Label Sessions Presents...

Welcome to Label Sessions Presents... the podcast bringing you what you need to know right now if you want to lead change at work, and introducing you to the leaders from the world's leading innovation expert network.

Today, join Nick Sherrard, Fuzlin Esau + Josh Nixon of Label Sessions alongside leaders Vicki Joshi + Patricia Lorton to showcase their stories as well as delve into the latest innovation in business, tech, sustainability, and more.

Links to referenced in the topic discussed:

https://skincaremood.com/blogs/mood-blog/how-gen-alpha-s-beauty-habits-are-transforming-skincare-trends?srsltid=AfmBOoq6wEnGxmsFX1pRii5hmrnP983-9382EcDtdgU7cXkEikEyz1jI

https://www.businessinsider.com/where-gen-zers-millennials-live-with-their-parents-2025-4

Welcome to Label Sessions Presents... the podcast bringing you what you need to know right now if you want to lead change at work, and introducing you to the leaders from the world's leading innovation expert network.

Today, join Nick Sherrard, Fuzlin Esau + Josh Nixon of Label Sessions alongside leaders Vicki Joshi + Patricia Lorton to showcase their stories as well as delve into the latest innovation in business, tech, sustainability, and more.

Links to referenced in the topic discussed:

https://hbr.org/2025/04/corporate-sustainability-is-in-crisis-what-should-companies-do-now

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/22/spiral-of-silence-climate-action-very-popular-why-dont-people-realise

Welcome to Label Sessions Presents... the podcast bringing you what you need to know right now if you want to lead change at work, and introducing you to the leaders from the world's leading innovation expert network.

Today, join Nick Sherrard, Fuzlin Esau + Josh Nixon of Label Sessions alongside leader Renata Duarte to showcase their stories as well as delve into the latest innovation in business, tech, sustainability, and more.

Links to referenced in the topic discussed:

Unilever want to recruit an army of influencers to sell their products to the world.

Even banks like Virgin Money in the UK are getting in on the act and launching influencer progams.

Is this a smart bet to make? https://www.marketingweek.com/influencer-marketing-financial-services/

https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/influencers-unilever-recruits-voices-that-matter-rbkrhxfx8

Welcome to Label Sessions Presents... the podcast bringing you what you need to know right now if you want to lead change at work, and introducing you to the leaders from the world's leading innovation expert network.

Today, join Nick Sherrard, Fuzlin Esau + Josh Nixon of Label Sessions alongside leader Renata Duarte to showcase their stories as well as delve into the latest innovation in business, tech, sustainability, and more.

Links to referenced in the topic discussed:

How will agentic AI change the way we buy?

Amazon this told they will launch a ‘buy for you’ service – which will go and buy items on your behalf from other retailers.

Adobe this week told the world about their plans for B2B Agentic AI.

How will all of this change the way we buy? How can innovative leaders prepare for what’s coming?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianswinscoe/2025/04/10/key-insights-from-adobe-summit-on-agentic-ai-and-b2b-innovation/

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/amazon-shopping-app-buy-for-me-brands

Welcome to Label Sessions Presents... the podcast bringing you what you need to know right now if you want to lead change at work, and introducing you to the leaders from the world's leading innovation expert network.

Today, join Nick Sherrard, Fuzlin Esau + Josh Nixon of Label Sessions alongside leader Renata Duarte to showcase their stories as well as delve into the latest innovation in business, tech, sustainability, and more.

Links to referenced in the topic discussed:

Is it time to rethink how we think about physical spaces?

For a long time, innovation has been focused on digital experiences and the online world.

Right now we see you consumers lining up round the block in New York to get into the new Stussy store, dating apps are getting traction by just offering gen z a chance to hang out together, and audiences are turning the Minecraft movie into some kind of participatory experience – with people wearing costumes and joining in the action like its the Rocky Horror Show.

So is it time for innovative leaders to rethink physical? https://go.bsky.app/redirect?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq.com%2Fstory%2Fstussy-nyc-store-lines-scene-report

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-gaming/a-minecraft-movie-rocky-horror-tiktok-kids-1235312671/

https://deadline.com/2025/03/hollywood-box-office-negative-feedback-loop-wall-street-1236351034/

Welcome to Label Sessions Presents... the podcast bringing you what you need to know right now if you want to lead change at work, and introducing you to the leaders from the world's leading innovation expert network.

Today, join Nick Sherrard + Fuzlin Esau of Label Sessions alongside leaders Felipe Matos + Tala Al Ansari to showcase their stories as well as delve into the latest innovation in business, tech, sustainability, and more.

Links to referenced in the topic discussed:

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/climate-action-linked-to-growth-6680921/

https://www.esgtoday.com/microsoft-cso-says-ai-widens-gap-and-offers-solutions-to-meeting-climate-goals/

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/04/business/coca-cola-sustainability-goals-change/index.html

Welcome to Label Sessions Presents... the podcast bringing you what you need to know right now if you want to lead change at work, and introducing you to the leaders from the world's leading innovation expert network.

Today, join Nick Sherrard + Fuzlin Esau of Label Sessions alongside leaders Felipe Matos + Tala Al Ansari to showcase their stories as well as delve into the latest innovation in business, tech, sustainability, and more.

Links to referenced in the topic discussed:

https://www.creativebloq.com/design/branding/coca-cola-just-resurrected-its-most-iconic-campaign-ever

https://www.creativebloq.com/design/branding/why-the-word-rebrand-needs-a-rebrand

https://www.wallpaper.com/travel/travel-events/korean-air-rebrand-announcement

Welcome to Label Sessions Presents... the podcast bringing you what you need to know right now if you want to lead change at work, and introducing you to the leaders from the world's leading innovation expert network.

Today, join Nick Sherrard + Fuzlin Esau of Label Sessions alongside leaders Felipe Matos + Tala Al Ansari to showcase their stories as well as delve into the latest innovation in business, tech, sustainability, and more.

Links to referenced in the topic discussed:

https://openai.com/index/introducing-4o-image-generation/

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/indigenous-engineers-are-using-ai-preserve-culture-rcna176012

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/hm-to-use-ai-model-twins-6356860/

https://www.latintimes.com/trump-accused-using-chatgpt-create-tariff-plan-after-ai-leads-users-same-formula-so-ai-579899

https://www.creativebloq.com/ai/ai-art/the-openai-studio-ghibli-controversy-will-be-test-for-art-copyright-in-the-ai-era

Welcome to Label Sessions Presents... we have a special episode for you introducing our next batch of Labelmate Accelerators led by Labelmates M. Alejandra Parra-Orlandoni (or MAPO as we affectionately call her), Jonny Wood + Richard Hale.

MAPO is the brains behind the ethical policy approach that shaped much of Meta and Takeda’s engagement with AI, the metaverse, and emerging tech.

Jonny is a strategist who has guided some of the world's biggest brands through their innovation challenges. From crafting foresight-driven strategies for Dell's future of collaboration to reimagining hotel experiences for IHG's Chinese business travelers, Jonny excels at blending creativity with actionable solutions in order to bridge long-term vision with immediate action.

And Richard is one of the key global pioneers of AI as a creative tool in brand design. He is a creative disruptor and design consultant with a passion for inspiring others to think differently about personal and professional life. With a background in design and a knack for innovative problem-solving, Richard embraces the fusion of human ingenuity with technological efficiency to drive meaningful change.

They're joined by Nick Sherrard and Keishia Quijano of Label Sessions to walk you through his consumer offering. Find out more at:

https://www.labelsessions.com/accelerators/the-responsible-innovation-accelerator

https://www.labelsessions.com/accelerators/the-foresight-strategy-accelerator

https://www.labelsessions.com/accelerators/richard-hale-labelmate-accelerator

This podcast is produced by Label Sessions, the world's leading innovation expert network.

To find out more about our work helping brands and institutions around the world make progress head to labelsessions.com to find out more.

Welcome to Label Sessions Presents... the podcast bringing you what you need to know right now if you want to lead change at work, and introducing you to the leaders from the world's leading innovation expert network.

This week, join Nick Sherrard + Josh Nixon of Label Sessions alongside leaders Tammy L Madsen + Rehan Hafiz to showcase their stories as well as delve into the latest innovation in business, tech, sustainability, and more.

For the full list of stories mentioned in this episode check out:

How can we generate more spin-outs from universities?

In the UK, the trade body for universities says that a lack of funding risks making the Uk an ‘incubator nation’ where all the economic benefits of the IP universities generate is taken overseas.

What is it that some universities and some countries get so right, whilst others seem to get it so wrong? And is funding the only problem for countries like the UK? https://www.insider.co.uk/news/university-spin-outs-could-lost-34891724

What do the misuses of AI, and even the criminal uses of AI, teach us about the future?

This week we saw gangs using to blackmail people, and ChatGPT is getting sued for defaming people.

Are these isolated cases or do they show us something important about the future of AI and how we need to use it (or even regulate it). https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/chatgpt-hit-with-privacy-complaint-over-defamatory-hallucinations/ https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/gangs-using-ai-to-target-victims-7219850/

How will we buy cars in the future?

Banks and car finance companies are facing big bills for past offences in the UK, and the reputation of car finance as an industry globally is not the most positive.

There’s an old saying that leaders should never waste a good crisis. So is now the worst time or in fact the best time to be an innovator in car finance. If you are an ambitious leader in this sector where would you be looking for the future of the industry? https://www.ft.com/content/b028a116-ce57-409b-86ca-ab028c417981

Brands are choosing enemies again. Is this a fad or strategic play?

It seems like a new kind of challenger brand is emerging. They are not taking a Patagonia-style ethical position, nor making a Brewdog-style disruptor position. But they are making very clear who their enemies are.

Bluesky is selling t-shirt mocking Mark Zuckerberg (and making more money from that then selling custom domains) and Kia are posting stickers on their cars saying ‘I bought this after Elon went crazy’

Is this a key play for brands now? Or a fad they should be wary of?

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/bluesky-made-more-money-selling-t-shirts-mocking-zuckerberg-than-custom-domains/ https://www.creativebloq.com/creative-inspiration/advertising/kia-trolls-tesla-with-scathing-elon-musk-callout