Sweathead, A Strategy Podcast

Updated: 31 Mar 2025 • 518 episodes
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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 how people use the word, Sweathead will help you delve into the practices and minds of some of the world’s most wonderful strategists. We're in our sixth year and have surpassed 1,500,000 listens! Hit SUBSCRIBE, tell your friends, and leave a kind rating. Real-time action is @markpollard and @sweathead. You can find strategy classes and "Strategy Is Your Words" here: http://www.sweathead.com.

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For details about our upcoming classes, visit: http://www.sweathead.com Chicago, NYC, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Bucharest, Prague, and more. Find Mark here: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard

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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

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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 Corp

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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.c

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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, - What's wrong with the trend report ind

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/

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