Here’s a question: if you were invited to a dinner party, at an anonymous stranger’s house, where you also didn’t know who else would be there but you believed it was going to be interesting… would you go? Behavioral scientist Jon Levy sought to answer that question for himself by starting the legendary Influencers dinner parties back in 2010. Now, 400 dinners and about 4,000 affirmative RSVPs later (including at different points Steven and Marisa), Nobel Laureates to self-made CEOs to professional athletes have made burritos together, and Jon has become a master at decoding connection (essential for humans, and especially for marketers). In his new book,Team Intelligence, Jon is taking those insights to teams and leadership (hint: being a leader is a lot like being a host). And note there is through line of trust running through all of the above (at a time when trust in leadership is in short supply). Trust US when we say this is a great conversation that will make you think differently about - genuine - influence.

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Marisa and Steven are back after a hiatus, with this kick-off episode that takes the themes of seasons 1-2 and brings them right into the current moment. In just the past few weeks, we’ve seen so many examples of brands who found themselves caught in moments of unexpected cultural explosion. From Cracker Barrel to AE to Jimmy Kimmel to Tylenol and more, each of these have demonstrated how much the requirements of leadership have changed. The hosts surface 3 words that they believe carry new resonance today for that challenge: vision, vulnerability, velocity. (Not your standard adjectives, are they)? Yet incredibly fitting for our tech-disrupted and politically complex world, a world where trust is so fragile. A world where brands, and leaders, have to root themselves more than in ever in: what do you really stand for?

Listen in as they catch up… and break it all down, with personal stories from the front lines paired with their unique macro industry insights.

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This episode comes with a guarantee: this conversation is NOT the same recap of the Cannes Lions that you’ve probably read multiple times by now in your feeds. Joined by leading industry journalist Suzanne Vranica, who has long covered media, advertising, marketing and tech for The Wall Street Journal with a clarity few possess, Marisa, Steven and Suzanne get underneath the real business that happens -and happened this year - in Cannes. From the future of the big agency holding companies (the point of view might surprise you) to some vigorous debate on whether AI was talked about too much, or not enough to where the action really happens, grab your own glass of rosé and join us for this juicy final episode of this season.

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