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Sakshi Chhabra Mittal, the founder and CEO of Foodhak on a revolutionary new food subscription delivery and app startup which significantly enhances peoples health and wellness by combining modern technology and traditional ways. A former venture capitalist at Softbank and biotech head at Pfizer, Sakshi tells us how to combine ‘delicious’ and ‘good’ in food to offset what she calls The Four Horsem...

Dr Eric Solomon, founder and CEO of The Human OS, on the intersection of psychology, brand building technology and creativity. His experience in marketing leadership positions for YouTube, Spotify, Google, Instagram and Bonobos has led to his development of what he calls the Human Operating System. As he helps leaders steer their companies through the risks of AI, he reminds us to keep 'humanity i...

Allen Adamson, co-founder of Metaforce, author and adjunct professor at the New York Stern School of Business on how to innovate experiences beyond the consumer perspective and the importance of curiosity in the age of the marketeers. As someone who comes with a rich background in both agency and business, he explains why observation of the absurdities of life are the key to communicating great id...

Dev Patnaik, keynote speaker, CEO of Jump Associates, board member of Conscious Capitalism and author of Wired to Care on how empathy will drive business, why learning and growing are essential for its future, and how the next 10 years will determine the happiness of the human condition for the next 1000 years. A trusted advisor to some of the most influential companies in the world, he explains h...

Dr Mansoor Ahmed-Rengers is the founder of Frankli and OpenOrigins and a researcher at the University of Cambridge. In this episode he discusses how to combat media manipulation tools such as deepfakes and generative AI. Mansoor predicts that once the hype dies, AI-generated content will be seen as cheap and derivative and that prestige brands will want to distinguish themselves by showcasing huma...

Heather McGowan, keynote speaker, author and champion of humans in the Future of the Work on how business leaders must prepare for a post-pandemic world. One of Forbes’ top 50 Female Futurists, she preaches the importance of life/work integration to reset the way we think as Gen Z begins to replace Boomers in the workplace. Heather emphasizes that it is not "where we work" that matters but how "wo...

Michael Donahue, who has spent 60 years in the advertising business including leadership roles at the ANA (Association of National Advertisers) and the 4A's (American Association of Advertising Agencies) reminds us of a) the importance of continuous learning and curiosity, b) why it is never too late to pioneer and innovate (Michael led the 4A's drive into digital over two decades ago when he was...

James Rosewell is the founder of https://movementforanopenweb.com/ In this episode, he restates the case for the original vision of the internet as the Open Web. He discusses the increasing influence of the key digital platforms on the shape of the internet and why recent discussions about GDPR, consumer privacy, and the death of the 3rd party cookie are more nuanced than they might appear. Furthe...

Former McKinsey partner, co-founder of Happiness Squad and author, Ashish Kothari, is on a mission to “democratise happiness” and help a 1 billion unlock their full potential through integrating the art and science of happiness. In this episode, he predicts the crisis on stress, anxiety, and burnout in organizations will get a lot worse before it gets better in 2023, that organisations will contin...

Teresa Barreira, Publicis Sapient CMO & CCO, explains why the individual Is the new ‘mission critical’, how non-branded content marks the next wave for brand building, and declares the marketing funnel to be dead. She also argues that marketers should embrace generative AI as a competitive way of augmenting their own work and redefining their craft. Further Reading Links: https://www.publiciss...

HR legend, Josh Bersin, Founder & CEO, The Josh Bersin Company, shares insights from his recently published book, Irresistible: The Seven Secrets of the World's Most Enduring, Employee-Focused Organizations. He argues that to survive the global talent war, the managerial mindset needs to shift to human-centred leadership, especially as your employees embody your brand and are your best conduit...

Shopify’s Deann Evans takes us behind the scenes of its dramatic growth across 175 countries. She also explains how its ‘Chaos Monkey’s’ have eradicated 320,000 hours of internal meetings resulting in a productivity increase of 25%, what it’s like in a 100% ‘work anywhere’ company, and why no one ever joined Shopify to sit in meetings. Further Reading Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannre/

Rishad revisits Madison Avenue’s ‘creative revolution’ with Andrew Cracknell (former agency ECD and author of “ The Real Mad Men: The Renegades of Madison Avenue and the Golden Age of Advertising”) to ask, “what can we all learn from the original Mad Men (and women) of that golden age of advertising?” Further Reading Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-cracknell-7288b444/?originalSubdomain=u...

In this episode, Rishad talks with leading futurist Andrew Curry, Director of The School of International Futures. Andrew shares some helpful approaches used by futurists to improve business outcomes, considers how his own work has changed over the past 20 years, and talks about developing futurist capabilities in the next generation of leaders. Further Reading Links: https://soif.org.uk/ https://...

What can business leaders learn from military leaders? In this episode, Rishad talks exclusively with Colonel Kevin W Farrell, PhD, (USA Retired). We learn about the advantages of Back Briefing, Red Teaming, and what it’s like working with Brad Pitt as a military advisor! Further reading Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-w-farrell-ph-d-9800302/ https://battlefieldleadership.com

Do you know your ‘Buppy’ from your ‘Backboner’ from your ‘Devout’? Esther ‘E.T.’ Franklin, Global Chief Strategy Cultural Fluency Officer at Spark Foundry, unpacks the many aspects of the identity conversation and how marketers are missing growth opportunities due to wildly blunt audience assumptions. Further reading links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/estheretfranklin/

Kat Gordon, Founder/CEO, of The 3% Movement, predicts that the job of the future is the “Creative Entrepreneur in Residence”, WFH will become just W, and introverts and empaths will rise as the next creative leaders. Further reading links: https://www.3percentmovement.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17D7LEH6tlo Susan Cain’s Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talkin g ht...

Arpit Jain, Global President of Marcel at Publicis Groupe, unpacks the truth of the AI powered “people experience and growth platform” - Marcel, which was an AI hip before AI was hip. He explains how human intelligence can work in complementary ways with artificial intelligence to better collaborate for better business outcomes, to super charge talent mobility, and to achieve personal and career g...

Perhaps surprisingly, the world of physical conferences and events has returned with a vengeance. Christian Muche takes us behind the scenes to preview the brand-new Possible Event at the infamous Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami (17-19 April), which he intends to turn into “The Davos of Marketing” by focusing on business and marketing opportunities for everyone who attends. Guest speakers include Elo...

Glynn Davis, business journalist, retail expert and founder of the Retail Insider publication on how far and how fast fashion and fast food can grow. Learn how incoming automation and robots are prompting new thinking in these retail and restaurant industries, the largest sectors in most economies around the world, as an internal threat comes from the very people they serve. @glynnDavis / @retaili...

Bryan Wiener, CEO of Profitero, the e-commerce analytics platform empowering over 4,000 brands with solutions across 900 retailers in 50 countries, explains why companies need to become great at being “fast-followers”, why solution providers of the future will have product at their core and service at the edge, and how digital commerce is revolutionising stores, advertising, industries, and organi...

In this special episode, Jenna Young, former Executive Creative Director at global PR firm Weber Shandwick and now Head of Client Creative at Korn Ferry on what it takes for people to thrive at work. They discuss the value of leaders being available to their teams, what it means to translate a leader’s vision into a reality and why the new CEO of Starbucks is training first as a barista. Further r...

Sascha Schmidt, professor and director of the Center for Sports and Management (CSM) at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management on the future of sports and technology. Learn how advanced analytics and AI in sports are opening up opportunities for systematic people and athlete development, and how new technologies can impact sports in the digital age. 21st Century Sports book: https://www.whu.edu/...

Vincent Yang, CEO and co-founder of Firework on the domination of video commerce. Learn the language of shoppable video with the B2B version of Tik Tok which brings the short video and live streaming commerce to business websites. Hear how it will enable marketers to create meaningful relationships with customers, generate sales and build enduring brands.

In this special episode, Rich LeFurgy, General Partner, Archer Advisers, Director of the 4A’s Institute of Advanced Advertising Studies (San Francisco), and Founding Chairman, Interactive Advertising Bureau, discusses the coming reset in the digital media experience, how (read: more fun!) employees will want to be back at work more often and how AI is going to transform the creative process, from...