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Sweathead, A Strategy Podcast

Mark Pollard

How do you get good at strategy? Whether you’re into brand strategy, advertising strategy, digital strategy, social media strategy, or you just love doing strategy but you get frustrated at...

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20 of 523 episodes

A Quick Trip Around Africa, the Middle East, and Asia - Sit and Talk, Nairobi

Join me as I take you on some of my trips. And follow me at http://www.instagram.com/markpollard For details about upcoming events and compa...

00:49:44Mar 25, 2026

20 Interesting Behaviors From Medellín, Colombia - Sit And Talk, Panama City

Find out about our upcoming conference and classes at http://www.sweathead.com Follow Mark here: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

00:38:55Nov 13, 2025

Is There A "Strategist" Personality Type? - Sit And Talk, Medellín

To find out more about our conference The Sweathead Do-Together and my upcoming masterclasses in Africa and the Middle East, visit: http://w...

00:48:23Nov 4, 2025

Sydney Sweeney & American Eagle: Smart or Stupid Marketing?

Watch this on the new Sweathead YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/cqUmFaJ6Af4 It's part of our new series Brains On Brands. Sydney Sweeney a...

00:50:03Sep 25, 2025

How To Live A More Creative Life - Walk And Talk with Chris Do and Rakaa

Many thanks to Chris Do from The Futur and Rakaa from Dilated Peoples from this impromptu walk around Los Angeles. You can find them here: h...

00:31:01Sep 6, 2025

Travel Adventures Plus 5 Strategies From Australia and Asia - Sit and Talk

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

00:58:59Aug 14, 2025

Strategy Framework Examples Of The Four Points From Europe Masterclasses - Live From Tbilisi

Find out about our upcoming summer camp and masterclasses at http://www.sweathead.com Follow us at http://www.instagram.com/markpollard http...

00:33:17Jun 9, 2025

Six Workshopped Strategies From Latin America - Bogota, Colombia

For details about our upcoming classes, visit: http://www.sweathead.com Chicago, NYC, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Bucharest, Pragu...

00:34:08Mar 31, 2025

Working In Advertising In New York City - Becky Wang, Rosie Siman, Joe Burns

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 client...

00:38:55Feb 27, 2025

This Amazon Art Director Quit Amazon In Public - Jason Murray

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

00:20:05Feb 24, 2025

Would New York Make You Or Break You? - Part 1 with Julian Cole, Jack Appleby

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

00:34:40Feb 18, 2025

2025 Trends And The Problem With Trend Reports - Lee Ci En and Amy Daroukakis

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 i...

00:41:55Feb 3, 2025

Strategy Clarity On A Page - Sit and Talk, DC

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...

01:03:19Jan 30, 2025

Explain Saudi Arabia To Me - Omar Alomran, Thmanyah

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...

00:38:47Dec 19, 2024

All Reach Is Not Created Equal (Plus Distinctiveness Vs Differentiation) - Felipe Tomaz from Oxford, Tom Roach from Jellyfish

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 J...

00:50:20Nov 18, 2024

Over-thinking, Procrastination, And Self-Doubt - Ipsita Das, Personal Development Coach

Ipsita Das often reaches millions of people every month. While she was studying media and psychology at he New School, her Instagram account...

00:38:56Nov 14, 2024

How To Better Pitch To Clients - Steve Walls, Moon Rabbit

Steve Walls has had big strategy jobs at TBWA, Ogilvy, Publicis Groupe, and more. But, now, he lives in Zurich, works with Moon Rabbit, and...

00:49:34Nov 12, 2024

A Magician Who's A Strategist - Or Is It The Other Way Around? - Mike Jacobson, Strategist & Magician

Mike Jacobson has worked in strategy for years. But he's been a magician for decades. Not long ago, he appeared on America's Got Talent. Tha...

00:38:40Nov 4, 2024

Strategic Territories And Starting Ideas - Joe Burns, Creative Quality Meats

I recently spoke with Joe about strategy frameworks and whether they're dumb. In this episode, we discuss strategic territories, which is on...

00:32:03Oct 31, 2024

Are You Sure You're Using The Word "Culture" Properly, Strategists? - Lucien Etori, McCann NY CSO

Lucien Etori is the Chief Strategy Officer of McCann New York. He grew up moving around a lot as well as a fan of several music subcultures....

00:42:51Oct 28, 2024