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Our guests are Dan Hill, Global CSO, Wieden+Kennedy, Melle Hock, U.S. CSO, Edelman and Kim Einan, Global CSO for Starcom. We talk about the importance of truth and the dangers of strategy becoming too “distinct” a department.  Thanks to WARC and Tracksuit for sponsoring this three episode series.

Martin Weigel, incoming CS0 at AMV BBDO, Paula Bloodworth, Head of International Strategy at Uncommon, and Rob Campbell, CS0 at Colenso BBDO called and wanted to chat. This is what happened.

Marcus’ book demonstrates the risks of chasing product-based  value propositions and losing sight of how much influence culture and identity have on our purchase decisions. Identity in terms of how we signal who we are or how we want others to think of us. From the clothes we wear to the cars we drive, to where we live, to what we eat. All are signals of implied membership, status, attitude or aspiration. And none are rational decisions.

In pre-covid convenience-obsessed culture, cooking at home was struggling. This led to  Lurpak's strategic pivot from celebrating "how" we cook to celebrating "why."  A 2021 APG Creative Strategy Award winner.

Paula has worked on the Nike brand on three continents. We first discuss what inspired Nothing Beats a Londoner and then how Nike approached planning in a year without sports. 

Jennifer Healan, VP, U.S. Marketing, McDonald's, and Tass Tsitsopoulos, Planning Director, W+K, NYC tell the story of how Wieden won the McDonald's business, blew out the Super Bowl, and later broke McDonald's supply chain with Travis Scott.