An Overview of the “Quick Conversations” in Cannes 2026

🎬 A sneak-peak and a thank you! 🙏

🔥 A HUGE thank you to everyone who spared a bit of time in the heat for a " 🌴 Quick Conversation 🎤 " at The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity this year answering the question "What is The Key 🔑 to Great Creativity?"...with me as one of The Marketing Society's #CannesCorrespondents.

💥 I want to give each of the interviews their own post and space to shine because the answers are all excellent in their own right.

📺 ...but in the meantime, please do enjoy the trailer here and also a YouTube playlist with all of the full interviews already loaded up (link in the comments)

Thank you to (in order of appearance in the trailer!):
📍 Rob Reilly (WPP Global Chief Creative Officer) - already posted!
📍 Paul Coxhill (COO & President of LIONS) - already posted
📍 David Jones (Founder & CEO Brandtech Group)
📍 Devika Bulchandani (COO WPP)
📍 Madeline McQueen (Founder Magnificently You)
📍 Paul Gayfer & Genevieve Tompkins Tompkins (Goodstuff CSO & CEO)
?? Connie Chan (Stagwell APAC)
📍 David Adesanya (United Nations Foundation)
📍 Jo Wallace (Global ECD Jellyfish)
📍 Helen James (CEO The Gate)
📍 Matt Bourn (Advertising Association & Ad Net Zero)
📍 Bolu Akindoyin (Founder Miai)
📍 Asad Dhunna (Founder The Unmistakables)
?? Dom Hyams (Purple Goat)
📍 Chloe Davies (Founder, It Takes a Village)
📍 Marty Davies (Founder Smarty Pants)
📍 Eloise Smith (Group ECD Oliver)
📍 Pamela Zaballa (CEO No More Foundation)
📍 Nidhi Minj (AkzoNobel Consumer Brands)
📍 Parks Blackwell (VP Marketing PMG)
📍 James Murphy (CEO Ogilvy UK)

🙏 And three big additional thank you's:

1️⃣ To Aisling Conlon & Matt Bourn and the team at UK Advertising for inviting me along to the Empower Cafe evening do where I was able to meet and interview some truly inspirational UK Agency leaders.

2️⃣ To The Marketing Society & Sophie Devonshire⚡️ for putting on an inspirational series of events, with wonderful opportunities to connect with other members AND for some cheeky " 🌴 Quick Conversations 🎤 "..and of course to Rachel Letham (Montague-Ebbs) directing and organising the #CannesCorrespondents team.

👉 Link to the output of the #CannesCorrespondents in the comments. 🗞️

3️⃣ To my son Oscar Elliott who created & edited the Trailer for me, whilst currently on work experience at Booster Consulting Limited!

I'm looking forward to getting into each of the " 🌴 Quick Conversations 🎤 " and share everyone's answers!