living, listen to this podcast
The topics covered span the gamut of strategy, touching on planning / advertising / communications / creativity / culture / media / writing / you name it…
The guests Mark P interviews are often massive names in the industry, but they’re also an incredible mix of people from all over the world. They’ve usually got have something interesting to share and often give a fresh perspective on the ad/marketing industry.
And then there are the walk
Essential listening for anyone in marketing or advertising
This podcast and the Sweathead community have renewed and restored my jaded and cynical soul. Mark’s clear personal and work insights and where they converge, is always weekly nourishment for my brain. His thoughtful, wide ranging conversations with interesting guests, paired with his book, ‘Strategy Is Your Words’ have been a literal lifesaver. Highly recommended for introverts.