Partner and Chief Strategy Officer of The Special Group NZ, Rory Gallery, joined us for a look at some of his (multiple) award winning campaigns, his creative roots and a look at how Ireland can compete on the global creative stage.

Links to some of Rory's campaigns.

1. Kiwi Sceptics – This ran in Australia for Air NZ. It won in the first ever year of branded content at Cannes, when branded content was still very much a new thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX0TqnIXg5o

2. Guinness – Made of More. The Made of More Brand platform was very successful leading to Rory authoring two IPA effectiveness gold papers for this. It is a good story about developing a brand platform and building a long term brand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66HuFrMZWMo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxtA0L36Wvs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJhw0FeKaU0

3. Highlights from more New Zealand ads;

https://vimeo.com/437557847

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWKWMcjA-68

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhoIT5CL5qA

This week Nils Leonard the founder of creative agency Uncommon Creative and former chairman and creative director of Grey London joins us for a chat about culture and creativity in the modern marketing world.

Nils profile from Oct 2023 in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/10/19/creative-leadership-in-advertising-in-peril-as-tech-giants-lure-talent-says-agency-founder/

Nils on Linkedin https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nils-leonard-373b2b3

Uncommon Creative Homepage https://www.uncommon.studio/

Experience is everything but are brands doing enough in this space? This week we're joined by Andrew Casey founder of Headcase marketing to talk all things experiential.

This week we're joined by Magic Numbers founder and data specialist Dr. Grace Kite who really does make data fun.

Do you know your Internet of Excess from your Attention Metrics, your Meme-able Moments from your Trust Tracking? Don't worry! Rachel Ray, Group Strategy Director at Dentsu is here to help sort through the plethora of marketing trends we as consumers are faced with every day.

This week we're joined by strategist Baiba Matisone to discuss planning and strategy frameworks, how they help and how when they go wrong they can be a big hinderance.

This week we're joined by Professor Jenni Romaniuk of the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science to discuss how we're targeting the wrong people with the wrong message and how to get brands back on the path to growth.

Stalwart of the show and CEO of Wire Corp Ciaran O'Kane returns for a wide ranging chat about Privacy, the (long and slow) demise of the 3rd party cookie and a look ahead at what 2024 is due to bring.

And we're back! We're kicking off 2024 with a look at the trends that will dominate this year's marketing landscape with Dan Calladine, Head of Media Futures Global at Dentsu.

This week we're joined by The Irish Times' Head of Client Rob Kinsella to look back at the year in marketing trends, from AI to effectiveness and research to...showbusiness, with a generous serving of industry giants in between.

Wishing all of our listeners, guests and supporters a very happy Christmas and a prosperous new year.