The first ‘Sense-maker sessions: Content leaders’ episode of 2026, filmed at Gotham Production Studios, introduces you to our first guest in banking – the warm and witty Anna Bernasek, Managing Director, Global Head of Insights at State Street.

Anna tells us about her colourful career history as a journalist and columnist and her entry into thought leadership via McKinsey, where she was a Senior Editor and Thought Partner.

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You’d be hard pressed to find a more experienced and well respected thought leadership expert than Francis Hintermann, and we are delighted to introduce him as the next guest on our ‘Sense-maker sessions: Content leaders’ podcast.

With a 27+ year career history at Accenture, where he currently holds the role of Accenture Growth & Strategy – Global Research Executive Director, Francis has a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with us in this episode.

Listen now to learn from one of the best in content.

In this episode of ‘Sense-maker sessions: Content leaders’, we interview Josselyn Simpson, Global Editorial Director at Heidrick & Struggles, to get her perspective on thought leadership, the ROI of content and much more.

Listen to find out how Heidrick & Struggles’ editorial team balances strategic thinking with hands-on execution, why their most valued metric for thought leadership is client conversations and more.