Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Good Girls Eat Dinner
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| S3 E5: Rebecca Rowntree - How to find your voice. And use it. | 03 Jun 2025 | 00:50:20 | |
Jo welcomes Creative Director, Rebecca Rowntree, onto the podcast. Rebecca is passionate about creating ideas that move people. Full of curiosity, she likes to push boundaries wherever possible – believing that there’s a better advertising world out there. To honor that belief she created a platform called ‘Get Sh*t Done’. In its event-form, large audiences collectively brainstorm to help tackle various issues. All part of Rebecca’s goal to help create positive change. So, if you want to ‘Get Sh*t Done’, take a listen. - Rebecca’s recipe for success. - Why it’s important to collect good people. - Knowing yourself & living as yourself. - Organising events and collective energy. - AI – the need for more women at the forefront. - The continued lack of female role models in leadership. - ‘Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.’ - The complexities of having an opinion as a female creative leader. - Channeling frustration into change. - How ‘Get Sh*t Done’ was born. - 3 dinner party guests of choice. - Seeing yourself as part of the solution. - Rebecca’s Doggy Bag of Advice. - Inc. feeling petrified and doing it anyway. Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S3 E4: Jo Shoesmith - Why a Chief Creative Officer must have the ability to make decisions. And live with them. | 24 Apr 2025 | 00:53:09 | |
Jo welcomes the Chief Creative Officer of Amazon, Jo Shoesmith onto the podcast. Jo is a multi, award-winning creative leader. Born in rural Australia, she began her career at BBDO Melbourne before moving to Leo Burnett. Jo then moved to the US where she worked on a variety of brands ranging from Allstate Insurance to Kelloggs. Jo’s next move saw her take a role as a Chief Creative Officer at IPG’s Cambell Ewald, where she led creative, strategy, and production across three offices in New York, LA and Detroit. In 2020 Jo moved brand-side to Amazon, where she is currently CCO, leading global and cross-channel creative teams to deliver consistently award-winning campaigns. - The 3 ingredients of success. - Growing up in rural Australia like Huckleberry Finn. - Realising that life as an artist would be too solo. - Hiring for talent AND temperament. - Living wide-eyed and how it fuels creativity. - Moving from agency to brand side – how it differs. - Why the best decisions have four legs. - Sitting on the other side of the table for idea presentations. - Why you should never give the internal team the same brief as the agency. - Working with talent like Megan Thee Stallion and Adam Driver. - The secret to creating consistently outstanding work. - The lack of (and now declining) number of female creative leaders. - Why a lack of diverse voices will hurt the work. - Role models and leadership style. - AI, change and the future. - Jo’s Goody Bag of Advice
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| S2 E3: Laurel Stark Akman - How to attract the right opportunities and make the biggest impact. | 12 Feb 2024 | 00:50:27 | |
Jo welcomes the fantastic, Laurel Stark Akman, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. By her own admission, Laurel's career only really took off when she lived her values loudly in the form of some incredible passion projects. For example, she is an original member of the ‘3% Movement’ team – (an initiative with a mission to increase the number of female creative directors in marketing because, staggeringly, they only represented 3 percent at the time.) Having showcased what she was capable of with various creative side endeavours, she began landing roles which welcomed her voice, her values and ideas. Topics covered: - Getting to know your inner child - Growing up in a loving, adopted family and how it shapes you - Navigating a society that doesn’t always value creativity - Leaning into your own authenticity as a creative person - Holding onto your naive creative optimism, or your ‘de-lu-lu’ - The link between trauma in childhood and competitive pursuits - Experiencing sexual harassment & bullying - and finding strength - Finding your voice and becoming a part of the solution for others - Being part of building an industry you want to be a part of - Why it’s important to be visible - Attracting the right opportunities to make the biggest impact - How to scare away the people who aren’t meant for you, and call on the ones who are - Gen Z: the first generation where gaming has superseded sport - Laurel’s Doggy Bag of advice Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S2 E2: Nishma Patel Robb - Why you should never stop being in search of things that keep you growing. | 28 Jan 2024 | 01:05:44 | |
Jo welcomes the brilliant, Nishma Patel Robb, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Nishma Patel Robb is proof that you can stay relevant and successfully surf the wave of change. Her career has evolved in-step with the digital evolution: from Teletext; the advent of digital interaction - to Google. She’s a passionate and tireless activist for equality. So much so that she was recently passed the baton to become the current President of WACL - for its 100th year. Nishma is now also pursuing her love for music as a DJ. Topics covered: - Growing up with racism - Finding an escape in storytelling and dreaming - Pursuing old loves and new skills as a DJ - Finding a creative career regardless of missing out on art school - A love for humanity and our ability to shape the world - A career spanning the birth of the digital age - Why it’s normal to be afraid of AI - The art of constant learning - Why human connection is vital in business - The continued need for unique creativity - Supporting Marcus Rashford’s campaign with the power of Google - Things that have left a bad taste - Finding spaces where you can be comfortable to be yourself - The biggest threat to businesses right now - Nishma’s Doggy Bag of advice Connect with Nishma here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishmapatelrobb Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S2 E1: Vikki Ross – How the Queen of Copy met Royalty (Harry & Megan). And how to write to connect, no matter who you’re speaking to. | 14 Jan 2024 | 00:47:12 | |
Jo welcomes the Queen of Copy, Vikki Ross, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Vikki Ross is a Brand, TOV and Copy Consultant and has been writing copy for major global brands for 26 years. She specialises in branding and tone of voice, and travels the world telling businesses how to talk. Recent clients include IMAX, ITV, Comcast, Twitter, Sony Music and Spotify. She is a D&AD Masterclass Trainer, judges at international industry award competitions, and mentors young creatives. In 2017, Campaign and Creative Equals named her one of the Top 30 Female Creative Leaders. In 2019, Women in Marketing gave her a Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Marketing, and in 2020, The Dots named her one of their Top 100 Trailblazers redefining the creative industry. Topics covered: - Being a podcast Guinea Pig ;-) - Skipping university and taking a different path - Quick fire: a new item on the menu for season 2 - Using a calculator in a more creative way - From North London to broader horizons - A car crash that triggered travelling the world - Finding out Bangkok is not a paradise island in Thailand - Writing to the editor of Vogue to ask for a job - When the work goes live and it still feels exciting - Respecting the audience and helping young creatives get ahead - Behaviours that have left a bad taste and speaking up - Creating events to champion copywriting on the side - #copywritersunite: from a hashtag to a global community - Meeting Harry & Meghan at Kensington Palace - Who Vikki Ross would choose to have dinner with - AI: are we being irresponsible? - Vikki Ross’ incredible doggy bag of advice Follow Vikki here: https://twitter.com/vikkirosswrites Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S1 E8: Sara Pope – Taking inspiration from a career in the fashion industry to become a successful (self taught) artist. | 18 Aug 2023 | 00:35:31 | |
Jo welcomes the incredible artist, Sara Pope, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Contemporary artist Sara Pope is best known for her bold, seductive paintings of voluptuous lips. Taking inspiration from a successful career in the fashion industry as a shoe designer for brands such as Paul Smith, and also her work in magazines as a designer and art director, Sara aims to capture the sensuality and seductive power conveyed by the lips and mouth. Interested in questions of beauty, communication, and the notion of perfection, Sara uses the perspective of her commercial experience to explore these themes. Sara is the first British female artist in over 70 years to have a piece of work accepted into the Vatican collection. Topics covered: - Creativity and its impact on anxiety and isolation. - Art and connection. - Why lips? - Having a portrait of the Pope hanging in the Vatican collection. - Being a self-taught, successful artist. Yes self-taught! - From studying math, to shoe design, to now. - Inspiration and naming pieces of art. - Being commissioned by the English National Opera. - Will lips ever go out of fashion? - Icons, Marylin Monroe, that dress, and Kim Kardashian. - The 3 people Sara would choose to have dinner with. - Sara’s Doggy Bag of Advice, including. Sara’s website: https://sarapopeart.com/ Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S1 E7: Jessica Pan - How growing up feeling different honed her writing skills and propelled her to explore the world as a journalist and author. | 27 Jul 2023 | 00:44:18 | |
Jo welcomes the brilliant journalist and author, Jessica Pan, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Jessica Pan is a freelance journalist who lives in London. After graduating from Brown University, she lived and worked in Beijing for 2.5 years as an editor of an English expat magazine. She then completed her Master’s degree in journalism at RMIT in Melbourne, before spending a year as a TV reporter in Beijing. A self-confessed introvert, Jessica’s second book Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want To Come chronicles her year of 'living dangerously’ - as an extrovert, with hilarious results. It has sold over 100,000 copies. Topics covered: - Growing up in ‘small town’ Texas - Experiencing a very homogenous, Christian, conservative ‘world’ - Having a Chinese father and a Jewish mother - Always feeling different and the benefits that can bring - Feeling destined to leave home and explore the world - How Sweet Valley high MIGHT have influenced career choices - Why the best journalists aren’t afraid to be vulnerable - The importance of original ideas - Living out an introvert’s ‘nightmares’ for a year - Jessica’s book: Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want To Come - Realising that people are often kinder than imagined - ‘Nobody waves but everybody waves back.’ Breaking the ice - Networking events and finding the right one - Why you should practice doing things you’re afraid of - The true introvert test. It involves Glastonbury - Trying improv in front of strangers - Jessica’s Doggy Bag of Advice Jessica’s website: https://jesspan.com/ Follow Jessica @JessicaLPan Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S1 E6: Meena Ayittey – How a love for stepping outside of her comfort zone led to an award-winning career as a film director and screenwriter. | 13 Jul 2023 | 00:49:38 | |
Jo welcomes award-winning director and screenwriter, Meena Ayittey, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Meena graduated with a fine art degree from Central Saint Martins and has been working in the film, television and advertising industries ever since. Having worked her way up from a runner she established herself as a 3D VFX artist and Motion Graphic Designer, working for some of the best agencies; including Grey London, Droga5, Saatchi & Saatchi, Adam & Eve DDB, and R/GA. Meena then moved into film directing, and has written and directed films and documentaries that have been screened throughout the UK, USA and Europe. Topics covered: - Stepping outside your comfort zone - Loving extremes - How childhood imagination creates storytelling skills - St Martins; a whole new world - Being drawn to telling stories to help make the invisible, visible - Learnings taken from advertising into film-making - ‘Black Creative: Race & The Advertising Industry’: a documentary with a message - ‘All The Little Things’ a film about micro aggressions - Why the current project is the one to be most proud of - Motherhood - Surrealist art - The fear of ‘stale’ - Taking risks - Not settling for less - Meena’s Doggy Bag of Advice Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S1 E5: Jamie Klingler – How profound personal change revealed the passion, focus and determination to take on purposeful work. And the police. | 05 Jul 2023 | 00:43:50 | |
Jo welcomes the accidental but highly effective activist, Jamie Klingler, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Jamie Klingler is a leading speaker, writer (Vogue, Grazia, The Guardian etc) & consultant who helps organisations find their purpose. Jamie combines her experience of becoming an accidental activist with her twenty years’ experience working with the world’s leading brands. Named the 9th Top Communicator in the UK 2021 in PR Week, she’s known for her punchy and direct style. Topics covered: - Profound personal change: giving up booze and finding purpose - From working at Shortlist, to creating national events, to calling for police reform - Why National Burger Day coincides with Jamie’s birthday - The story of ‘Reclaim These Streets’ - The impact of Scotland Yard saying no to a peaceful vigil for Sara Everard - The threat of legal action from the police - Raising £37,000 in just minutes to take the police to court - Living in an episode of ‘In The Thick Of It’? - Cancelling the vigil; seeing scenes of police kneeling on innocent women - The watershed moment... and the continued wait for genuine change - Why the conversation about violence against women has to involve men - Achieving a human rights victory against the police in court - The shocking backlash for daring to ask for an end to violence against women - Getting out of your own way - Finding hope amid an epidemic of violence against women - How purpose is so necessary and yet so woefully underpaid - Why small nuggets of kindness can mean the world - Jamie’s Doggy Bag of advice You can find out more about Jamie’s incredible work, plus book her as a speaker or consultant here: https://www.jamieklingler.com/ Watch Jamie’s TED Talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtycbSeGp2I&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jamieklingler.com%2F&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ&feature=emb_imp_woyt
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| S1 E4: Jaspreet Kaur – How a passion for education and supporting mental health led to writing Brown Girl Like Me: the essential guidebook for South Asian girls and women. | 29 Jun 2023 | 00:53:55 | |
Jo welcomes the brilliant wordsmith, Jaspreet Kaur, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Jaspreet is passionate about gender issues, taboo subjects and encouraging positive social change in both the Asian community and wider society. Her work tackles issues related to gender discrimination, mental health stigma, the postcolonial immigrant experience, and more. A regular on the BBC and Sunday Morning Live, Jaspreet is currently a Research Fellow at Birkbeck University's Centre for British Political Life. She has also worked with the UN on the HeforShe campaign. **BONUS** Jaspreet shares some of her incredible poetry during the podcast. Topics covered: - How it felt growing up in a Punjabi family in the UK - Teaching history, sociology and politics with relevance - The mission to educate beyond the classroom - How creative expression is so vital for mental health - Overcoming terror to perform poetry live at an open mic night - Being brown, female, opinionated…and invisible - Writing the book you wish you’d had as a teenager - Real South Asian women vs outdated stereotypes - Pitching and publishing a book - Being told ‘The brown community doesn’t read’ - Beauty ideals and body image – feeling othered - Allyship to coalition - Cultural appropriation - Jaspreet’s Doggy Bag of advice Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S1 E3: Rania Robinson – The journey from speaking no English as a child to leading vital change at the top of the communications industry. | 16 Jun 2023 | 00:43:08 | |
Jo welcomes the change-maker, Rania Robinson, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. A passionate exponent of empowering women in the workplace, she is President of WACL (an organisation whose purpose is to accelerate gender equality in the advertising and communication industry). Rania is also an active diversity champion and in 2020 relaunched Create Not Hate, Quiet Storm's initiative to get under-represented young people into the creative industries by unlocking their creative potential to tackle social issues that they live with every day. Wrap your ears around a smorgasbord of topics: - Loving home-cooked food not loving cooking - The symbiotic relationship between commercial work and purposeful work - Running a business – and a life – with husband Trevor Robinson - How learning to switch off is actually far more productive - Steering a business through challenging economic times - Giving yourself room to make strong decisions - ‘Create Not Hate’ was ahead of its time when it first launched in 2008 - The extra work required to effect change - Allyship and the difference between lip service and impact - Why being risk averse in an economic downturn is the wrong approach - Why creativity delivers higher commercial impact - Why you should ask for help - Why it’s vital to figure out what’s important to you Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S1 E2: Chaka Sobhani – How being Queer, female, and bullied fuelled a dazzling career and an empathetic leadership style. | 08 Jun 2023 | 01:05:34 | |
Jo welcomes the unimitable Chaka Sobhani to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. - Advertising’s gain was the tennis world’s loss - Career plans and why you don’t need one - Rooting for the underdog - The power of empathy - An incredible career in 5 minutes - Awards? Does anyone give a s%!t? - Why we should talk about difficult life experiences - Diversity and inclusion - Why meaningful change is taking so long - Following your gut – and your heart - Walking for healing - Realising you’re Team Dessert not Team Savoury - Chaka’s Doggy Bag of advice Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S3 E3: Tiffanie Lee - From art school drop-out to sought-after creative director. | 28 Mar 2025 | 00:51:49 | |
Jo welcomes the brilliant Tiffanie Lee to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Topics covered: - The 3 ingredients of success. - Feeling destined for a different place. - Realizing the dream to move to New York. - Quitting piano lessons, pursuing creativity. - The skills required to be a Creative Director and beyond. - How to feed good ideas or copy. - The ‘I wish I did that’ campaign. - Loving the camaraderie of this industry. - Burn out and the lessons we can all take. - AI, the impact on creativity, now and in the future. - The 3 guests of choice for the ultimate dinner party. - Gratitude for a career that facilitates ‘play’. - Why you should go to bed when your dog goes to bed. - Tiffanie’s Goody Bag of Advice Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S1 E1: Cindy Gallop - Why you should make a life changing decision at 45 and how dating younger men sparked the idea for 'Make Love Not Porn'. | 31 May 2023 | 00:49:19 | |
Jo welcomes living legend, Cindy Gallop, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Topics: Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S3 E2: Rebecca Sowden – The multi-award winning campaign ‘Correct The Internet’ and playing against the odds. | 24 Jan 2025 | 00:50:15 | |
Jo welcomes the legendary Rebecca Sowden to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Topics covered: Team Heroine: https://www.teamheroine.com/
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| S3 E1: Laura Jordan Bambach - Why creativity is the key revenue driver, not a ‘nice to have’. | 23 Dec 2024 | 00:51:44 | |
Jo welcomes the renowned Laura Jordan Bambach to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Alongside all of this, she is a regular speaker, award-jury-chair, author and artist. Topics covered: - The 3 ingredients of success. Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S2 E8: Lori Meakin - Why aren't more men involved in gender equality, when it's proven to benefit us all? | 31 Jul 2024 | 01:08:23 | |
Jo welcomes the exceptional Lori Meakin to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Topics covered: Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S2 E7: Beth Collier - Why the message matters. | 04 Jul 2024 | 00:52:43 | |
Jo welcomes the brilliant Beth Collier to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Topics covered: Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S2 E6: Natalie Graeme - How being underestimated fuelled the fire of ambition. | 09 May 2024 | 00:47:41 | |
Jo welcomes the incredible Natalie Graeme to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Topics covered: Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S2 E5: Jessica Tamsedge - What does it take to be a CEO in a creative agency in today's world? | 05 Apr 2024 | 00:44:48 | |
Jo welcomes the fantastic Jessica Tamsedge to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Jessica swiftly rose through the ranks of the advertising industry. She has established herself as a leader who genuinely cares about championing her team and taking everyone on the journey to success. Having worked at various advertising agencies, including Grey and McCann, Jessica is currently the UK CEO for Dentsu Creative.
- Living between Hong Kong and London - ‘What is this scorcery?’ - a fortuitous discovery of the ad industry - Applying to grad schemes, being turned down and persisting - The unexpected path to being a CEO - Identifying the type of leadership a creative organization needs - The benefit of a flexible leadership style - Is it really okay to fail? - The dangers of micro-managing - Modern creativity; why the ‘how’ matters as much as the ‘what’ - The battle to convince audiences to spend time with a brand - Completing a Cambridge sustainability course, between jobs - Career moments that left a bad taste and the lessons learnt - Profiling personalities at work - is it useful for team compatibility? - The concerns around AI bias, vs the incredible potential - Why is most advertising so rubbish? - Jessica’s Doggy Bag of advice Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S2 E4: Deborah B Williams - Why an inclusive culture can't start and stop at words. | 17 Mar 2024 | 00:55:50 | |
Jo welcomes the brilliant Deborah B Williams to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Deborah is someone who creates awareness around the big problems we face in society. But she doesn’t just talk about them, she doesn’t even just create awareness around them; she creates ACTION. Action which took her on a journey to become the founder and CEO of The Women’s Association.
- The importance of someone helping you picture your dreams - Being able to fail and not live in that failure - Hitting rock bottom and then choosing to live intentionally, with purpose - Being told you can’t - Then creating an organization to help stop other women be told they can’t - The Women’s Association - helping remove the barriers to women’s dreams - How society needs to play a role in closing the aspiration gap for girls - The Executive Challenge: Giving teenage girls access to the workplace - The Cannes Challenge - back by popular demand - for 18-30yr old women - 56 Black Men - being part of a project to challenge racist stereotypes - Knowing there’s a long way to go but finding fuel in real women’s stories - Choosing to drive change rather than just exist in a biased system - Social media: the no. 1 thing young girls site as impacting their confidence - Project Phoenix - tackling the confidence barrier by allowing self-discovery - Being intentional and consistent - and human - when it comes to DE&I - Taking pride in helping others - Deborah’s Doggy Bag of advice Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S3 E6: Maisie McCabe - What does the future of the advertising industry look like? | 12 Aug 2025 | 00:52:14 | |
Jo welcomes the UK Editor of Campaign, Maisie McCabe, onto the podcast. Masie is a journalist who’s spent her career reporting and commenting on TV, advertising, technology and the marketing industry. She’s written for a vast array of news platforms, including The Independent, The Sunday Times and Dazed - but for many years, she’s been a consistent voice at Haymarket Media Group, both for Campaign and Media week – rising to be the UK editor of Campaign in 2020. In this episode we discuss what the future of the advertising industry looks like, and much more. - Maisie’s recipe for success - Why creating relationships is key - How saying you came from Bradford helped weed out racists - Growing up in the hometown of David Hockney and other artists - Dropping the ambition to be a doctor on Ibiza with a speedboat - How an interest in history fuelled an interest in the now & the future - The effect of advertising on society and the power of creativity - The Cannes Lion fakery scandal this year - What shape of work could and should win at Cannes - What it’s like to be the UK Editor of Campaign - Responding to criticism of Campaign - Predictions for the future of the industry - The decline of female creative leaders; why and how we can address the issue - Writing a book, set in an alternate universe - Feeling confident about the future of the industry despite the pressures - Maisie’s Doggy Bag of Advice The museum near Maisie's childhood home: https://bradfordmuseums.org/cartwright-hall-art-gallery/plan-a-visit/ The mill she worked at: https://www.saltsmill.org.uk/ Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S3 E8: Thas Naseemuddeen - Why, as CEO, it’s vital to create an environment where business and creativity thrive. | 14 Oct 2025 | 01:02:21 | |
Jo welcomes Thas Naseemuddeen, CEO of Omelet, an independent creative agency in LA. Thas took a non-linear path in her impressive journey to the top; a career-trained strategist, she’s strategically built and championed work with brands such as Target, Google, and Pepsi at agencies that include BBH, Deutsch and TBWA Chiat/Day. Now as CEO, Thas continues to push the boundaries (and definitions) of our industry. Notably, she’s on a personal mission to democratize business for creative people and the inverse; to make creativity more accessible to business. TOPICS COVERED: - Training Olympic-level ice skaters - Thas’ recipe for success - Being Canadian born, US based, and the proud daughter of immigrants - Never half ass-ing things, including classical piano as a teenager - Correcting yourself without anyone noticing - Studying cognitive science, the precursor to AI - Getting an MBA and then unintentionally landing in advertising - The original goal for cognitive science, regarding AI, and why that brings optimism - Work to be envious of - The power of our industry to move people to action - Being told you can’t and using it as fuel to accelerate - Creating an environment, as a CEO, where people can thrive - Democratizing business for creative people, and the inverse - Things that leave a bad taste about this industry - Meeting Elmo – a beacon of hope - A yearning for a return to kindness as the default Thas’ Doggy Bag of Advice: - Being true to yourself - Following your curiosities, regardless of whether it’s ‘cool’ - Fostering radical joy Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||
| S3 E7: Sherina Florence - How to create real change (and why you should use the stickers). | 17 Sep 2025 | 00:54:40 | |
Jo welcomes the creative leader and AI artist, Sherina Florence, onto the podcast. Sherina is an ECD and, now, a Chief Creative Architecht and co-founder with the firm belief that if you change thinking, you change behaviour. And if you change behaviour, you change the world. Over the course of her career, she’s led creative work for agencies including 72 and Sunny, Ogilvy, and Dentsu Global – delivering pitch-winning and award-winning work for brands such as Reebok, Sonos, Smirnoff, Unilever and MANY more. But her work hasn’t just won awards and new business, it even contributed to the release of a detainee at Guantanamo Bay. Concurrently, in culture, she’s fully embraced AI as an artist – exciting curators around the globe. - Sherina’s recipe for success - The importance of consciousness - Asking for 3 life-changing gifts at age 3, including a desk - The importance of people who believe in you - Going beyond the brief and creating real change - Viewing a$$holes differently - Embracing AI for creativity and art - How we might use technology and data to preserve culture - The limitless opportunities that Gen AI brings - The importance of critical thinking - Sherina’s Doggy Bag of Advice, including: - Why you must protect your imagination - ‘Use the stickers’. - The importance of kindness. Find out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/ | |||