Eric Thomas, Senior Partner at Detroit’s Saga MKTG, posted a thought to  LinkedIn that we were killing our creative people. Though he and Adam  had never met, Eric agreed to come on the podcast and discuss this  issue. His perspective on the ever-tightening timelines and expectations  placed on creative people and knowledge workers is stunning. Enjoy this  conversation.

Jay Baer has been figuring out how to get people talking about brands for a long time. His book Talk Triggers dives deep into the psychology  of what makes brands and products worth talking about and what makes people actually talk - and not just take note. This is a fun chat with an interesting guest. Also, Jay admits that host Adam Pierno is his-and we quote- “inspiration.”

Former Creative Director has made a lot of changes as the industry has  changed around him. He’s now the Chief Marketing Officer at RPA in LA -  working with a new perspective. Tim and Adam sat down for a chat about  how the ad world has changed since they both got started and what  lessons Tim has learned about strategy. Enjoy!

Melanie Deziel, Founder of StoryFuel talks about her training in journalism and how she uses the tenets she learned in J school to solve problems for brands. She’s seen the change in media first hand, and come from the ever-shrinking newsrooms with some insights.

Professor David Carroll of Parsons - yes, that Professor David Carroll comes on to discuss how he got embroiled in an international lawsuit with Cambridge Analytica that has far reaching implications for Facebook, marketers and our privacy. He sees all the facets to the issue as a former entrepreneur and professor of media design.

Darien LaBeach of Huge and Strtgst talks about the challenges of community? What do people want from one? What brings them together? What  keeps them from sticking? He's done the research and now putting his efforts into building a strategy community.