Inspiring Futures - Lessons from the Worlds of Marketing and Advertising
by Ed Cotton
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- 🇰🇷KR · Marketing#1041K to 10K
- 🇭🇰HK · Marketing#513K to 10K
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Neil Barrie- Global CEO and Co-Founder- 21st Century Brand
May 18, 2026
53m 24s
Kaye Symington- Head of Marketing- Newspaper Club
May 11, 2026
56m 58s
James Nord- Founder Fohr
May 7, 2026
56m 46s
Ammunition- Kelly Heilpern Chief Strategy Officer and Chris Shadrick Director of Strategy
May 5, 2026
53m 24s
AI and the Marketing Department- Mixtape Partners
Apr 30, 2026
55m 18s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/18/26 | Neil Barrie- Global CEO and Co-Founder- 21st Century Brand✨ | brand strategyentrepreneurship+3 | Neil Barrie | 21st Century BrandAirbnb | Oxford | brand strategy21st Century Brand+3 | — | 53m 24s | |
| 5/11/26 | Kaye Symington- Head of Marketing- Newspaper Club✨ | marketingmedia+3 | Kaye Symington | Newspaper Clubprinted newspaper | — | marketingNewspaper Club+3 | — | 56m 58s | |
| 5/7/26 | James Nord- Founder Fohr✨ | influencer marketinginternet culture+3 | James Nord | FohrInspiring Futures | Tumblr | influencer marketinginternet culture+5 | — | 56m 46s | |
| 5/5/26 | Ammunition- Kelly Heilpern Chief Strategy Officer and Chris Shadrick Director of Strategy✨ | agency evolutionmarketing strategy+3 | Kelly HeilpernChris Shadrick | Ammunition | — | Ammunitionmarketing+4 | — | 53m 24s | |
| 4/30/26 | AI and the Marketing Department- Mixtape Partners✨ | AI in marketingmanagement consultancy+3 | Nirm ShanbhagAndy Bateman+1 | Mixtape PartnersOmnicom+5 | — | AImarketing+5 | — | 55m 18s | |
| 4/29/26 | Amy Carvajal- Full Tank✨ | marketingadvertising+3 | Amy Carvajal | DDBOgilvy+1 | New York | Amy Carvajalmarketing+6 | — | 1h 00m 39s | |
| 4/28/26 | Todd Irwin and Craig Bagno - Fazer✨ | brandingmarketing strategy+3 | Todd IrwinCraig Bagno | Fazer | — | brandingmarketing+3 | — | 42m 46s | |
| 4/23/26 | Amar Chohan- Department of Creative Affairs✨ | independent creative agenciesmarketing+3 | Amar Chohan | Department of Creative AffairsContagious | — | Amar ChohanDepartment of Creative Affairs+3 | — | 49m 29s | |
| 4/15/26 | Chuck McBride- Cutwater✨ | advertisingmarketing+3 | Chuck McBride | CutwaterNike+12 | — | Chuck McBrideCutwater+5 | — | 1h 01m 16s | |
| 4/8/26 | Ace of Hearts and the Return of Creative Belief✨ | creative agenciesmarketing+3 | — | AMVWieden+Kennedy+2 | — | Ace of HeartsMartin Beverly+3 | — | 58m 39s | |
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| 4/7/26 | Mike Doman- Hellions✨ | indie agency scenestart-up story+3 | Mike Donman | HellionsFigma+1 | Australia | HellionsFigma+5 | — | 1h 00m 24s | |
| 4/2/26 | Changing China and Western Brands - A Conversation with Falk Fuhrmann✨ | Western brandsChina market+4 | Falk Fuhrmann | NikeTBWA+4 | ChinaGreater China | NikeChina+5 | — | 1h 02m 59s | |
| 3/30/26 | Bill Shea- Managing Director, Accenture Song✨ | AI in marketingcreative technology+3 | Bill Shea | Accenture SongInspiring Futures | — | AIcreative technology+3 | — | 58m 04s | |
| 3/24/26 | Lucinda Bounsall- Sibling Studios | Lucinda is the founder and head of strategy at Sibling, a culture-led strategy studio. In this episode, we track Lucinda’s unconventional path into strategy. Originally an aspiring journalist, she spent her early career in the editorial departments of London fashion magazines—at one point completing six months of back-to-back internships while living on her sister’s floor. Her career progressed through brand-side roles at ASOS, Farfetch (during its startup phase), and Stella McCar... | 59m 20s | ||||||
| 3/20/26 | The Business of Different- Barry Labov | Barry LaBov started as a rock and roll musician, then accidentally fell into running a full-service ad agency when a client convinced him to buy their marketing department. That unlikely path led him to become one of the foremost experts on brand differentiation, what he calls "brand archaeology." On the Inspiring Futures podcast, he shared how he helps companies uncover the hidden genius they're already sitting on. Discovery LaBov's team doesn't create differentiation; they discover it... | 53m 13s | ||||||
| 3/18/26 | Tower28- Making it Easy to Go Global | This is an interview with Erin Emmerson, CEO, Founder, Kelsey Croos, President, Founder and David Young, Global Executive Creative Director of Tower28. This is how they describe themselves on their website. "Like the Santa Monica lifeguard tower we’re named after, we provide guardianship for our clients as they navigate the wondrous waters of localization. Founded by long-time international advertising executives, we set out to democratize the global agency network of creative industry ... | 50m 00s | ||||||
| 3/17/26 | Justin Herber- Scaling Brands and Hollywood | This week on Inspiring Futures, we sit down with Justin Herber. He's a chief brand officer, consultant, and former screenwriter whose career has moved between Hollywood and the brand world. Justin got his start working for Michael Bay, spent five years helping scale Tom's, won a writing assignment to adapt Mario Puzo's final novel for television, built Hot Wheels into the number one boys' toy brand on YouTube, and led Tractor Beverage Company from a proof of concept to a national challe... | 1h 07m 08s | ||||||
| 3/9/26 | Gigi Grimes- Founder- Pai | Gigi spent seven years at Google before leaving to start a research company. Pai isn't any old research company; it specializes in the creation of "digital twins". These are digital replicas based on real consumers. Pai interviews these consumers and builds digital versions of them. The real respondents get paid every time their digital twin is used, and the real consumers are interviewed regularly so the digital twin can be constantly updated. Gigi imagines a world where every marketer... | 58m 46s | ||||||
| 2/23/26 | Elle McCarthy- VP- brand, creative and product marketing- McAffe | Elle is the perfect person to talk to if you want an understanding of strategy inside organizations. She started her work life selling punk fashions in London's Camden Market, but found her way into adland, landing strategy roles at Karmarama and BBH in London. Elle then moved over to the US with BBH, then onto BBDO- where she led the agency's pitch for the global Ford account. Her client experience includes time at EA, PayPal, Ford, and she's currently at McCaffe. Our conve... | 58m 27s | ||||||
| 2/18/26 | The Hidden Architecture of Japanese Running- an interview with Jeremy Kuhles | Japan has one of the world’s deepest running cultures and at the center of it sits Ekiden: the long-distance relay that becomes a national obsession every winter. In this episode, I’m joined by Jeremy Kuhles, a translator, writer, and runner who’s made it his mission to share Japanese running culture with the world through creative storytelling. Jeremy has lived in Japan for two decades and is immersing himself from the inside, training alongside the Tamagawa University women’s Ekiden t... | 54m 26s | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | John Long- ECD and Author of Zombie Brands | John is an ECD at Digitas and the author of a new book, "Zombie Brands." In our conversation, we talked about his book and the why, what, and how behind the rise of the Zombie Brand. Some of John's quotes from our chat. On the state of advertising: "No one went to, no one got into advertising to make a banner ad. No one got into advertising to make a Facebook ad." On the shift from craft to quantity: "The bragging rights have been we're working with Ridley Scott on this 60-second Super Bowl ... | 56m 08s | ||||||
| 1/8/26 | Tom Garland- Founder-Edition Partners | Tom Garland founded Edition Partners, a London-based creative growth studio, in January 2023. His career spans record labels (Sony, Warner, Universal), Red Bull's experiential marketing peak, and seven years at Highsnobiety where he became Senior Director and Head of Strategy, working with over 100 brands before the Zalando acquisition. Edition emerged from research with 52 brand founders struggling with growth strategy. The studio has worked with Lacoste, Marni, Nike, Burbe... | 55m 40s | ||||||
| 1/5/26 | Justin Rashidi- Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer SeedX | Introduction Justin Rashidi is co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at SeedX, a data-driven marketing and business consultancy approaching its tenth year. In this episode of Inspiring Futures, he talks about his unlikely path from biochemistry student to entrepreneur, the tutoring company that taught him everything, and how SeedX grew from freelancing for a dairy farm to working with Fortune 500 clients. Key Themes 1. The Tutoring Company: An Accidental MBA Waitlisted for medical school, Ju... | 55m 49s | ||||||
| 12/17/25 | Neil Perkin- Only Dead Fish | Neil Perkin is a consultant, author, and self-described polymath working at the intersection of strategy, digital transformation, emerging technology, and leadership. With roots in media transformation at Time Inc during the dot-com boom, Neil has spent the last 16 years helping organizations navigate change. He's authored three books on agility and transformation, and now writes extensively about how AI is reshaping the practice of strategy. In this conversation, Neil shares his ... | 52m 57s | ||||||
| 11/11/25 | Re-Imagining Havas Chicago- A Conversation with Chief Strategy Officer Chase Cornett and Chief Creative Officer Frank Dattalo | It's always interesting to see what a network agency in a local market is capable of, especially at a moment in advertising history when geography matters less than it ever has. A few weeks back, I got a chance to sit down with Havas Chicago's Chief Strategy Officer, Chase Cornett, and Chief Creative Officer Frank Dattalo to talk about the change they're implementing as a leadership team that includes President Kat Ott. Our conversation was wide-ranging and covered their approach ... | 1h 00m 31s | ||||||
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5 placements across 5 markets.
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5 placements across 5 markets.