Getting personal: Emerging agency leaders trade views with senior industry execs on half the industry facing emotional stress and mental health pressures; the struggle of managing fragile teams remotely and a post-COVID seachange movement in media

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Episode 50 4 May 2020 - 46 min

Getting personal: Emerging agency leaders trade views with senior industry execs on half the industry facing emotional stress and mental health pressures; the struggle of managing fragile teams remotely and a post-COVID seachange movement in media

By Paul McIntyre - Executive Editor

WPP’s Team Red media lead on Vodafone, Emily Cook, says WFH has “humanised” client-agency relationships but Bohemia’s national planning director Mark Echo says he’s been on a more volatile emotional rollercoaster than when in the office. Wavemaker CEO Peter Vogel still heads to work daily and can’t wait to get his teams back together in the office. MFA CEO Sophie Madden, however, agrees with Mark Echo that post-COVID up to 50% of the industry will see material shifts in how they work. Want a real, no BS conversation? This one delivers.

Getting personal: Emerging agency leaders trade views with senior industry execs on half the industry facing emotional stress and mental health pressures; the struggle of managing fragile teams remotely and a post-COVID seachange movement in media

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