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Michelle Sarpong: What’s the winning formula for modern leadership?

Historically, organisations have relied on a top-down, hierarchical leadership structure. These clear-cut tiers of senior, middle, and junior management were designed to establish control, create order, and ensure accountability. They offered well-defined career pathways and consistency in decision-making. But today’s world is different.

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Strategy

WARC releases its 2025 Global Consumer Trends report

WARC has released its 2025 Global Consumer Trends report exploring the key issues that will influence consumer purchase decisions across brands and categories over the next year.

Based on a comprehensive set of GWI surveys across 54 markets combined with WARC’s own research, case studies and analysis, the report focuses on five broad trends influencing brand selection: The widening cost-of-living gap, increasing trust in individual creators, AI assistants disrupting the purchase journey, consumers’ proactive approach to health, and the rise of alternative social activities…

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Programmatic

Goodwood Festival of Speed is loud: But are brands being heard?

I’ve been going to Goodwood for over 20 years now, and it never fails to deliver.

But this year, something stood out, not from the track, but from the timelines. Watching how brands played out across digital channels gave me a clearer view of who really made an impact, and who faded into the noise.

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