Future Proof

Alfonso Calatrava, EMEA Third Party Measurement Lead at Facebook, Meta, joins Kantar’s Kerry Corke to talk about the role of digital advertising in building the buyer base. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As part of our report on the world’s valuable global brands, Martin Guerrieria, Head of Kantar BrandZ speaks with Ravi Santhanam, CMO, Head - Corporate Communications, Head - Liability Products & Managed Programs at HDFC Bank. HDFC Bank first entered the Global Top 100 in 2015, and this year rose five spots to reach number 56. Hear more about how India’s leading bank has accelerated its progre...

Join Dr. Nicki Morley as she discusses with Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman at Ogilvy,  the opportunities and issues surrounding Behavioural Science. Rory shares his experience and provides inspiration around some of the success stories where behavioural science helps unlock commercial innovation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As part of our report on the world’s valuable global brands, Martin Guerrieria, Head of Kantar BrandZ speaks with Stuart Spencer, Group Chief Marketing Officer, AIA. AIA rose four places this year in the Kantar BrandZ Global Top 100 ranking amid continued expansion into health insurance and health services. Hear more about how AIA approaches industry challenges, maintaining a solid relationship wi...

As part of our report on the world’s valuable global brands, Martin Guerrieria, Head of Kantar BrandZ speaks with Stephan Czypionka, VP Global Marketing Performance, Coca-Cola. This year, Coca-Cola re-entered the Global Top 10. Listen in to hear Stephan talk about the role of marketing and brand-building today, and how Coca-Cola is strengthening its brand both globally and locally. Discover extens...

As part of our report on the world’s valuable global brands, Martin Guerrieria, Head of Kantar BrandZ speaks with Martin Renaud, Exec VP, Global CMO and Sales Officer, Mondelēz following Cadbury’s entry into the Global Food & Beverage Top 20. Hear more about how Mondelēz has overcome the challenges of the past year, including inflation, and ensures its brand-building strategies are strengthening c...

As part of our report on the world’s most valuable brands, Martin Guerrieria, Head of Kantar BrandZ speaks with Asmita Dubey, Chief Digital & Marketing Officer, L’Oréal, about key brand-building strategies that differentiate, protect value, and advance sustainability credentials.   Discover extensive analysis on the most valuable global brands in the Kantar BrandZ global report: www.kantar.com/cam...

What happens when machines score the output of their fellow machines? Join our host, Jane Ostler, as she interviews Ecem Erdem, Global Manager for Creative at Kantar, about our latest research that explores the impact of involving generative AI in the creative process in advertising. Ecem shares insights into how Kantar's Link AI, a creative testing solution powered by AI, assesses the effectivene...

Baileys has been on an innovation journey, using Limited Time Offers and special flavours to put the Diageo brand back on track.  In this episode of Future Proof, Global Planning Director Sheila Cunningham explains how behaving like an adult treat rather than an old-fashioned liqueur has been critical to the revitalising the brand and attracting a younger, more diverse audience. Sheila talks to Ni...

Using Facial coding with ad testing is how we measure emotional engagement people experience when watching ads. In this episode of Future Proof, Jane Ostler, EVP Global Thought Leadership at Kantar talks to Graham Page, Managing Director of Media Analytics at Affectiva, and Deepak Varma, Head of Neuroscience Insights at Kantar North America, explain how our expressions can reveal our emotional res...

Today’s successful businesses need teams that are constantly coming up with ideas, good and bad, because great ideas fuel growth. In this episode of Future Proof, Jane Ostler EVP, Global Thought Leadership at Kantar, talks to Albert Read, Managing Director at Condé Nast Britain, and author of newly-published book The Imagination Muscle, about how we need to manage our lives and our environments in...

How do you use emotions effectively in advertising? In this episode, we dive into the power of humour in advertising with a special focus on the cinema industry. Jane Ostler, Global EVP Thought Leadership at Kantar, sits down with Angel Villanueva, CMO of Cinépolis, to discuss their Kantar Creative Effectiveness Awards-winning ad that used humour to invite people back to the cinema after the COVID...

Innovation is tough in any market but in the food and drink sectors the competition is harsh and there is a lot to be learnt for all innovators about how brands innovate in this crowded marketplace. Koen Burghouts, VP Global Foods, explains how PepsiCo has taken steps to do things differently when it comes to innovation. Finding ways to identify new tensions, focusing more on more strategic innova...

In the latest episode of Kantar’s Future Proof podcast, Dr. Nicki Morley, Head of Behavioural Science and Innovation Expertise at Kantar UK, sits down with Barbara Schandl, Head of Insight at Mondelez Snack Futures Ventures, to delve into the dynamic world of venture initiatives. As two self-proclaimed 'Curiosity champions', they dive into the benefits of these programs and what valuable insights...

Join Dr. Nicki Morley as she sits down with Shafik Saba, Global Lead for Front-End Innovation at Haleon, to discuss the power of innovation in driving growth. Shafik shares his philosophy on innovation through design thinking, brand centricity, and building from strong foundations.  Discover the key to sustainable growth through innovation isn’t all about ideation and learn why loving your job, in...

2023 will be challenging as marketers navigate tough economic conditions, but it also presents a world of new opportunities. In this episode of Future Proof podcast, Jane Ostler, EVP Global Thought Leadership at Kantar, talks to Mastercard’s Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Raja Rajamannar about what he’s most excited about in 2023, including his view and prospects for Augmented Reality,...

What does 2023 hold for media adspend? Jane Ostler talks to GroupM’s new guru of market prediction, Kate Scott-Dawkins, to get her views on where the global ad market is going. Together they explore the reality of what a soft-landing for the global economy will mean for overall ad spend as well as individual channels.   Kate explains that while digital may appear to be to be struggling, it is in f...

We all know that great ads win awards but do they drive bottom line for the business that pays for them? In this episode of Future Proof, Jane Ostler talks to Amy Rodgers at WARC and Duncan Southgate from Kantar about new research into the complex relationship between creativity and profit. In particular, with many marketers being pushed to consider greater focus on performance marketing, she asks...

Jerry Daykin explains why inclusive marketing is, simply, better marketing. Jerry Daykin, Head of Global Media at Beam Suntory and WFA Diversity Ambassador, has recently written Inclusive Marketing, a practical guide to embedding true representation across the marketing process. In this episode, he talks to Valeria Piaggio, Global Head of DEI at Kantar, about how marketers need to think beyond the...

Ed Vaizey has been part of the UK’s cultural leadership for more than a decade, as a UK Government Minister, a member of the House of Lords, a director at the Tate, and now with his own show on Times Radio. Today he talks to Jane Ostler, EVP of Thought Leadership at Kantar, about pandemic TV viewing, the future of radio and TV, and how data is used. In particular, he explains how cultural institut...

Menopause is an increasingly hot topic as brands, politicians, celebrities, and influencers are driving the conversation to the top of the agenda. We have invited Lesley Salem, Founder of Over The Bloody Moon, a leading menopause support provider, to frankly discuss about our research into symptoms, the menopause in the corporate space and how brands should look at the menopause with insights from...

With prominent ad agencies advising their clients to pause advertising on Twitter, we talk with Nick Primola, Group EVP of the Association of National Advertisers, about brand risk, credibility and how advertisers perceive the recent decisions taken by Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk.  In this new episode Jane Ostler, EVP of Global Thought Leadership at Kantar, asks Nick what the social media platfo...

Sander Bosch from Heineken explains the role of attention measurement in planning and evaluating communications effectiveness. There has been a rise in interest around attention in the last few years. Our latest Media Reactions study reveals the majority of marketers believe that attention influences both creative and media effectiveness. Will it soon become a media currency? In this episode of Fu...

Ad pre-testing plays a central role in campaign effectiveness, making sure the ad creates an emotional connection, builds the brand, and meets sales objectives. But with media budgets shifting to digital, should brands simply rely on in-flight campaign optimisation to drive performance? In this episode, Duncan Southgate, Creative & Media Solutions Director at Kantar, talks with Robin Langford, Edi...

What happens when marketing academics disagree? How do marketing academics look at brand theories and how does that resonate between marketing practitioners? In this episode, Jane Ostler, EVP of Global Thought Leadership at Kantar talks with Felipe Thomaz, associate professor of marketing at Saïd Business School, about trust, lies and evidence in marketing. Together with Graham Staplehurst, Though...