Marketing has a habit of looking backwards. Ask most marketers when the industry was at its best and they’ll point to the 1960s through to the 1980s. Big budgets, big creative, long lunches.

The final days of Cannes Lions 2026 brought the week's biggest ideas together: AI as infrastructure, people as the point, and conviction as the quality that separates those who follow change from those who lead it. Our Cannes Correspondents report from the Croisette one last time.

Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 2026 opened with a question that refused to go away all week: as AI becomes more capable, what becomes more valuable about being human? Our Cannes Correspondents report on different sessions, stages and conversations and bringing the best of it back to our Members.

Some people will tell you Cannes Lions hasn’t moved fast enough. That may still be true on parts of the Croisette, or in the bar at the Carlton, but it wasn’t true in my classroom. Lex Bradshaw-Zanger shares his insight from Brand Marketer Academy.

In Part 4 of the Red Pill series humari’s Joe Hildebrand explores what’s really blocking marketing teams from getting real value from AI - and it isn’t always fear.

A summary of The CMO Pathway: Inside the leap to the top marketing role - a recent event in New York, by Robert Wills, Chief Marketing Officer, VCCP who adds his own insights and take-aways.

A detailed summary of the recent event in New York: The CMO Pathway: Inside the leap to the top marketing role, with key take aways, action points and insights.

The afternoon sessions at Navigate: Now and Next 2026 explored leadership, transformation and the changing role of marketing in a world shaped by AI, uncertainty...

The mid-morning sessions at Navigate: Now and Next 2026 explored how brands are adapting to changing consumer behaviour, evolving media ecosystems and the growing influence...

The morning sessions at Navigate: Now and Next 2026 explored some of the biggest shifts reshaping marketing today, from AI driven consumer behaviour and digital...