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In this Candid CMO feature, WFA speaks with Sydney Nhlanhla Mbhele, Group Chief Marketing and Corporate Affairs Officer Absa Group about building meaningful brands across Africa and why lived experience matters more than data alone.
Over recent WFA member meetings, marketing leaders from some of the world's biggest brand owners sat down to compare notes on a question every organisation is wrestling with right now: what does effective change actually look like, and how do you tell it apart from 'transformation theatre'? A few clear lessons emerged. Rob Dreblow, WFA's Global Head of Marketing Services, outlines six of them.
WFA and X Corp. are putting the litigation involving GARM behind them
New WFA and Ebiquity handbook reveals the gap between measurement capability and commercial action
Three of this year’s Cannes Lions jurors look at key trends across Creative Effectiveness, Glass Lion: The Lion For Change and Creative Commerce to identify how creativity is ultimately about understanding people.
Four of this year’s jurors at Cannes Lions reflect on their experience of judging thousands of entries from all around the world. Trends across multiple categories indicate how creativity can become embedded into the way organisations approach marketing, leverage data and drive business transformation.
In this look-back on Cannes Lions, Asad Dhunna, CEO and Founder of The Unmistakables, explores why human understanding, inclusive cultures and diverse perspectives remain the true drivers of creative excellence and marketing growth.
Industry leaders discuss the importance of creativity and how to build it across brand organisations.
In this Better Marketing Podcast episode, Alberto Hernandez, Chief Growth Officer at Opella, talks curiosity, courage and purpose in brand building.
New research from WFA and LIONS reveals slow progress for many advertisers in prioritising creative excellence and identifying the role AI can play.
Just one in three are using AI to go beyond efficiencies to deliver better creative.
The Future of Discoverability is designed to share best practice for brand marketers in the age of AI-powered search.
How people relate to media, ambition, technology and each other is changing. Katrina Dodd, Trends Editor at Contagious, shares on the tensions that are reshaping consumer behaviour in 2026.
Marketing effectiveness guru Les Binet outlines the importance of advertising investment to drive growth at WFA's Media Forum in Stockholm, part of Global Marketer Week 2026.
Recording from Stockholm during WFA Global Marketer Week, in this episode David Wheldon reflects on what he has learned from CMOs and other top marketing thinkers over the first 50 episodes of the Better Marketing Podcast.
Leaders from Arla Foods, Axa, Carlsberg, LEGO Group, L'Oréal, Mars, P&G, Reckitt, The Magnum Ice Cream Company on what they are looking to see on the agenda at Cannes
What is the best way to incorporate AI into a marketing organisation? Leading marketers from Arla Foods, Carlsberg, LEGO, L'Oreal, Mars, Opella, Pernod Ricard, P&G, Reckitt, The Magnum Ice Cream Company share their views.
Senior marketer leaders from Asahi, Driscolls, LEGO Group, L’Oréal, Opella, Pernod Ricard, P&G, Reckitt share their one thing that will help the marketing function drive growth
At this year’s Campaign360 in Singapore, WFA’s Asia Advisory Board unpacked one of marketing’s most over-romanticised constructs: brand purpose. Chrystal Yeong, Senior Manager, Global Marketing Services at WFA, reports.
Nearly all large companies are in transformation mode and four out of five now treat it as permanent state of affairs
Key determinant of success is the CMO’s willingness to balance their skillset and approach
In this episode David Wheldon talks with Dan Taylor, VP Global Ads at Google, about how to drive real business value and have clearer conversations with the CFO.
Geopolitics, economic outlook and AI are the top perceived sources of risk
Budgets under greater scrutiny (up 18% to 97%) and 23% more multinationals (up to 92%) are looking to internal collaboration to minimise dangers