Inspiring Futures - Lessons from the Worlds of Marketing and Advertising
Inspiring Futures pulls back the curtain on the minds reshaping advertising and marketing today. Host Ed Cotton, former Chief Strategy Officer at Butler Shine and Stern & Partners, engages industry visionaries in raw, unfiltered conversations about their career pivots, creative breakthroughs, and strategic innovations. No canned responses. No PR filters. Just honest insights about navigating the complex world of brands, creativity, and agency life. Each episode delivers actionable wisdom from those who've mastered the craft and aren't afraid to share their failures alongside their successes.
Inspiring Futures - Lessons from the Worlds of Marketing and Advertising
Latest Episodes
Neil Barrie- Global CEO and Co-Founder- 21st Century Brand
Neil Barrie didn't take the conventional route into brand strategy. After studying modern history at Oxford, he spent six years trying to make it as a musician, a detour, it turns out, was a training ground for what came next.As the co-f...
Kaye Symington- Head of Marketing- Newspaper Club
Kaye Symington has spent 20 years in marketing, and right now she's working to keep one of the oldest media formats alive — the printed newspaper. As head of marketing at Newspaper Club, she's on the front lines of a quiet cultural shift: peopl...
James Nord- Founder Fohr
James Nord didn’t just build an influencer marketing company. He lived through the birth of internet culture from the inside. In this episode of Inspiring Futures, the founder and CEO of
Ammunition- Kelly Heilpern Chief Strategy Officer and Chris Shadrick Director of Strategy
This episode is really about how agencies evolve under pressure.Ammunition began with deep expertise in home and building, a category defined by complicated purchase journeys, multiple decision-makers, long sales cycles, and consi...