Stay ConnectedFrom movers to shakers to great content makers, these are the people disrupting business, culture and life. Join host Rob Schwartz, CEO of TBWAChiatDay NY, and Strategy Director, Asha Davis on the Disruptor Series Podcast.
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Matt Rotondo thinks brand content should be bigger and more focused. Bigger in that he prefers to guide his clients to the IMAX movie experience. More focused in that he believes there s a secret weapon to get people to fall in love with your brand -- education. That's right, as the Executive Producer of Cosmic Picture, Matt is doing disruptive things in the brand content space -- especially with his latest project Superpower Dogs in collaboration with Mars PetCare. Listen in as he and Rob look at brand content from a more disruptive point-of-view.
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Host - Rob Schwartz
Intro/Outro Voiced by Sophia Barnett
Executive Producer - Sean Riojas
Audio Engineer/Sound Design - Corey Bauman
Maria Ross is the author of a new book called, “The Empathy Edge.” In it she lays out the case for empathy in business and life. And on this episode of the Disruptor Series Podcast Maria unpacks the power of empathy. And reveals how you can make your company or business more empathetic and ultimately more successful.
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Host - Rob Schwartz
Intro/Outro Voiced by Sophia Barnett
Executive Producer - Sean Riojas
Audio Engineer/Sound Design - Corey Bauman
Mackenzie Thomas is a product specialist at Google looking to create a more representational internet. She’s focused on showcasing content and advertising with more diversity and inclusion. Using Google technology, she and her team were able to analyze trillions of images and start to help brands understand and create a more gender balanced experience. Hear how Mackenzie created her own job at Google and how her work is having a real impact on improving the web experience. For everyone.
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Host - Doug Melville
Intro/Outro Voiced by Sophia Barnett
Executive Producer - Sean Riojas
Producer - Natalie Zeller
Audio Engineer/Sound Design - Corey Bauman
Amanda Enayati’s life sounds like a Hollywood movie. She was a refugee of the Iranian Revolution. Orphaned briefly she emigrated to the US in the 1980's. She worked hard to become a corporate lawyer only to find her career and life stalled by a brutal form of cancer. But Amanda has proven to be a lot stronger than her circumstance. Hear a bit about her story and learn about her wonderful book “Seeking Serenity: The 10 New Rules for Health and Happiness in the Age of Anxiety.” All on this special episode of the Disruptor Series Podcast.
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Host - Rob Schwartz
Intro/Outro Voiced by Sophia Barnett
Executive Producer - Sean Riojas
Producer - Natalie Zeller
Audio Engineer/Sound Design - Corey Bauman
Brittany Johnson is a rising creative star. She's written rap songs for Coca-Cola and earned Cannes Lions for it. She's also disrupted her own career as an art director and jumped client side to become a master of Instagram technology and art. Here she sits down with host Doug Melville to talk about being a woman of color in the creative industries and so much more.
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Host - Doug Melville
Intro/Outro Voiced by Sophia Barnett
Executive Producer - Sean Riojas
Producer - Natalie Zeller
Audio Engineer/Sound Design - Corey Bauman
Mara Lecocq is disrupting the advertising industry (and a few others) through honest conversations. These conversations happen anonymously. Online. Every day. Through a chat app called Fishbowl. In this Disruptor Series special, Mara sits down with TBWAChiatDay LA President, Erin Riley, to discuss the power of Fishbowl, Mara’s incredible career journey (so far) and the benefits of multiple side hustles. Listen in here.
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Host - Erin Riley
Intro/Outro Voiced by Sophia Barnett
Executive Producer - Sean Riojas
Producer - Natalie Zeller
Audio Engineer/Sound Design - Corey Bauman
Here is your overview pod featuring some of the most disruptive people at the incredibly inspiring 3% Conference in Chicago. Listen and learn from:
All brought to you by Disruptor Series hosts Doug Melville CDO of TBWA, Erin Reilly, President of TBWAChiatDay LA and Rob Schwartz, CEO of TBWAChiatDay NY.
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Hosts - Rob Schwartz, Doug Melville, and Erin Reilly
Intro/Outro Voiced by Sophia Barnett
Executive Producer - Sean Riojas
Producer - Natalie Zeller
Audio Engineer/Sound Design - Corey Bauman
Thas Naseemuddeen is the CEO of independent creative agency Omelet. Thas disrupts the conventional image of an Ivy League Chief Executive named “Jim.” She’s a Sri Lankan by birth, a strategist by trade and a creative at heart. Listen in as she and host Rob Schwartz discuss the difference between a “Creative CEO” and a traditional CEO, the power of delusions in business and how fearless women like Thas bring light to the world.
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Host - Rob Schwartz
Intro/Outro Voiced by Sophia Barnett
Executive Producer - Sean Riojas
Producer - Natalie Zeller
Audio Engineer/Sound Design - Corey Bauman
We are at the beginning of a revolution in sound — for brands. Jonathan Elias has seen this coming for 25+ years. He’s the “Mozart of Madison Avenue.” And on this episode of the Disruptor Series Podcast, we sit down with the legendary composer, arranger and producer and discuss his “earconic” work from the original MTV sting up through his work for Yahoo, Liberty and more. If you want to understand the disruptive power of sonic branding, listen here.
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Host - Rob Schwartz
Intro/Outro Voiced by Sophia Barnett
Executive Producer - Sean Riojas
Producer - Natalie Zeller
Audio Engineer/Sound Design - John Cabrera
If you think only special people can be “inspiring,” Michael Fanuele will inspire you to think again. On this episode of the Disruptor Series Podcast, the former General Mills marketer and ad agency Chief Strategy Officer sits down with host Rob Schwartz to discuss how anybody can become inspiring. It’s all drawn from his disruptive new book, “Stop Making Sense: The Art of Inspiring Anybody.”
This is a must-listen-to episode for anyone on the brand side, the agency side or anyone who simply wants to make something extraordinary.
Credits
Host - Rob Schwartz
Intro/Outro Voiced by Sophia Barnett
Executive Producer - Sean Riojas
Producer - Natalie Zeller
Audio Engineer/Sound Design - John Cabrera
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