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Shift Happens:
A DAC Podcast

The art (and chaos) of modern marketing.

Each episode unpacks the forces reshaping
marketing and asks experts how they transform disruption into an advantage. Because when Shift Happens, the best marketers find clarity amid the chaos.

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Beyond the Brief: What’s Really on Marketers’ Minds

Another tool. Another acronym. Another report showing what’s wrong. When does any of it make the next decision easier? In this episode of Shift Happens, host Nasser Sahlool goes beyond the brief with Maria Unwala, VP of Business Development at DAC, to explore the pressures shaping marketing decisions today. Drawing on her daily conversations with brand leaders, Maria shares what’s keeping marketers up at night, from falling website traffic and changing customer discovery to the expectation that AI will help everyone do more with less. They discuss why more information doesn’t always bring more clarity, how businesses can get more value from the technology they already own, and why agency partners need to bring a point of view. Maria also explores what happens when AI writes the brief and answers it, leaving the human conversation somewhere between the two. The takeaway? Get clear on the problem, bring the right people into the conversation, and make a decision you can learn from.

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Meet the host

Nasser Sahlool doesn’t just navigate marketing shifts, he steers through them. As Senior VP of Strategy at DAC, he leads a global team of award-winning strategists obsessed with what’s next in digital marketing, data, and performance. A globally recognized strategist and speaker, Nasser has shared the stage at Cannes Lions, Ad Age Brand Summit, and Google Engage, always bringing a sharp perspective on how data, creativity, and human insight collide. On Shift Happens, he brings his trademark wit and curiosity to the table, breaking down the art (and chaos) of modern marketing, one shift at a time.

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