EP1 - Kate Vale. Managing Director, Spotify Australian & New Zealand

For the final episode we pulled together an all-star panel consisting of three amazing women at the top of their game.  On the couch(es) this week we’re joined by Katie Rigg-Smith - CEO of Mindshare, Kristie Asciak - Head of Fuse and Melissa Fein - CEO of Ensemble. We chat about their careers, the trials and tribulations of being a woman at the top in the cut throat & male dominated Media & Advertising industry.  Their views on quotas & diversity, advice for those coming through the ranks (both male & female), and how each of them inspire, lead and navigate the challenges of running multi-million dollar businesses. Its BIG one!

This week with Nick Mercer we talk about selling his independent agency to Saatchi & Saatchi, managing agency margins vs client expectations, and the rise of customer experience (CX) as a discipline.

This week we chat to Clive Dickens about the changes on the horizon for the Yahoo7 JV, how AI & voice activation will change your TV viewing experience & about Seven’s changing lens in becoming a content creator in global markets and less focused on output only.

This week we chat with Ben Cooper about customer experience, his lab where all things ‘useful’ are made, the award winning Clever Buoy and his hot tip that mobile phones as we know them, will disappear within the next 10 years.

This week with Nicole McInnes we discuss Digital as an innovation enabler as opposed to being its slave, the future of online dating, (yes VR dating is coming!) and about her time at Pandora Radio.

This week with Nicole Sheffield we talk about content, female quotas on boards, innovation, how social is changing traditional publishing & we call bullshit on some content marketing claims.

*** RECORDING NOTE ***
This interview was recorded with Nicole when she held the position of CEO, NewsLifeMedia just prior to her position of MD of News Digital Networks Australia (News DNA) was announced on Tuesday 23rd august - Congrats Nicole!

This week we chat to Suzie Shaw about good fast and cheap content, the 2016 Olympics and the value of social influencers and if they really mean big business for brands?

This week with Michael Ephraim we talk about the launch of game changing Playstation VR and the brave new world that it will bring, becoming Australia’s biggest Media network and the bleeding edge innovation that comes down the pipe at warp speed.  All in a days work currently at Playstation HQ.

This week with Richard Cropley we chat about his journey to become one of Australia’s most successful manufacturing businesses, his expansion into the US to take on the big boys, his plans to actively support the next bred of engineers and putting everything on the line to get to where he is today.

This week with Kylie Rogers we discuss women (of course!), leaving Channel Ten, expanding into the usa, MWN’s “B-HAG" (big hairy audacious goal) for the future,  content vs data and we speculate about the future of the industry… and who might have the next AFL rights...