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On Strategy Showcase

by Fergus O’Carroll

Where marketers share the strategy stories behind amazing campaigns.

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On the Spot: Tass Tsitopoulos of W+K and Chris Plating of EP+Co

This month's strategists pitch campaigns from Stella Artois and Glenmorangie Whiskey. They are W+K, Global Executive Strategy Director, Tass Tsitopoulos and EP+Co Ch

Nov 2
48 min

Grow Therapy and its challenger brand mindset

In its effort to create distinction in the cluttered telehealth category, Grow's new campaign wants to create a distinction between therapy for crisis and therapy th

Oct 25
29 min

Beefeater 0.0 and Jamiroquai with Damien Le Castrec and Shelley Smoler of Lucky Generals

Virtual Insanity by Jamiroquai (JL) resurfaces 30 yrs later in the campaign for Beefeater 0.0. Gin. CSO Damien Le Castrec and CCO Shelley Smoler share the story behind th

Oct 18
39 min

On the Spot Live in NYC: Three Strategists. Three Campaigns. One Winner. So fun.

Veronica Thew, Head of Strategy at Mother, Ellery Luce, EVP, Strategy at Mischief and Jonathan Daly, Joint Head of Strategy at JL, pitch campaigns they love but never wor

Oct 14
1 h 09 min

Life Stage vs. Generational Cohorts and the Implications for Strategy

Matt Carmichael, SVP Consumer Trends at Ipsos joins Lisa Zielinski, SVP Creative Excellence at Ipsos and myself to discuss the logic of generational cohorts and the alter

Oct 11
38 min

Planning for Effective Outcomes Ep#5: Andrew Tindall & James Hurman

In the fifth episode in our Effie series, Planning for Effective Outcomes, we talk about the state of marketing effectiveness with Andrew Tindall of System1 and the autho

Oct 4
51 min

The reframing of Coinbase with Gareth Kay, Cat Ferdon and Joe Staples

The Coinbase team discusses the reframing of the brand and category, plus the opportunity that exists when 80% of Americans feel the existing financial system needs fixin

Sep 28
41 min

On the Spot: Joe Burns of Quality Meats and Jon Crowley of Fuse Create

Planners talk about brands they love, but never worked on. This month Depop and PlayStation. It's Joe Burns, Partner, Head of Strategy at Quality Meats, Brooklyn, an

Sep 20
54 min

James Hurman on his Lions Master of Advertising Effectiveness program

James talks about his new, brilliant, evidence-based Lions Learning course on advertising effectiveness and his latest book that popularizes a new mental model for market

Sep 14
43 min

Live from BBDO Chicago: The Scarcity of Difference in Marketing

Is there a scarcity of difference? Is it scarce because sameness works? And what's the case for sameness? I'm joined by Chicago Chief Creative Officers and Chie

Sep 7
45 min

The $170B Creative Wasteland of Retail Media Networks

I talk with Infinite Roar's EVP, Brad Keeling and Ipsos U.S. President, Pedr Howard about what is now capturing an even larger spend than TV and CTV combined. It&apo

Aug 30
28 min

On the Spot: Alix Toothman of W+K and Anibal Casso of Ogilvy

This month's planners pitch campaigns from Spec Savers and Columbia Sportswear. Anibal Casso is CSO, North America for Ogilvy and Alix Toothman is Global Executive S

Aug 23
58 min

Insights from Mischief and eos' culture of effectiveness

Two years in a row, eos and Mischief have won the global Best-of-the-Best Iridium award from the Effies - the highest global honor of all. Recorded live on stage at Canne

Aug 17
22 min

Live from BarkleyOKRP in Kansas City

We venture into the heartland to hear about the amazing work being done in Kansas City - Burger King, Frontier Airlines, Wendy's, Hills Pet Foods, Coco-Cola, and the

Aug 12
48 min

Planning for Effective Outcomes Ep#4: CCOs - Mischief, BBH and Deutsch

In this episode from our Effie series, Planning for Effective Outcomes, we talk with award-winning agency creative leaders about how they approach their work, evaluate st

Aug 9
52 min

How NPR fought back for our right to be curious

It was yet another strike against independent journalism. $1.1 billion in funding pulled back by the Republican administration. We learn how NPR (National Public Radio) r

Aug 1
38 min

Live from Minneapolis at Carmichael Lynch

A live, sell-out crowd celebrates the legacy of iconic creativity in Minneapolis. Campaigns like Harley Davidson, Porsche, Buddy Guy, EDS, BMW Films, Target, Citibank and

Jul 23
59 min

AI ads are good enough. And that's the problem

Can human-created ads drive better business outcomes than AI ads? From this collaboration between Ipsos and Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Comm

Jul 20
30 min

On the Spot: Chris Gallery of Mother and Nick Hirst of Adam&Eve

We talk campaigns from Heinz Ketchup and The New York Times. Chris Gallery is Global CSO at Mother and Nick Hirst is Global Strategy Lead on Mars across OMC at adam&eve,

Jul 9
45 min

Martin Weigel's new book on lessons from the front line

A favorite guest of the show, Martin is one of the most influential strategists in the industry. Formerly of W+K and AMV BBDO, his new book, Strategy is a Verb, reflects

Jul 5
39 min

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I’ve been listening to this pod for a while and love it. As a younger person looking to grow my career these discussions are really beneficial. I found the most recent episode truly special and really enjoyed the guests. Caleb’s takes were awesome

youngzapizza · Aug 2025

On Strategy Showcase has quickly become a favorite in my feed! I'm consistently impressed by the engaging conversations, insightful content, and actionable ideas. I truly learn something every time I listen!

Dan1777999877 · Jan 2023

Dig the podcast. Love hearing how strat was born. Always leave each episode with a takeaway and nugget of inspo. 👍

stacywrotethis · Dec 2021

The strategy business can be overly saturated with confusing terms and bravado that serves to only make it a difficult thing to understand. Fergus does a fantastic cuts through much of the clutter and make strategy accessible, understandable and actionable. Planners from junior to exec levels will get a ton from this series.

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