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Where do you see more opportunities for disruption within your industry? The biggest opportunity for disruption within our industry is in the agency business model. The current FTE (Full-Time Equivalent) based, procurement-driven process means that agencies are commoditized. This is leading to a slippery slope race to the bottom that will only hurt client creativity…

Where do you see more opportunities for disruption within your industry? I think we’re still in early innings for Direct-to-Consumer (DTC). The space is evolving and organizations are getting smarter. More focus on profitability. More focus on solving big problems in consumers’ lives with great product – the combination that frees up the kind of…

Tell us how your mentor has supported and elevated your career. Funny that this is the topic of the moment since the idea of ‘mentorship’ is particularly relevant for me with the recent celebration of International Women’s Day. This provided me an occasion to look back on the women that have positively influenced my career,…

Tell us how your mentor has supported and elevated your career. My mentor gave me my first, second and third job. He taught me how to come up with an idea, how to mine the idea to ensure we had the best execution and how to execute flawlessly. He promoted me from junior writer, to…

What is the greatest advice you’ve received from a mentor? How has that advice made an impact in your professional and/or personal life? “Be Unstoppable” – when there’s a problem, there’s always a solution. I’m learning to be comfortable in the uncomfortable ‘zig-zag’ of life When I think something is a dead-end at work and…