What impact will the administration of upcoming US president Joe Biden have on the European economy? What issues will play a role on both sides of the Atlantic? What can we expect from the US and what not? How should decision makers prepair for that? The issues at stake are certainly enormous: climate change and sustainability, digital ecosystems, free speech and data privacy are only two large fields that our societies and economies need to address. Sonja Schaub invited Marie Stafford from Wunderman Thompson in London and Constance Chucholowski from 365 Sherpas in Berlin to share their perspectives on the role of politics, brands and businesses as well as everyone of us – in the form of voter and consumer. How should companies navigate this new er of transatlantic collaboration? And what role will we as societies play, especially Generation Z?Guests:Marie Stafford is Global Director of Wunderman Thompson Intelligence in London, an in-house futurism, research and innovation unit. It charts emerging and future global trends, consumer change, and innovation patterns—translating these into insight for brands. Email:
[email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariestafford/Twitter: https://twitter.com/marie19aConstance Chucholowski is Director at 365 Sherpas, a political advisory firm located in Berlin, Vienna and Brussels. With her colleagues, she provides strategic, government affairs and political communications advice to businesses, institutions, and NGOs and Foundations, helping them to navigate political processes, regulatory developments, as well as political trends.Email:
[email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/constance-chucholowski-8729425a/Twitter: https://twitter.com/CChucholowskiFurther Reading Material:To find out more about a possible Biden Administration transatlantic agenda and the EU’s impulses, take a look at the following analyses and initiatives: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/A-Transatlantic-Digital-Agenda-for-the-Biden-Administration.pdfhttps://carnegieendowment.org/2020/12/23/reinventing-transatlantic-relations-on-climate-democracy-and-technology-pub-83527https://us.boell.org/en/2021/01/07/reinventing-transatlantic-relations-climate-democracy-and-technologyhttps://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_2279 To find out more about Gen Z, have a look at the Wunderman Thompson report, Marie mentioned in the talk: https://intelligence.wundermanthompson.com/2020/12/new-trend-report-generation-z-building-a-better-normal/The same goes for another report on privacy: https://intelligence.wundermanthompson.com/2020/08/new-trend-report-the-privacy-era/HINTERGRUND. DER PODCAST is available on various podcast platforms such as Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Deezer and Castbox – usually in German.What is the podcast about? With her guests, Sonja Schaub, head of corporate communications at Hirschen Group, elaborates different perspectives on current political and economical topics. The goal is to shed the light on the backdrop of current events and share recommendations that decision makers can use in their daily work. We are looking forward to your questions, suggestions and feedback:
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