Building influence in the C-suite, the creator takeover and 'unshittifying' CX... it's all happening at Cannes Lions 2025. WARC's David Tiltman and Anna Hamill discuss the big stories to watch at Cannes this year. Find out more about Creative Impact here.
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Trends in entertainment and leisure marketers need to know
Kidults, social fitness and the rise of conservative video... WARC's Adi Kishore and Stephanie Siew dig into entertainment and leisure trends marketers need to know.
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Why strategy needs to be more feral
Brand strategy has been 'enshittified', argues Richard Huntington, CSO of Saatchi and Saatchi, in his new book Feral Strategy. He speaks to WARC's Lena Roland about why marketers need to throw off the constraints of orthodoxy and dogma to fix bland and uninspiring work.
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Sir Martin Sorrell is still bullish on advertising's future
S4 Capital's Sir Martin Sorrell joins the pod to talk industry upheaval, AI, and how Asia is setting the pace for advertising's next era with WARC's Rica Facundo.WARC's report,The Pace Principle, is a landmark analysis and mythbusting guide built on consistent data from across Southeast Asia, Greater China, and India, to prove what marketing strategies work in dynamic markets like Asia to drive outsized impact. WARC Members get the full report along with practical insights to help CMOs and marketers of every level to apply these ideas to their own work, exemplary case studies, and a deck’s worth of charts to help you drive growth in dynamic and diverse markets. If you're yet to subscribe, don't worry - you can also get a sample report here.
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New research: the state of creativity in 2025
Producing high-quality insights and seizing cultural moments are challenges to creative confidence, according to new research. Natalia Ball (Mars Pet Nutrition) and Annie Smith (LIONS Advisory) join WARC's Anna Hamill to discuss the state of creativity in 2025. Read the full study here: State of Creativity 2025: A call for confidence.
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