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Each week, we ask agency experts from across the world and the ad business for their take on a tough question facing the industry, from topical concerns to perennial pain points.
Depending on who you ask, we’re still amid a ‘great resignation’, with workers quitting their jobs and re-evaluating their futures. All this against a backdrop of inflation and resulting global economic uncertainty. The upshot for brands and agencies is a squeeze on talent, with roles left open for months and increased challenges around retaining even recent hires. So: if the fight is on, what are the best tactics? We asked 7 experts from The Drum Network.
Tom Jarvis is chief exec of social-specialist agency Wilderness. Wilderness started out in film and TV, and still does work for the likes of HBO and the BBC. We sat down with him to talk about when to be single-minded and when to lean on your team; how a founders’ role mutates with growth; and why personal success stories are rarely actually personal.
Starting back in the late spring, employers across industries began reporting record numbers of people leaving their jobs – and struggling to replace them. Publications called it the ‘great resignation’. Since then, opinion has been split: some say the trend is slowing or stopping; others predict it will accelerate. We asked leaders from The Drum Network what they’ve seen in their own organizations and what they see ahead.