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Shann

@leshann.bsky.social
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Current: Stealth Startup co-founder. Ex: co-founder @Kelp | Intelligence & Corp. Strategy @Signal AI | Chief Strategy Officer @Publicis | Digital Marketing @Disney. I post about corporate strategy, comms, marketing, and other silly things. |🇫🇷|🇺🇸

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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
You know you've worked too long in marketing when your 4 year old asks you "daddy, do you know how plants grow?" and your first instinct is to tell him about double jeopardy.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
YOU, TOO, CAN LOOK LIKE A BOT ON YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE!
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Is anybody still here? Seems very few of the people I followed are active anymore.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I enjoy BlueSky, it’s nice, but it just doesn’t have the vibrancy I was looking for. It’s becoming another doomscroll for me, and at the moment it’s part of the constellation not helping me get on with more pressing things. As such I will be deactivating my account for the time being. Farewell!
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I'm no big fan of manifestos, most are exercises in empty corporate speech meant to make the writer feel like a pro. But this isn't any manifesto, it's Miyazaki's project plan for Totoro, written in 1986. Enjoy.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Impressive, this is 100% “could have fooled me”
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I don’t think “marketing tweeter” (the good and the bad) has found its place now that Twitter is gone. It seems most have simply moved to LinkedIn (which isn’t the same), while some here, like me, are struggling to stay on topic with everything going on.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Just in case you were confused about the spiteful view billionaires like him have of us plebes.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
That’s a new one- email was in my inbox by the time I landed. It means they flagged that something wasn’t working, sent it to a customer response system, and activated the response. Pretty neat, and the kind of service that makes sense in 2025.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Brands will be brands… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Sponsors drop San Francisco Pride as festival decries ‘rights backtracking’
Comcast, Anheuser-Busch and others cancel funding as US becomes increasingly hostile toward LGBTQ+ communities
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Purpose is going great! 👌 www.reuters.com/business/ret...
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Ben & Jerry's says parent Unilever decided to oust ice cream maker's CEO
Ben & Jerry's said its parent, Unilever , decided to oust the ice cream maker's chief executive, Dave Stever, escalating a battle over the subsidiary's independence on social policy issues.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Smart move by PepsiCo - Poppi is a really popular product with massive upside. Wonder who'll grab Ollipop - could be interesting if Coke went after it. stocks.apple.com/AfIdwReE1SQu...
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PepsiCo to buy prebiotic soda brand Poppi for nearly $2 billion — Reuters
PepsiCo (PEP.O) said on Monday it would buy prebiotic soda brand Poppi for $1.95 billion, expanding in the
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
That’s.. erm.. accurate.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
🤯 U/figsFanPhotos recreated F1 scenes with official LEGO sets. The only post prod effects used were for the tail lights. For the motion blur he used a moving platform, and for the water effects he used smoke. www.reddit.com/r/lego/comme...
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Excellent summary of the new world order we are entering. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/o...
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Opinion | It Isn’t Just Trump. America’s Whole Reputation Is Shot. (Gift Article)
What happens when a superpower goes rogue.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
With a straight fucking face, he led with “marketers don’t think about this enough”.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
CEOs, maybe submitting to a kleptocracy is a bigger issue to your bottom line than having a Chief Diversity Officer.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Trump wants things to go back to the 1930s, including the stock market.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
"Yes, the economy got destroyed, and America with it. But for a beautiful moment in time we were able to get rid of DEI and trans women in sports."
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Interesting summary from Publicis’ ex-CMO (now at Media Monks) on how the holdco is using AI to completely transform itself away from the ad agency pack, and potentially leaving the WPPs and co in the dust. www.linkedin.com/pulse/connec...
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"Connect or Die": Publicis Shows Their Hand
While most agencies are still showcasing their AI party tricks, Publicis just showed their hand. And it’s very good.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
New, from me: you were told that the threats to free speech came from wokeness. Some compared it to Maoist China. Now we are witnessing government power being used to silence dissent and censor ideas. Now we know what real society-wide chilling effects look like. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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Real chilling effects
A extraordinary pattern of government censorship and threats to speech
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
“If you do not recognize that mass destruction of fundamental concepts of democracy and the US Constitution happening right now, you are either willfully ignorant or just plain stupid. I can’t put it any clearer than that.” www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
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Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
What do we think of that first ad?
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Pretty good prognosis of what AI is about to do for the SaaS industry.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Imagine being Lex Friedman and sharing this quote without flinching.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
“I don’t want my portraits to hang in your offices, because the president is not an icon or an idol. Hang pictures of your children there and look them in the eyes before every decision” – Zelensky, inaugural speech, 2019.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Cross our hearts, it was totally not greenwashing www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Exclusive: BP to ditch renewables goals and return focus to fossil fuels
BP's chief executive will scrap a target to increase renewable generation 20-fold by 2030, returning the focus to fossil fuels, as part of a strategy shift announced on Wednesday to tackle investor concerns over earnings, two sources told Reuters.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Stunning sunset last night - all photos unedited.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
If you see a Black person at a top job and think they must be a diversity hire, you're the very reason why DE&I programs are needed.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
WOW. Now that's some copywriting right there. "From 0 to 1939 in 3 seconds" Just brilliant.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
You’re telling me a system that breeds 90% failure rates and whose only way to work is to hit stratospheric financial growth isn’t the best blueprint to create value? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Venture Capital Kills ‘More Value Than It Creates,’ Author Says
In a new book, World Eaters, tech activist Catherine Bracy says Silicon Valley needs to focus more on solving real-world problems and less on fast profit.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe & agreeable asylum to the virtuous & persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong." - George Washington
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James Whatley @whatleydude.com · 20/02/2025
'Spend money on our platform or our boss will talk to his new best friend and slow down your merger' This is what happens when capitalism meets a protection racket, I guess? archive.is/qeCpp
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
And there it is: Pay or else www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Exclusive | X Hinted at Possible Deal Trouble in Talks With Ad Giant to Increase Spending
Interpublic Group recently signed an advertising agreement with the social-media platform; other agencies are also in negotiations.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Lovely work from Mother. It pokes cheeky fun at both detractors and lovers of NYC, yet reasserts the special nature of the place.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
It’s scary how well Apple’s genmojis / playground are able to capture my son’s facial features. It also makes me smile how it picks up on his slight strabismus when we take pictures of him up close 🤭
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Does anyone know if the program is still working? adage.com/article/agen...
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R/GA launches fractional work program for agency alumni
The Associates program promises a minimum of 20 weeks of work a year to former R/GA employees and freelancers.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
European study looking across 26 countries shows that right leaning politicians are more likely to promote fake news. And the more to the right, the more fake their content is likely to be.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Those phishing emails are turning to the job market now.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The real winner of the Superbowl is the green screen. Every celebrity-filled ad looked fake.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Concerts that announce “new dates added!!” 48h after ticket sales have opened should be illegal. Clearly they had the thing planned already, they just want to give the illusion of scarcity to fill the venue.
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R.Eastman @reastman.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I like aeon.co, www.newyorker.com, www.theparisreview.org, www.theatlantic.com,
aeon.co
Aeon | a world of ideas
Aeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. We publish in-depth essays from the world's most incisive and ambitious thinkers, and a mix of original and curated videos — free to all.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Journalism is under attack and needs support more than ever. What publications do you recommend subscribing to? @wired.com , @theverge.com , @propublica.org (this is a donation as the content remains free) are exemplary lately for ex. Cc @kint.bsky.social / @karaswisher.bsky.social
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I don’t know about you but I fucking hate presenting something on Zoom. I’m an ok-ish presenter in person / on stage, but I am appalling on videoconference.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Is the penny finally dropping for investors? stocks.apple.com/AVuKz0bDeShm...
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Nvidia will be a DeepSeek winner, JPMorgan says after stock wipeout — Quartz
DeepSeek sparked a global tech stock sell-off that cost Nvidia $600 billion in market value. But JPMorgan (JPM) Chase says the AI chipmaker is bound to benefit from the Chinese startup.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
There are more people in congress convicted of sexual assault than there are transgender athletes in all US highschool sports.
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Shann @leshann.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Which state will be Gaza? 53rd? 54th? Or maybe we could call it Trumpistan?
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