Future of Work

The ANA Marketing Futures “Practice of Innovation” Report is a guidebook for disruptors. Exclusive interviews with some of the brightest minds in our industry demystify innovation and provide concrete steps for marketers to embed the practice within their brands.

ANA’s Ask the Expert research service answers the question, “How can I make sure my consumer research reflects diverse audiences and doesn’t just represent the general population?"

Successful leaders understand that a culture of innovation is built on strong teams. Here, corporate leaders from Pfizer, Blue Shield California, Johnson Controls, BECU, and Webex provide insight into what it takes to build those teams and inspire real change.

To push back against the tide of the “Great Resignation,” agencies and brand-side marketers need to focus on building a people-first workplace. They have to be flexible when it comes to where people want to work and reassure current and prospective employees that their time is valued — inside and outside of the office. Companies demanding that people constantly be in the office are going to lose.

Reed Smith shared how cultural misunderstandings and unaddressed biases can pose significant problems for legal professionals, especially with recent changes to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct. The firm also offered some solutions for addressing various types of bias.

In the latest edition of the Champions of Growth Podcast, we take a look at the various efforts by the ANA Educational Foundation to promote a career in marketing and advertising and what CMOs and brand managers can do to boost their recruiting and retention strategies.

We spoke with Sarah Madey, Director of Global Franchise Strategy & Management at NERF, and Evan Kaufman, Associate Creative Director at Movers+Shakers, about their innovative "Chief Tik Tok Officer" campaign.

The proliferation of chief purpose officers provides CMOs with a lot more runway to boost the value of marketing throughout the company. But as they bring their company’s brand purpose to life, marketers must take the long view and be careful not to slip into ad-mode. They also need to collaborate with other business units on the best path forward.

Creative automation is about leveraging technological tools to help creative professionals tap into their talents and imagination.

There is no playbook for this pandemic. Everyone is adapting as they go — and it is undeniably challenging. That is why TriNet teamed with The Harris Poll to conduct a series of surveys to better understand the broad COVID-19 sentiment, beyond our own small and medium-size business (SMB) customers.

In this webinar, hear directly from talent and organization management experts about a variety of best practices for recruiting and onboarding an empowered and diverse workforce in a virtual world.

The structural necessities of facilitating hiring and orientation programs have become even more complicated during the pandemic, but new opportunities present themselves. For instance, with remote work, geography doesn’t have to determine hires, thus broadening the hiring landscape and making it more inclusive.

As full-time employees return to the office, they’re bringing with them new demands that go well beyond asking for a “hybrid” schedule; CMOs and marketing departments will need to adapt or risk increasing turnover. In fact, people are leaving their jobs in growing numbers, with the quit rate at an all-time high.

ANA Marketing Futures gathered perspectives from marketers and subject matter experts to understand how marketers view the future of agency and how its trajectory impacts marketing decision making.

In this webinar, Ford's Global Agency Management shared their experience in automating their scope of work and performance evaluation processes globally across all divisions and under tight timelines.

With the normalization and use of social media in the lives of people from all backgrounds, both consumers and companies are affected by the cancel culture. With social media giving a platform to all, people freely share their opinions; when it comes to how consumers feel about brands, they aren’t shy to share how they feel, good and bad.

ANA’s Ask the Expert research service answers the question, “How can I ensure my organization embraces diverse and inclusive talent?"

In chapter four of the playbook Activating a Purpose Program, learn why purpose factors so prominently in company culture and how companies are super-charging employees’ enthusiasm for purpose in creative ways.

In this webinar, L'Oréal's Kathy Cuevas shared how applying key marketing principles to the practice of university recruitment is more important today than ever before to attract diverse student talent for careers in Marketing.

The ANA CMO Growth Council Talent Working Team discussed how to implement systems and processes that enable the successful recruiting of diverse entry-level candidates; as well as how to circumvent internal barriers or challenges.