Follow along for the real-time version of these: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

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For details about our upcoming classes, visit:

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Chicago, NYC, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Bucharest, Prague, and more.

Find Mark here:

http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

Watch us discuss all of this here on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/IAp_TsXrG7Q?si=OeGELRvjHM8FPNG9

- The USA vs the UK

- US clients vs UK clients

- Doing creative work in Corporate America

- The good and not good things about New York City

Strategy events and classes: http://www.sweathead.com

This interview comes from Part 2 of my YouTube series about surviving New York City, especially the Corporate America parts.

Jason has worked at Energy BBDO, Huge, and Amazon.

He recently documented his leaving of Amazon.

We discuss:

- Why he did this

- What he's learned from working in NYC

- Being an introvert in Corporate America

And more.

Watch us discuss all of this on The High Line:

https://youtu.be/IAp_TsXrG7Q?si=OeGELRvjHM8FPNG9

Jason: http://www.instagram.com/jason_swet

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

Strategy events and classes: http://www.sweathead.com

Watch my first raw travel YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0josxmlLCKU&t=1437s

It features strategists and friends Julian Cole and Jack Appleby.

I also take you on a tour of NYC and share what the city has taught me.

Julian: https://www.instagram.com/juliancole.strategy/

Jack: https://www.instagram.com/jackapplebyny/

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

Strategy training (including our events in LATAM in March/April 2025): http://www.sweathead.com

Lee Ci En and Amy Daroukakis have been collecting trend reports in a Google for years now. You've probably fiended for access :)

The thing is, trends can be useful but a lot of trend reports are not.

In this episode, we discuss:

- 7 trends they think we need to pay attention to,

Amy Daroukakis, Founder, Culture Concierge

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amydaroukakis/

Lee Ci En, Media Strategist at Publicis Groupe

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-ci-en/

Strategy ebooks and training:

http://www.sweathead.com

Mark Pollard

http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

In this episode, I reflect about some of the countries I visited in 2024 - from The Maldives to Saudi Arabia. I also talk about the mindset required to reach clarity, big personal reflections, and my upcoming attempt at YouTube.

Read about clarity here:

https://mailchi.mp/sweathead/clarity-on-a-page

https://mailchi.mp/sweathead/what-is-this-mood

The one-page documents are in Best Strategists Club:

https://www.instagram.com/markpollard/

Find details about our LATAM events in March and April and other training here:

http://www.sweathead.com

I'm in Riyadh this week. It's my first time. I'm here for a new creator conference called Impaq Makers. It's run by the Ministry of Media.

I spent a few days exploring the city and speaking to people. But a strategist friend Faisal Alshareef told me about a big YouTube channel here called Thmanyah. I asked if I could meet them and interview them. Faisal made it happen.

Thmanyah have a Guinness World Record for the most-viewed YouTube video but, if you're like me, I bet you've never seen it.

One of Thmanyah's public faces is Omar Almoran. He hosts a weekly news podcast called the Alfajr Podcast.

In this episode, recorded in the Thmanyah office, I try to understand the kinds of change happening in Saudi Arabia as well as their scale and pace.

You can find Omar here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/omar-alomran-kfupm/

Follow me here:

http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

Strategy classes are here:

http://www.sweathead.com

Felipe Tomaz is Associate Professor of Marketing at the Saïd Business School at University of Oxford.

He's about to publish a paper in the Journal of Marketing after analyzing 1,000 campaigns and a million customer journeys via Kantar and Wavemaker.

With this paper, he'll be showing that "not all reach is created equal" as well as how few campaigns are actually effective.

I invited Tom Roach to join me for this chat.

Links

Felipe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drfelipethomaz

Tom: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-roach-5b468026/

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

For strategy training, check out http://www.sweathead.com