Sweathead, A Strategy Podcast

Mark Pollard

How do you get good at strategy? Whether you’re into brand strategy, advertising strategy, digital strategy, social media strategy, or you just love doing strategy but you get frustrated at how people use the word, Sweathead will help you delve into the practices and minds of some of the world’s most wonderful strategists. We're in our fifth year and have surpassed 1,100,000 listens! Hit SUBSCRIBE, tell your friends, and leave a kind rating. Real-time action is @markpollard and @sweathead. You can find strategy classes and "Strategy Is Your Words" here: http://www.sweathead.com.

  • 50 minutes 20 seconds
    All Reach Is Not Created Equal (Plus Distinctiveness Vs Differentiation) - Felipe Tomaz from Oxford, Tom Roach from Jellyfish

    Felipe Tomaz is Associate Professor of Marketing at the Saïd Business School at University of Oxford.

    He's about to publish a paper in the Journal of Marketing after analyzing 1,000 campaigns and a million customer journeys via Kantar and Wavemaker.

    With this paper, he'll be showing that "not all reach is created equal" as well as how few campaigns are actually effective.

    I invited Tom Roach to join me for this chat.


    Links

    Felipe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drfelipethomaz

    Tom: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-roach-5b468026/

    Mark: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard


    For strategy training, check out http://www.sweathead.com



    18 November 2024, 6:08 am
  • 38 minutes 56 seconds
    Over-thinking, Procrastination, And Self-Doubt - Ipsita Das, Personal Development Coach

    Ipsita Das often reaches millions of people every month. While she was studying media and psychology at he New School, her Instagram account started to pop.


    Now, she works with tens of people every week. She tries to help them with the thoughts in their minds that are holding them back.


    In this episode, we discuss the five issues Ipsita hears about more.


    Ipsita will be teaching at our 2024 Sweathead Do-Together. Find tickets at http://www.sweathead.com.


    Links:

    Ipsita: https://www.instagram.com/helloipsita/

    Mark: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

    14 November 2024, 1:55 pm
  • 49 minutes 34 seconds
    How To Better Pitch To Clients - Steve Walls, Moon Rabbit

    Steve Walls has had big strategy jobs at TBWA, Ogilvy, Publicis Groupe, and more. But, now, he lives in Zurich, works with Moon Rabbit, and sees agency pitches from the other side - as someone helping marketers get more out of their agencies.


    In this episode, we discuss what Steve sees agencies get right and wrong in the pitch process.


    Steve will be teaching at our 2024 Sweathead Do-Together. Find tickets at http://www.sweathead.com.


    Links:

    Steve: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-walls-bb533638

    Mark: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard




    12 November 2024, 4:17 am
  • 38 minutes 40 seconds
    A Magician Who's A Strategist - Or Is It The Other Way Around? - Mike Jacobson, Strategist & Magician

    Mike Jacobson has worked in strategy for years. But he's been a magician for decades.


    Not long ago, he appeared on America's Got Talent. That's how good he is.


    In this episode, Mike breaks down the business of magic as well as how what he's learned from being a magician and strategist has helped both of his crafts, something he'll be teaching at our upcoming strategy conference The Sweathead Do-Together.


    Links:

    Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobsonmike/

    Mark: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

    The Sweathead Do-Together: https://sweathead.com/the-sweathead-do-together-2024/


    4 November 2024, 11:28 am
  • 32 minutes 3 seconds
    Strategic Territories And Starting Ideas - Joe Burns, Creative Quality Meats

    I recently spoke with Joe about strategy frameworks and whether they're dumb.


    In this episode, we discuss strategic territories, which is one of those tools that is either useful or offensive, depending on how people use it.


    Joe will teach us how to use territories at our upcoming strategy conference The Sweathead Do-Together.


    Links:

    Joe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-burns-bb73a31b/

    Mark: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

    The Sweathead Do-Together: https://sweathead.com/the-sweathead-do-together-2024/

    31 October 2024, 10:33 am
  • 42 minutes 51 seconds
    Are You Sure You're Using The Word "Culture" Properly, Strategists? - Lucien Etori, McCann NY CSO

    Lucien Etori is the Chief Strategy Officer of McCann New York. He grew up moving around a lot as well as a fan of several music subcultures. This has led him to question the way a lot of advertising people use the word "culture".


    What do people mean by "culture" and "the culture" and "be part of the culture" and "to do work at the speed of culture"?


    And this is what we get into.


    Links:
    Lucien: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucien-etori

    Mark: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

    The Sweathead Do-Together: https://sweathead.com/the-sweathead-do-together-2024/


    28 October 2024, 10:22 am
  • 46 minutes 58 seconds
    Going Full-time As An Independent Cultural Strategist - Jenny Chang, Constellation Theory

    The last time I spoke with Jenny Chang was four years ago. Since then, she's worked in agencies and for Lego and has now launched her own company, Constellation Theory.


    In this episode of Sweathead, we discuss this journey as well as what it's like to build a business around yourself.


    Jenny is hosting our upcoming strategy conference The Sweathead Do-Together.


    Links:

    Jenny aka jennifer m chang: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayemsey

    Mark: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

    The Sweathead Do-Together: https://sweathead.com/the-sweathead-do-together-2024/

    24 October 2024, 10:23 am
  • 48 minutes 31 seconds
    Neurodivergence As A Chief Strategy Officer - Kevin Chesters, CSO, Author of The Creative Nudge

    Kevin Chesters has CSO’d it all - Ogilvy, Wieden + Kennedy, Dentsu and more. He’s started a business. He’s sold a business. 


    He’s also started writing a book and finished writing a book, which is the hardest part of starting to write a book. It’s called The Creative Nudge.


    Kevin is speaking at our fourth Sweathead Do-Together about how to say your ideas in a few words.


    In this chat, we touch on this topic but we spend a lot more time on being diagnosed with being on the autism spectrum as an adult. 


    Links:

    Kevin: http://www.kevinchesters.com

    Mark: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

    The Sweathead Do-Together: http://www.sweathead.com

    21 October 2024, 10:50 am
  • 46 minutes 44 seconds
    What Creatives Want From Strategists (And Brand Tracking 101) - James Hurman, once the world’s number 1 planner

    James Hurman was once the number one planner in the world. Now, he runs an innovation studio called Previously Unavailable, he teaches a Master of Advertising Effectiveness with the crew at WARC and Cannes Lions, and he directs brand-tracking company Tracksuit.


    In this episode, we discuss James’s 18 months in the creative department and what he learned that can help strategists. 


    We also get into the 101 of brand tracking.


    Here, you can find… 

    James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameshurman/

    Mark: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

    Sweathead: http://www.instagram.com/sweathead

    Strategy classes and books: http://www.sweathead.com

    24 September 2024, 10:48 pm
  • 36 minutes 7 seconds
    How To Deal With Feeling Stuck In An Advertising Career - Iuren Ramiro

    How often does your advertising career feel stuck? 

    How often do you compare your career to other people’s careers?

    What do you do to get your career un-stuck?


    Iuren Ramiro is a Strategy Director at Agência WE in São Paulo. He’s also on the ANA and Lions CMO Growth Councils.


    In this episode, we discuss Iuren’s own journey through the darkness as well as a recent survey we ran to see how other strategists feel about these topics.


    Find our deck on feeling stuck in nan advertising career here:

    https//sweathead.com/feeling-stuck-in-advertising-deck/


    Here, you can find… 

    Iuren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iuren/

    Mark: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

    Sweathead: http://www.instagram.com/sweathead

    Strategy classes and books: http://www.sweathead.com

    16 September 2024, 2:03 pm
  • 45 minutes 29 seconds
    Persuasion - How To Sell Your Ideas - Maytê Carvalho, CSO

    Maytê Carvalho won a special version of Brazil’s The Apprentice television show when she was 18 years old. People told her she was persuasive. They told her to write a book about it. 


    But, first, Maytê decided to study persuasion and ended up getting a Master’s degree focusing on it. She also became a Research Fellow at the Berkeley Global Society.


    Simultaneously, Maytê worked in the Grey Group and Accenture Song in São Paulo and TBWA\Chiat\Day in LA then CUBOCC in New York as their Chief Strategy and Growth Officer.


    She’s just moved to LA and set up her own company.


    We talk about all of this.


    Here, you can find… 

    Maytê: https://www.instagram.com/maytecarvalhos

    Mark: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

    Sweathead: http://www.instagram.com/sweathead

    Strategy classes and books: http://www.sweathead.com

    11 September 2024, 5:45 pm
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