If you’ve ever walked into a client meeting (or a pitch… or a QBR… or onto a stage) and thought, “I’ve got so much to cover - how do I say it without losing people?” - you’re going to love this podcast episode with Martin Barnes.

In this episode, we talk with Michael Farmer to unpack what’s really going on in the agency world right now - and what it means for you if you’re running an agency, leading clients, or working in account management.

Trust is something every account manager wants to build with their client – but it’s often elusive. According to research by consultancy firm Relationship Audits and Management, nearly two-thirds of agencies have never asked their clients this..

I recently recorded a conversation with Jon Gwillim and Kate Eversole from PharmaBrands. They spend their lives embedded in pharma and healthcare marketing – running events, upskilling teams, speaking to agencies and their clients every single week.

In this episode, we talk with Kate Eversole and Jonathan Gwillim at Pharmabrands about the shift in 2025 where we were talking to what's relevant in March 2026, which is all about AI agents.

This episode with Gavin Bell is especially useful if you're an agency owner thinking about an exit, or perhaps you're an account lead who wants to help your agency become more sellable and less dependent on one person. 

We’re looking at the agency’s engine room - operations. And how getting the fundamentals right can improve profitability, reduce chaos and set you up for better use of automation and AI..

This chat will be particularly interesting for you if you’re an agency owner or account manager who has to work with marketing procurement (especially in pharma / biotech industry).

I’m joined by Richard Coope from Brightful, who helps large, complex organisations fix the brand, digital and cultural bottlenecks that block content and slow down campaigns, using AI-enabled workflows and marketing automation.

I’m chatting again with my go-to guru for the now, next and future of the agency business model, Spencer Gallagher. In this conversation, we really dig into what transforming with AI means in practice for you as an agency leader or account manager.

If you’re trying to work out how to integrate AI into your agency without losing the human side of what you do, this conversation will help.

This episode is for anyone in agency new business or running sales.My guest is Ryan Hall, Founder of Friday Solved, where he helps agencies build scalable and sustainable sales engines.

If you've been watching AI reshape the marketing landscape and wondering what it really means for agencies, this conversation is going to be particularly interesting for you.

This episode is going to be really useful if your agency has started using AI tools or if your team are experimenting with AI note-takers, ChatGPT, or generative image tools and you want to make sure you’re staying legally safe, compliant and transparent with your clients.

In this special compilation episode, Jenny Plant revisits standout moments from her conversations with leading voices in the agency world about how AI is transforming agencies and agency account management.

This episode will be really valuable if you're an agency account manager or an owner working with charities, nonprofits or mission driven brands, or if you're just curious about how the social impact sector operates differently and what account managers can learn from it.

This episode is going to be particularly useful if you want to understand how to engage with your client’s marketing procurement department and understand the world through their eyes when selecting an agency to work with

In this episode, Jenny Plant discusses how account managers can remain indispensable in the face of AI's transformative impact on marketing.

This episode continues our theme of AI integration into the agency business operations. My guest is Heather Murray, a generative AI expert, Top 5 MarTech influencer globally, international speaker and Founder of AI for Non-Techies (award-winning AI training and learning hub).

I'm chatting with Steve Guberman. With over 25 years in the creative, marketing, advertising, and public relations industry, including a decade spent running and eventually selling his own successful agency, Steve now channels his expertise into coaching agency owners.