W+K's Martin Weigel on our industry’s unhealthy fetish with “insight” and other pitfalls

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On the Spot with 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, London. Thanks to Tracksuit and System1 for supporting this series. 

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 on lessons learned in the trenches. A must listen and must read for all of us. Check him out at www.martinweig ...  Show more

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