Episode 153 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Zack Stern, Founder of ZS Media Consulting. We chat:

🎯 How leaders sharpen their skills

🎯 The many hats an entrepreneur must wear

🎯 Why he started ZS Media Consulting

🎯 His agency career

🎯 The difference between consultants and traditional media people

🎯 Growing up in Toronto

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Episode 152 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Karen Howe, President of The Township Group. We chat:

🎯 Why writing for radio has no safety net

🎯 Pivoting into copywriting from art directing

🎯 Terry O’Reilly’s influence on her career

🎯 The importance of the Cannes Lions

🎯 Why silver is a badge of honour

🎯 Co-founding a brewery with her family

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Episode 151 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Clare Ravenstreet, Zenith SVP Digital & Data Strategy. We chat:

🎯 Growing up in England

🎯 Learning your agency is closing down

🎯 Rebounding from losing your agency job

🎯 How studying geography leads to success in advertising

🎯 A Publicis career spanning 16+ years and two countries

🎯 The Ravenstreet Dynasty origin story

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Episode 150 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Basil Hatto, NP Digital’s SVP, Product. We chat:

🎯 Is curiosity a superpower?

🎯 Why triathlons are life-changing

🎯 Why he knows less about marketing now than 10 years ago

🎯 Splitting his childhood between Jordan and Cyprus

🎯 Launching a social media platform while in university

🎯 His passion for aviation

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Episode 149 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Nikki Stone, Founder & Business Futures Architect at YQ. We chat:

🎯 "Chaos of Scaling" with the YQ Equation

🎯 Nikki’s upcoming book

🎯 Holding agency leadership positions at Active International, Publicis, and GroupM

🎯 Leading revenue strategy at CanadaStays–before Airbnb was a thing

🎯 Studying in Sydney, Australia

🎯 Growing up in Ontario’s Niagara region

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Episode 148 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE Jennifer Lewis–Founder & Leadership Coach at CREATE with Jennifergel. We chat:

🎯 Pulling an all-nighter to complete the SARSStock media plan

🎯 Relocating to Starcom’s Los Angeles office

🎯 Pivoting from media agency life into coaching

🎯 How managerial styles differ between Los Angeles and Toronto

🎯 Studying advertising at St. Clair College

🎯 Growing up in Woodstock, Ontario

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Episode 147 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE Christi Geary–Head, AMP Agency and EVP, Advantage Solutions. Christi and I chat:

🎯 How a Tide sample turned into a career at P&G

🎯 What competitive swimming teaches you about sales

🎯 Why a sense of humour is key to success

🎯 Selling fireworks by the highway

🎯 Crossing the floor into agency life

🎯 Growing up in St. Louis

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Episode 146 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Lander Career Co. Founder, Head of Talent & Engagement, Heidi McLeod. Heidi and I chat:

🎯 Launching Lander Career Co.

🎯 Booking bands before the internet

🎯 Getting her first break in media sales

🎯 Why great sales people don’t necessarily make strong sales leaders

🎯 Taking a break from the media industry

🎯 Pivoting into recruitment

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Episode 145 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Canadian Football League AVP, Global Partnerships, Justin Vandenberg. Justin and I chat:

🎯 Emailing TSN’s James Duthie 30 times in 30 days

🎯 Why storytelling is the best form of selling

🎯 Grabertising

🎯 Life at TheScore and Twitter

🎯 Leading global partnerships for the Canadian Football League

🎯 Being born in a car

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Episode 144 of the Media People Podcast is LIVE with Samsung Electronics Canada Senior Legal Counsel, Sahil Razdan. Sahil and I chat:

🎯 Growing up in Markham, Canada

🎯 Why her pursued law over investment banking

🎯 Learning that a past employer was going under on his first day of work

🎯 Attending law school in the US

🎯 The professional challenges foreign trained lawyers face

🎯 Why he doesn’t have an Instagram account

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