Think piece

Stop guessing. Start growing. What marketers can do now to unlock digital growth

Digital growth stalls not because marketers lack ideas but because too many decisions are driven by opinion rather than evidence. Daydot's Osh Rice makes the case for experimentation as a risk management tool rather than a tactical nicety in this think piece.
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What Nobody Tells You About Building a Remarkable Career

Ritchie Mehta and co-author Mark Evans draw on five years of research with 200+ global leaders to argue that career success in the age of AI requires a purposeful, adaptable approach they call the "conscious climb."
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What Formula 1 in Las Vegas Taught Me About Social, Entertainment and the Future of Brand Growth

The brands winning in sport today are those treating entertainment as strategy, showing up daily through authentic content, culturally resonant partnerships and experiences fans actually want - valuable lessons and insights from the F1 Business Summit in Las Vegas 2025
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Explaining the bebot makeup trend

This article explores the viral TikTok "bebot makeup" trend is putting a spotlight on the Philippines' quietly booming beauty industry, which also signalling a broader shift in global beauty standards that brands should pay close attention to.
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What CFOs Actually Want from Marketing Leaders

A practical, first-hand guide to why marketing and finance misunderstand each other and how marketing leaders can reframe their language, thinking and approach to build genuine credibility with CFOs.
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We Built the Most Human Brand in Brooklyn With AI Doing the Unglamorous Heavy Lifting

In this article Ramblin' Chick's Ebaid Albast argues that AI shouldn’t be used to generate content, it should be used to pressure-test thinking, so humans can build sharper, more distinctive brands instead of faster, more forgettable ones.
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Everyone's Automating. Almost Nobody's Growing.

This piece from Tina Chu argues that AI's true value isn't cost-cutting efficiency it's unlocking previously unaffordable revenue strategies and a future of `bilingual' marketers who can orchestrate AI systems while retaining the human empathy and strategic direction.
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A Different Question: Rethinking Trust For A New Era

Authentitas' Michael Bayler on why trust is no longer a communications problem. In an age of disinformation and AI-generated reality, what audiences need isn't reassurance, it's proof.
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Media Planning Under The Spotlight: Challenging Trends in an Uncomfortable Conversation

A review of the recent Uncomfortable Conversations event which debated the notion that all media plans now look the same which concluded that with measurement bias towards digital, commercial incentives and declining full-channel planning expertise, unless we challenge this system, effectiveness will continue to suffer.
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Why Marketing Matters: The Campaigns That Changed Everything: Part 3

To mark the 40th anniversary of The Marketing Society Global Awards, we created a Time Capsule in 2025. We asked the brightest minds in the industry gathered at our Awards Ceremony, one simple question: which campaigns prove that marketing truly matters? From Sport England's This Girl Can to Nike Dream Crazy, three iconic campaigns from the 2010s and 2020s prove that the greatest marketing doesn't sell products, it shapes culture, identity and behaviour change.
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