Entries by Keith Smith

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Rachel Konrad: The Succession Sessions

Only 50% of companies have a succession plan – this is why you need one and why the clever companies have them. Working with Carlos Ghosn & Elon Musk, the succession playbook, CEO factories & the world’s best CEO, how the Vatican manages succession, under-performing bosses, what makes the best CEO and handling the media.

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Amy Taylor – Zevia: Creative Fizzness

Former Red Bull CMO on the transition to CEO of a publicly listed company with a mission to be verbified for all types of positive, healthy food and beverage products. We discuss Brand Heat, making America healthy again, new consumers, new flavors, DEI & neurodiversity, punching up and the art of being disruptive.

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Richard Robinson: The Game Changer – Agency Pitch Predictor

Why and when big brands pitch their marketing, advertising and PR accounts. Richard Robinson is Executive Director of Ingenuity+ whose ‘Pitch Predictor’ research gives you and your agency the best chance of winning new business.
How much does it cost to pitch?
What is a pitch?
Advice for CMOs on holding a pitch.
How to write a brief, and the value of operational discipline.

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Tina Fegent: Eat the Pitch

How procurement solves CMO problems, RTO, the power of independent agencies, diversity, how to make the agency short list, the importance of creativity, agency remuneration, public sector work and AI’s efficiencies.

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Paul Holmes: Thought PRovoking

One of the most high-profile figures in the global PR industry – Paul Holmes on Purpose and profit, PR’s role in the climate debate
Working from home and the WPP rule, Unsocial media and free speech with Trump, Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg, DEI and America’s abandonment of equality laws
AI and modern journalism,
Pitching and new business, Man’s best friend and a place called home.