Monday 13 May 2024
What makes a leader? As the former Chief Operating Officer at Barclays, a fintech founder and now the Chief Strategy Officer at Allica Bank, Conrad has a deep insight into what is needed to run successful companies and build high-performing teams, big and small.
Conrad will cover how to think strategically, the importance of attracting and installing the right talent in an organisation, how to advocate for the role of marketing in a business and how to define one’s own leadership style.
Insights from behavioural economics and behavioural science underpin many of the changes in financial services regulation over the last 15 years. We know more than ever before about how consumers process information, react to choice architecture, and make decisions. Through the Consumer Duty, the FCA is deploying advanced behavioural tools and frameworks to protect consumers from harm. This session will explore how the FCA assesses customer communications and customer journeys, and the implications for marketers.
In an era where brand activism is not just valued but expected, how do you shape and share your company’s stance on critical societal issues? This session will help you consider how to maintain the balance between corporate responsibility and brand identity, learn how to engage with constructive internal dialogue and navigate the complexities of brand activism where even doing the right thing can be misunderstood or in some cases weaponised.
How will Artificial Intelligence (AI) reshape marketing?
Drawing on insights from a survey of 100 UK marketers, we will reveal AI's growing influence. This is the first research of its kind.
You’ll learn about:
• Hopes & fears - Understand what excites and worries marketers
• Ethical considerations - Navigate the ethical landscape of using AI in marketing
• Investment – Discover marketers’ investment plans for the year ahead
• Trepidation – Understand why some marketers are holding back from using AI to its full potential
• What’s working – Learn which AI tools our respondents are using
As AI continues to advance at rapid rates, marketers are realising the huge potential lying right in front of them. Away from dramatic notions of rogue robots and chuckle-inducing AI images of people with too many arms is a wealth of untapped potential - from content generation and generative capabilities to algorithmic processing powerhouses. this session will explore but a few of the innovative ways in which marketers can work with AI to achieve new levels of success.
Armed with the learnings from our previous session, we will devise a task for our intrepid marketers to test and stretch their knowledge and experience of AI to its very limits,
This interactive session is about creativity and thinking outside of the box, so bring your A-game and have fun!