The PRovoke Media Podcast

PRovoke Media editors Arun Sudhaman and Maja Pawinska Sims sit down in London to review the 2023 Cannes Lions, addressing the PR industry's performance and influence at the festival. The duo also discuss the current market slowdown, including recent agency layoffs. 

In this episode, Arun Sudhaman talks beachside in Cannes with BCW's UK CEO and Global Chief Brand Officer, Rebecca Grant and BCW Movatory colleagues, Eleanor Wilcox and Lisa Story. Together, the group discusses how values can help companies to navigate a complex world along with insights from BCW's analysis of human values across 30 markets, from 36,000 respondents and 30+ million data points. 

MMC Executive Creative Director James Ferber joins Paul Holmes beachside in Cannes to discuss the power of creativity in PR. Ferber proposes that unlike commercials and magazine spreads in advertising, the canvas of PR is the real world which commands an entirely different mindset, and is arguably more challenging. 

Paul Holmes kicks off the Influence 100 podcast series focused on critical challenges facing corporate communications leaders sponsored by FGS Global. in this episode he is joined by FGS Global's Co-Lead of Global Strategy and Reputation Practice, Liz Micci, and Medtronic's Chief Communications Officer Torod Neptune to discuss the various challenges specifically facing CCOs. 

Larry Weber, founder & CEO of Racepoint Global, discusses the PRovoke Media podcast discusses the evolution tech PR over the last 40-plus years and the critical role purpose places in successful communications.

Arun Sudhaman interviews W Communications Founder, Warren Johnson, in Cannes to discuss the importance placed on creative ownership, lead roles, and the trending fluidity between PR and Advertising. 

Natalie Boden, founder and CEO of Boden Agency, discusses her efforts to support working moms and “The Power of the Mamiverse.”

Global Strategy Group’s Tanya Meck talks about protecting your brand — and remaining vocal — in a divisive political environment. 

Padilla and the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council join this episode to talk about elevating the appeal of blueberries across stakeholders by enabling courageous creativity and making innovation everyone’s responsibility. 

When PR agency founders move on, they face several choices about the fate of their business. In this episode, Paul Holmes interviews second-generation leaders from three PROI partner agencies that remained independent after their founders stepped down and the implications for everyone involved.