Tim Jones had the unenviable task of bringing a father and mother’s son back to life. Empathy was just the beginning…

Rikki Burns is the ex-Creative Director of Meerkats in Perth and Head of AWARD School in WA. Here she talks all things future-related, including TikTok, happiness, and scary (or not so scary) new technology.

Bianca Guimaraes and Kevin Mulroy are Executive Creative Directors at newly minted Mischief @ No Fixed Address and together with Business Manager Leila Chee they talk about being part of the birth of a new agency in the middle of a pandemic.

Paul is CCO of VMLY&R Australia & NZ. He talks to us about pitch prep, pitch pressure and being generous with ideas.

Tara Ford is CCO of DDB Sydney. She talks about her fears and how she’s challenged them.

Jasmine Lansdell is People & Culture Director at The Works. She reveals the insights behind industry leading practices, how to turn culture into the concrete and offers advice to agencies and individuals.

Danielle Le Toullec is Global Marketing & Communications Director at OMD. She reveals what good culture actually is, how to survive a toxic workplace and what it takes to make it overseas.

Tea Uglow is ‘experimental person in charge’ at Google Lab APAC. Amongst other things she is a bisexual, vegetarian, teetotal, transgender, face-blind, English, white, very-tall woman. She shares her views on intersections and inclusivity.

Ant Melder is Creative Partner at Coffee Cocoa Gunpowder, the world’s only Cockney Bangladeshi creative, and creator of the podcast Brown Riot.

Sharon Condy is a Creative Director at Ogilvy Melbourne. She reflects on her mentors, unconscious bias, and optimism about the future for women in advertising.

Cam Blackley is CCO at M&C Saatchi and president of AWARD. He’s made some iconic booze ads in his time, had some even more epic booze sessions. Here he shares his hard-won wisdom.

As creative leader of the Palau Pledge at Host/Havas, Seamus Higgins has woven green into gold. Now VP and CCO at R/GA APAC, he talks to us about responsibility.

Ben Lilley has had an unconventional 20-year advertising career, peaking with his role as Chairman and CEO of McCann Australia—a position he resigned from last year. Here, he shares his views on where all the money has gone, and whether being an independent entrepreneur beats being part of a global agency network.

Earlier this year, Matt Eastwood left his post as Global CCO at JWT. It was the culmination of one of the most successful international advertising careers of any Australian creative. Here, he reveals which TV show started it all off, what drives him, and what to do when professional jealousy rears its head.

Cindy Gallop is one of the most prominent voices in our industry, leading the fight for diversity in advertising across gender, race, and age. At 58 she is kicking more ass than ever, and is encouraging everyone to #sayyourage

Dee Madigan is co-founder and ECD at Campaign Edge where she wrangles state and federal election campaigns for the ALP. She’s also on your TV as a regular on Gruen, The Drum and Sky News. Dee talks about her career, and what feedback looks like when you’re selling politicians instead of brands.

Ant White is CCO at CHE Proxomity, an agency that has leapt onto the international creative stage seemingly out of nowhere in the past year. He talks to us about his journey, and what competition means at CHE.