How a great culture led to creativity at KFC - Meghan Farren, KFC CMO

13/09/2022 42 min Episodio 57
How a great culture led to creativity at KFC - Meghan Farren, KFC CMO

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Meghan Farren spent 10 years at KFC UK, spending the last 5 as CMO. What does it take to run a marketing department of one of the biggest consumer brands? What do you do when you run out of chicken as a fast food chicken joint? How do you change your strapline when it involves licking fingers during a global pandemic? And how a strong culture is pivotal for all this creativity to happen.What we covered in this episodeGoing back to KFC after a year - back to school vibeThe realness of working in a KFC restaurantResearch vs real world experienceHow Meg got into marketing in the first placeFrom finance to marketingHow to transition industryExperience vs action and impostor syndromeHow to nail a new jobImportance of cultureHiring the best talentBeing close to the customerMarketing week brand of the yearPower of consistencyThe FCK campaignHow taking a big risk can pay offHow humour in a crisis can helpKFC’s many distinctive assetsHow to do brand innovation wellAdvice for aspiring CMOs