The TrustMakers

Jackie Cooper, Edelman’s Chief Brand Officer, sits down with Aline Santos, Chief Brand Officer and Chief DE&I Officer at Unilever, at the 2022 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France. Jackie and Aline talk about the power of representation in marketing, how brands can successfully execute purpose, and the findings from the 2022 Edelman Trust …

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Jackie Cooper, Chief Brand Officer, sits down with Edelman’s CEO, Richard Edelman, at the 2022 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France. Jackie and Richard talk about Edelman’s history at Cannes Lions and delve into the findings from the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report: The New Cascade of Influence. “The confluence between corporate …

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Jackeline Stewart-Hawkins, EVP and Head of Multicultural Communications at Edelman, sits down with Janet Murguía, President and CEO of UnidosUS, to explore the findings from the latest 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report: Business and Racial Justice in America. Janet and Jackeline talk about why Americans’ fears over racism surged, the importance of discussing systematic …

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Becky Frankiewicz, Chief Commercial Officer and President, North America, of ManpowerGroup joins the Edelman Trust Institute’s Justin Blake at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos to talk about the rise of the empowered workforce, unleashing human potential through upskilling, and the importance of companies living, and acting on, their values. “If we don’t …

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CNN International Anchor and Correspondent, Richard Quest, sits down with the Edelman Trust Institute’s Justin Blake on the ground at Davos for a vivacious conversation from the evolution of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting to the importance of CEOs leading with integrity. “The problem with most CEOs is they’re scared of their own shadow. …

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Historian, Adam Tooze joins the Edelman Trust Institute’s Justin Blake on the ground at Davos to discuss this year’s Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum. Adam lays out the largest challenges facing today’s business leaders and how it aligns with the ethos of Davos. “If you’re running a big corporation in a diverse society, …

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Cadillac’s Chief Marketing Officer, Melissa Grady Dias, sits down with Edelman’s Yannis Kotziagkiaouridis to talk about how she measures trust in one of the world’s most iconic automobile brands. “Emotion is so important to us…driving emotional demand for our brand,” she says.

LinkedIn Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Mel Selcher sits down with Edelman’s Global Chief Brand Officer, Jackie Cooper, to unpack why LinkedIn is an outlier when it comes to trust in social media. “We’re deeply, deeply committed to creating that place for safe, trusted and professional conversations,” Selcher said. “We have built the company with …

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Co-host of the popular podcast “Brown Table Talk” and Head of Inclusion, Equity and Impact at Carta, Mita Mallick joins the TrustMakers to talk with Edelman’s Smita Reddy about the power of inclusive storytelling in building brand trust. “Our relationships with brands are like our relationships with each other…how are you going to rebuild the …

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Health economist, consultant and blogger Jane Sarasohn-Kahn helps unpack the findings from our recently launched Trust Barometer Special Report: Trust and Health in conversation with Edelman’s Chief Strategist of Health Practice, Lynn Hanessian. “Every company has to be a health company,” Sarasohn-Kahn says of the role employers can play in providing quality health information and …

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