James Whatley is Chief Strategy Officer at UK agency Diva. Diva works with gaming brands but they also help non-gaming brands get into gaming.
James is speaking at our upcoming conference The Sweathead Do-Together so I thought it would be good to speak to him about the work he's doing at Diva:

1. How does an agency that focuses on gaming work with brands?

2. How can brands get it right more often than not?
You can find James here: https://twitter.com/Whatleydude
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Playing Games With Brands (And How To Help Them Find Their Place In Gaming) - James Whatley, CSO

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Dr Anastasia Karklina Gabriel has just published her first book "Cultural Intelligence for Marketers: Building an Inclusive Marketing Strategy". 
Having earned a PhD, Anastasia has consulted for many agencies and now works in Reddit's Global Insights team.
In this chat, we discuss a few of the key concepts in the book as well as the experience of writing it. 
You can find Anastasia here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasiakgabriel/
And her book here:
https://www.amazon.com/Cultural-Intelligence-Marketers-Inclusive-Marketing/dp/1398614033
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Cultural Intelligence for Marketers: Building an Inclusive Marketing Strategy - Dr Anastasia Karklina Gabriel

Rob Estreitinho and I have just dropped a deck for you. It's called "Stop Collaborating And Listen".
In it, we discuss why workshops are being forced on everyone right now, how this isn't always a good thing, and what to do about it.
You can find the deck here:
http://bit.ly/stopcollaboratingandlisten

Stop Collaborating And Listen - Why Do Workshops Defeat Us? - Rob Estreitinho, Salmon Theory

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Mark is here:
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Top Ten Strategist Traits - Live From Hell's Kitchen

Alexandre Kazuo Kubo and Lucas Ribeiro are Associate Creative Directors at McCann New York. Recently, they published a guide on having and expressing award-winning advertising ideas.
It's relatively rare for employed big-agency creatives to publish like this so I took the opportunity to get them to talk us through their free guide while forcing them to indulge me in my love of Brazil and Brazil funk.


Their guide is here:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Vv4yXzNDyDnoaAdDKTh_2W99OrzNZRy_Y_j1feoanx8/edit?pli=1#slide=id.g2ad8616ace2_0_96


Lucas is here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasantunesribeiro/


Kazuo is here: 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandre-kazuo-kubo-33189177


Mark is here:
http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

How To Have Award-Winning Ideas - Alexandre Kazuo Kubo, Lucas Ribeiro

Camilla Petty recently released a workshop guide from 15 years of experience in advertising. I've run hundreds of these things and have thoughts. So we got together to discuss what makes a workshop work as well as the things that don't.


You can get 25% off Camilla's guide using the code SWEATY at checkout: https://oddkid.co/store/brandstrategyworkshopguide


You can find Camilla here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camillagrey/


You can find Mark here:
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Playing Games With Brands (And How To Help Them Find Their Place In Gaming) - James Whatley, CSO

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