Advice on becoming a better strategic thinker? I'm naturally more execution-minded (not a bad thing I know 🙂) but def looking to improve in this regard. Tips, book recos, etc welcome!

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Play chess. Seriously

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Read "A New Brand World" by Scott Bedbury. Scott was the CMO of Nike in the OG Wieden era and also the CMO of Starbucks when they blew up. Brilliant. Also blue ocean strategy

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Ask for a skip-level mentor. If you report to a director, ask for time with a VP.

30 to 60 minutes a month of unstructured time to find out what they think you should be thinking about. Get familiar with their goals, problems, meetings, etc. Take notes and follow up. “How’d that thing ever turn out?” Ask how they managed to get up out of their own weeds

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What is the client’s problem? Why do they need us to make them ads? Why right now?
What are the objectives? What does this campaign need to do?

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