Convivio Agency Leaders Podcast

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The podcast for leaders of creative agencies who want to work on their business as confidently as they work in it.

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BONUS: Agency Radar — Renegotiating Normality

This episode was originally published privately for Convivio members in July 2020. Find out more about membership, and all the extra content for agency leaders members can access, at https://www.convivio.com/pricing/ The Agency Radar Podcast is presented by Steve Parks and Dr Joe Baker of Convivio. On this episode we're joined by Sue Keogh who leads the communications agency Sookio in the UK and Paul Bellows who leads digital agency Yellow Pencil in Canada. The theme we explore this month is Ren...

Jan 24, 2022•28 min•Ep. 7

Kelly Hunstone, Social Change's Agency Leader

On this episode we're joined by Kelly Hunstone, who leads the behavioural science agency Social Change in the UK. The Convivio Agency Leaders Podcast is presented by Steve Parks and Dr Joe Baker. Subscribe to the Convivio newsletter for Agency Leaders at Convivio.com Follow/message us on twitter at @convivio , and on LinkedIn You can email us at hello@convivio.com...

Nov 11, 2021•31 min•Ep. 6

Todd Nienkerk, Four Kitchens' Agency Leader

On this episode we're joined by Todd Nienkerk founder and CEO of Four Kitchens , a digital agency in the USA. The Convivio Agency Leaders Podcast is presented by Steve Parks and Dr Joe Baker. Subscribe to the Convivio newsletter for Agency Leaders at Convivio.com Follow/message us on twitter at @convivio , and on LinkedIn You can email us at hello@convivio.com...

Oct 20, 2021•41 min•Ep. 5

Jim Bowes, Manifesto's agency leader

On this episode Steve and Joe are joined by Jim Bowes, founder of Manifesto , a digital agency in London, UK, focused on the not for profit sector. The Convivio Agency Leaders Podcast is presented by Steve Parks and Dr Joe Baker. Subscribe to the Convivio newsletter for Agency Leaders at Convivio.com Follow/message us on twitter at @convivio , and on LinkedIn You can email us at hello@convivio.com...

Oct 06, 2021•42 min•Ep. 4

Vicki Young, Nalla's agency leader

Our guest on this episode is Vicki Young, the founder and CEO of Nalla , a brand consultancy based in London, UK. She talks about: How some early jobs equipped her with some leadership skills, and her first agency jobs gave her some ideas of things she wanted to do differently. Having structured quarterly retrospectives to involve everyone in improving the business. The book Radical Candour and how it's helping her give clear and direct feedback. The struggle of maintaining connection and engage...

Sep 20, 2021•32 min•Ep. 3

Paul Bellows, Yellow Pencil's agency leader

The agency business model is to help client organisations interface with the world. Clients present a flat square edge. The world is zig-zag. Steve and Joe talk through the challenges that agencies have to scout out, navigate and lead clients through in this zig-zag world, and yet still present another edge to clients that is solid and dependable. What challenges does this present for agency leaders? Many factors are creating the change and causing the zigs and the zags now - technology, society...

Sep 01, 2021•44 min•Ep. 2

Sue Keogh, Sookio's agency leader

Steve and Joe talk through some research we've done with agency leaders about the biggest challenges of the role. Our guest on this episode is Sue Keogh, founder and CEO of Sookio , a digital marketing agency based in Cambridge, England. She talks about: Recessions and crises can be a great time to start a business Preparing for one risk can help be ready for a wider range of problems Forming, storming, norming and performing: the Tuckman stages of group development Being aware of the energy you...

Aug 19, 2021•51 min•Ep. 1

Welcome

Podcast subscribe page: https://podcast.convivio.com/subscribe Email newsletter subscribe page: https://www.convivio.com/ Follow us on Twitter and join the conversation: https://twitter.com/convivio The Convivio Agency Leaders podcast launches soon. Agency leaders regularly tell me they feel they never get enough time or brain space to work on the business rather than in it. They feel they are always being reactive rather than proactive. This podcast is all about fixing that. Sharing ideas and e...

Jul 07, 2021•1 min

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