In the advertising business, you never stop growing - even if you’re a seasoned strategist or aspiring to be one. Grow Op gives strategic thinkers and creative tinkerers opportunities to grow. Each week, Michelle Lee will talk to planners, creatives, researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry legends on everything from working with creatives, to overcoming imposter syndrome, to staying curious, to winning pitches, to being a better client whisperer, to becoming a CSO, to storytelling, to cult brands, to purpose brands and much much more.
In the advertising business, you never stop growing - even if you’re a seasoned strategist or aspiring to be one. Grow Op gives strategic thinkers and creative tinkerers opportunities to grow. Each week, Michelle Lee will talk to planners, creatives, researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry legends on everything from working with creatives, to overcoming imposter syndrome, to staying curious, to winning pitches, to being a better client whisperer, to becoming a CSO, to storytelling, to cult brands, to purpose brands and much much more.

Back in 2017, Erin Brittain, Group Strategy Director at Publicis, moved to London for some adventure. While there, she deepened her brand planning expertise and after a couple years abroad, she came back to Canada. On this week's episode, of GrowOp, we get her take on how strategic planning in Canada is different from the rest of the world and what a Canadian style of strategic planning can offer the industry.