Talking to Ourselves Omid Farhang

GUEST HOST: Tiffany Rolfe, Chair and Global Chief Creative Officer at R/GA. She was a huge reason why CP+B won Agency of the Decade in 2010. Today leading R/GA, Tiff is among the most powerful women, award-winning creatives, and overall best humans in all of advertising.  GUEST: Bob Greenberg, Founder and Executive Chairman at R/GA. Bob is a legendary pioneer of our industry spanning over 4 decades. He never stops evolving R/GA, first from a world-class movie title shop, to a digital studio, to the best digital agency, and now to a company that spans ventures, consulting, tech, design, marketing, architecture and IP. With offices around the world, today R/GA remains one of the most influential and award-winning agencies. AdAge named it among its "Agencies of the Decade." AdWeek named it “Digital Agency of the Year” 5 times in 10 years. There is almost no recognition the agency hasn’t received by now, and Bob has had a front row seat for all of it. 

Gary Vaynerchuk is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and unstoppable internet personality. Gary is the CEO of VaynerMedia, one of the most influential and award winning agencies of the past decade. He’s an early investor in some of the most powerful brands of our time. 

GUEST HOST: Jae Goodman, former Chief Creative Officer and Co-Head of CAA Marketing, which he spun out to become Observatory in 2018 and subsequently sold to Stagwell before stepping away last year. In his combined 16 years at CAA and Observatory, Jae racked up 4 Cannes Grand Prix in four different categories including the first-ever Entertainment Lion, 4 Emmys, the first and second-ever brand films accepted to Sundance, and he was the driving force in the creation of Nike’s new Film and TV studio, Waffle Iron Entertainment. But before all that, Jae cut his teeth at Wieden+Kennedy in the 90s, where he first developed a bond with... GUEST: The legendary Janet Champ. Her face is etched on the Mount Rushmore of Wieden+Kennedy greats. Throughout the 90s, she pioneered a new way of marketing to women with her iconic Nike Women’s Fitness Campaigns that inspired generations of women across the world. Winner of all the big advertising awards, there’s a permanent display at Nike HQ paying homage to Janet's greatest hits. Her career helped inspire the Peggy Olson character in Mad Men. Her prolific career continues on today, with work for clients like Apple, AirBNB, UnderArmor, and the non-profits closest to her heart. 

GUEST HOST: Jaime Robinson, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer at JOAN, named 2020 Independent Agency of the Year by Campaign. Jaime has been awarded at every major advertising show, including 3 Grand Prix at Cannes. She’s also an Emmy winner, and one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business. GUEST: Shannon Washington, Chief Creative Officer at R/GA. Making her the first-ever Black female Chief Creative Officer in the history of holding companies! Her path to R/GA includes stops at Grey, Droga5 and Deutsch. Board Member at The Marcus Graham Project. She is a maker of award-winning work, and a maker of history. 

GUEST HOST: Ryan Kutscher, award-winning writer, creative director, and founder of the independent agency Circus Maximus, winner of multiple Ad Age Small Agency of the Year honors. Former ECD at CP+B, former CCO at JWT. GUEST: Aaron Starkman, Global Chief Creative Officer at Canada-based agency Rethink. Campaign Magazine named him Global Creative Leader of the Year. Rethink won 2022 Global Independent Agency of the year by Campaign and Clios. Winner of Ad Age’s # 1 ad in the world. Adweek Creative 100. Former CCO at CP+B Toronto. 

GUEST HOST: Chris Beresford-Hill, NA President and Chief Creative Officer at Ogilvy. Chris has been on the Adweek CREATIVE 100, Business Insider’s Most Creative People in Advertising, and the AdAge 40 Under 40. GUEST: Jeff Goodby, co-founder and co-chair of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. Since its inception in early 80s, Goodby has won Agency of the Year multiple times by multiple publications. The Museum of Modern Art has placed several of their ads into permanent rotation, including “got milk?” and the Budweiser Lizards. In 2006, Jeff was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame. In 2010, Adweek named Jeff and partner Rich Silverstein 'Executives of the Decade.' In 2019, Jeff and Rich received Cannes’ highest honor: The Lion of St Mark. In 2020, Jeff and Rich taught advertising for the acclaimed content series, Masterclass.