On this episode, we sit down with Richard Exon, Co-Founder at Joint, to talk about why independent agencies are having a moment. We cover what independence actually unlocks—from faster decision-making to tighter collaboration—how talent and clients are rethinking what they want from agency partners, and why new tech is making it easier than ever to compete without the traditional scale of a network.
Gen Z Doesn’t Need to Hear from You
Reach is the wrong metric for a generation that does not respond to volume. The question worth asking after any campaign is whether the right people trusted those who said it.


