This latest episode of Inspiring Futures features an interview with the CMO of Depop. Depop is one of the most interesting brands in the fashion space since it's all about reselling and ultimately about transforming the way we shop for fashion.

Tass Tsitsopoulos- Global Strategy Director, McDonald's at Wieden + Kennedy

23 days ago 1h 20m

In this episode, I talk with Tass Tsitsopoulos, the Global Strategy Director of McDonald's at Wieden + Kennedy. We discuss his early life in London, studying politics at LSE, his accidental journey into advertising thanks to Jeremy Bullmore, hi

Ian Murray- Co-Founder-Burst Your Bubble

Mar 20th, 2024 1h 2m

Last month, I sat down for a conversation with Ian Murray- the co-founder of Burst Your Bubble. Ian has no shortage of contrarian views on everything from media and the current vogues in marketing to what strategists need to be doing in their w

Jae Goodman- The Future is Super Connected

Feb 15th, 2024 1h 1m

Jae Goodman is unique. He worked on Madison Avenue. He has a deep understanding of brands. He knows Hollywood, and he understands the power of culture and celebrity. Jae has experienced these worlds throughout his career, which spanned the lik

Amy Daroukakis- How to Be a Cultural Strategist

Feb 7th, 2024 53m 16s

The latest Inspiring Futures podcast features an interview with Amy Daroukakis, a cultural strategist. Our conversation stretched far and wide from the creative emergence of crisis to the importance of curiosity as a lifestyle to get you out of

Peter Spear- All things Qualitative

Jan 23rd, 2024 57m 42s

Peter Spear started his career at Tattoo in San Francisco, where he fell in love with qualitative research and has been a practitioner ever since. We discussed the importance of talking to people to learn the hows and whys that data can't expla

Keely Adler- VP, Cultural Futurist- Dentsu Creative and Core Team, RADAR

Jan 8th, 2024 1h 3m

Last December, I recorded a podcast with Keely Adler, who heads up Futures at Dentsu Creative. This was before the agency's huge T-Mobile win, in which Keely played a huge part. In this conversation, we talked about how she sees the discipline

Laura Hutfless, FlyteVu Co-Founder

Jan 5th, 2024 53m 55s

Back in November, I had a fascinating conversation with Laura Hutlfess, the co-founder of FlyteVu. FlyteVu is an entertainment marketing agency based in Nashville. Laura has a talent management background and worked for CAA before branching out

Neal Mann- Co-Founder- NOAN

Dec 19th, 2023 1h 8m

A few weeks back, I got to talk to Neal Mann.Neal has had a fascinating career. Working in the literal frontlines of journalism, he got to experience the pressures and realities of getting stories out to the world before your competitors. He wa

Joe Carter- Co-Founder- The Ironclad Pan Company

Nov 9th, 2023 58m 18s

Joe Carter spent time working in independent ad agencies in the UK, landed a sales job at Contagious, became enamored with Colenso BBDO, arranged to have lunch with the agency MD, brought a one-way ticket to Auckland, got a job in new biz at

Katie Dreke- Part 2- Three Years On

Oct 12th, 2023 1h 8m

The latest episode of the Inspiring Futures podcast features an interview with Katie Dreke. Katie has spent time with the likes of 180, Wieden Kennedy, Droga5, and Nike (7 years), and three years ago, she embarked on her journey as a consultant

George Prest- From BBH Copywriter to Local Politician

Oct 10th, 2023 54m 59s

The latest Inspiring Futures podcast features an interview with George Prest.George started his career in the creative department of BBH and moved on to creative director roles at Lowe. He was early to understand the power of digital transforma

Sophie Ayles

Oct 2nd, 2023 1h 20m

The latest episode of Inspiring Futures features an interview with Sophie Ayles. Sophie is one of Australia's most experienced strategists. She started her career in the Disruption group at TBWA Paris and has spent time at JWT, BBDO, co: collec

Dan Gardner- Co-Founder- Code and Theory

Sep 25th, 2023 1h

In the latest Inspiring Futures podcast, I spoke with Dan Gardner, the co-founder of Code and Theory. A 22-year-old- digital-first agency that states its philosophy as "Our intent is to be unclassifiable in a cluttered agency landscape.We dis

Ivan Kayser- CEO- Redscout

Sep 21st, 2023 1h 2m

Ivan heads up Redscout and is the CEO of the consulting company. Founded over 20 years ago, Redscout focuses on "making change real," using strategists and designers to make this happen. Ivan has a strategy background and has been with Redscout

Kyle Duckitt - Strategy Director- BBH Singapore

Aug 3rd, 2023 1h 3m

Kyle is the Strategy Director of BBH Singapore, where he works on a roster of great brands, including; Heineken, Nike, and Riot Games. The podcast discusses his background, including his time at BBDO in Germany and his award-winning work for th

Escape Pod- Tyler Moore and Evie Psarras

Aug 2nd, 2023 53m 58s

Way too many months back, I had the chance to speak to Evie and Tyler at the Escape Pod in Chicago. It was an excellent opportunity to talk to members of a strategy team at a small agency. Tyler runs the department and Evie is a brand strategis

Craig and Bridget- Two Years On

Apr 5th, 2023 1h

Craig Mawdsley and Bridget Angear are Craig and Bridget - brand strategy consultants based in London. They started a couple of years after spending time as joint Planning heads at AMV BBDO, where they worked on a portfolio of impressive brands

Kin- An Agency with Purpose- Sophie Ozoux

Jan 23rd, 2023 49m 48s

The Inspiring Futures podcast has been on hiatus for the past few months. In that period, a few recordings made last year never made it out into the public airwaves, which is an absolute disgrace. One such recording was an interview I did with

Vasanth Seshadri- The Sunny Side- Singapore

Aug 31st, 2022 56m 58s

Vasanth is a polymath- he's a creative director, but he's also an author, he has an engineering background is a graduate of computer engineering and started his career as a digital consultant. Somehow he saw the light, transitioned to copywriti

Neel Williams- Group Creative Director- The Martin Agency

Aug 26th, 2022 1h 1m

A few weeks back I was fortunate to chat with Neel Williams - Group Creative Director at the Martin Agency. Neel runs all things creative on the massive GEICO account. I couldn't beat the brilliant intro Neel has on his website, so I decided it

Bonnie Wan- Partner and Head of Brand Strategy, Goodby, Silverstein and Partners

Jun 22nd, 2022 1h

Bonnie Wan has been working at Goodby since 1998. In 2022, she was named Advertising Age/Creativity Chief Strategy Officer of the Year.She started her career at Weiss, Whitten, and Stagliano in NY before becoming Adam Morgan's first hire at TB

Stevie Archer and Kevin Skobac - SS+K

Jun 7th, 2022 1h 34m

This podcast episode features an interview with Stevie Archer- ECD and Kevin Skobac-Managing Director, Strategy- SS+KSS+K is part of the M&C Saatchi network and has been around for 30 years. It has a history of working in the political arena -

Kierstin De West- From Strategist, to Sustainability Researcher to Marketer

May 17th, 2022 49m 10s

Kierstin De West is the Chief Marketing Officer of Alpha Foods.This podcast is the story of Kierstin's journey from ad agency strategist to brand marketer to running her consulting business and on to senior brand roles at Lululemon and Alpha Fo

Nick Steel of HarrimanSteel- Two Decades as a Creative Independent

Apr 26th, 2022 1h

Nick Steel is the co-founder of the creative independent agency HarrimanSteel. The shop has worked with the likes of Uber, Seedlip, Tom's, Nike, Girl Effect, FootLocker, Patagonia and more. Nick founded the agency straight out of art school at