Brett Colbert, Chief Procurement Officer at MDC Partners discusses with Darren the exciting state of marketing procurement in the US, the need to move beyond savings and create a greater level of collaboration between brand and agencies to deliver increased effectiveness while focusing on opportunities for efficiency and the need to have mutually agreed measures of success and performance.

https://www.trinityp3.com/2016/11/rapid-evolution-marketing-procurement/

Sean Cummins, Global CEO of Cummins and Partners talks with Darren on the difference between the Australian advertising industry and that in the USA, the fact that advertising is not dead and the need for advertisers to have more fun with their advertising to deliver greater effectiveness and make a difference to the marketplace.

https://www.trinityp3.com/2016/09/death-of-advertising-creativity/

Mat Baxter, Global Chief Strategy and Creative Officer at IPG Mediabrands chats with Darren on media new business and why media agencies struggle with the new business along with the increasing role of data in influencing media decisions and how media agencies and creative agencies are coming back together with media leading the process and why.

https://www.trinityp3.com/2016/09/expanding-role-media-agency-marketing/

Mike Duda, Managing Partner of Bullish, explores the role of agencies in creating business value for their clients and yet the business model of the majority of agencies is cost recovery centric and not value-based. They discuss the role of performance-based models and incentives and the need for agencies to transform their compensation models to thrive.

https://www.trinityp3.com/2016/08/putting-value-back-into-agency-remuneration/

Michael Farmer, Chairman of Farmer & Company and the author of the industry best-seller Madison Avenue Manslaughter talks with Darren on the changing economics of the advertising business and how the holding company structure and business model has become unsustainable in the face of these changes. So where too for agencies?

https://www.trinityp3.com/2016/07/changing-economics-advertising-agency-business/ 

Bruno Gralpois, co-founder and principal of Agency Mania Solutions, names after his book, Agency Mania, chats with Darren on the changing client/agency relationships and the rise of consulting firms increasingly acquiring digital agencies to acquire digital agencies expand their range of marketing services.

https://www.trinityp3.com/2016/07/transformation-client-agency-ecosystem/

Douglas Wood, Partner at Reed Smith LLC explores with Darren the world of the client/agency contract and particularly what is best practice, how the internet is impacting on intellectual property rights, contracting with holding companies and the challenges of trying to develop a global or regional master services agreement that is actually enforceable across multiple jurisdictions.

https://www.trinityp3.com/2016/07/good-agency-contracts/

Steve Lightfoot, Senior Manager, Global Procurement at the World Federation of Advertisers discusses with Darren the challenges faced by global procurement teams and the role they will increasingly play in risk management and assisting global marketers in dealing with the huge complexity and differences of the global market on a market by market basis.

https://www.trinityp3.com/2016/07/challenges-of-global-procurement/

Debra Giampoli, Director, Global Strategic Agency Relations at Mondelez International, does not think the creative shoot-out is ideal for selecting an agency. She and Darren discuss the limitation of the creative pitch and then explore a new way of engaging with agencies that are being piloted by Mondelez International.

https://www.trinityp3.com/2016/06/working-with-agencies/

Ashton Bishop, CEO of StepChange returns to Managing Marketing to talk with Darren on the relentless pace of change and the impact on categories, organisation and their marketing. They explore the drivers, the effect of change fatigue, and the benefits of embracing change and the opportunities it creates on a personal and organisational level.

https://www.trinityp3.com/2016/06/disruptive-effect-of-change-on-organisations/