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Cannes 2025, AI Slop and More
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Cannes’ Identity Crisis: What to Expect

What to expect from this year’s Cannes festival? Will we ever miss AI Slop? These stories and more in this issue of Sunday Strategy.

June 15, 2025
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Reinventing the Wheel: The Future of Advertising, Strategy & AI

What will the advertising industry look like in the future? How much will AI advertising change? We look across different agency operating models to see.

May 19, 2025
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The Danger of AI “Yes Men”

How Dangerous are ‘Yes Man’ AI? How did KFC celebrate Mother’s Day? These and more in this issue of Sunday Strategy.

May 11, 2025
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Agencies, Cost, Consolidation & Shoeless Kids

GroupM’s consolidation into WPP Media isn’t just about efficiencies, its about a lack of distinct agency philosophies in advertising overall.

May 9, 2025
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Creativity vs. Meta’s “Infinite Creative”

Breaking down Meta’s vision for Infinite Creative. Irn Bru sells Unicorn Tears. These and more in this issue of Sunday Strategy.

May 4, 2025
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What Do We Call OpenAI’s $20k AI Agents?

What should we call OpenAI’s potential $20k AI agents? How did KFC make fake games real? These and more in this issue.

March 9, 2025
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AI Guidance Counsellors Are Coming

AI is stepping into the role of guidance counsellor, advising students and workers on life-shaping decisions. This issue examines AI guidance counsellors, plus strategic optimism in advertising, crisis nostalgia, and

February 23, 2025
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A Case for Strategic Optimism in Advertising

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February 20, 2025
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Your Strategic Philosophy Is Your Moat

As strategists staring down the barrel of an AI disrupted industry, our strategic philosophy, and how unique it is, are our last line of defense.

February 1, 2025
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AI and the Amplified Strategist

AI will change how strategists work, but that doesn’t have to be for the worse. Welcome to the age of the Amplified Strategist.

May 13, 2024
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