What any manager will try to bring to a company first and foremost is an energy and commitment to the business. To try and really roll your sleeves up.

My belief is that if you grapple with the big changes until you really get them and if you develop an internal compass to steer your marketing and communications, you will be working in a discipline that is more exciting, more intellectually rich, more delightfully complex and ultimately more rewarding than it has ever been.

Why do you need to drive a Ferrari to get stuck in a traffic jam anyway? How do people afford these cars?

Through basic science literacy, people can understand the policy choices we need to be making. Scientists are not necessarily the greatest communicators, but science and communication is one of the fundamentals we need to address. People are interested.

I would just like my children to be able to eat fish when they grow up. Now, I don't think there's anything controversial about that.

How do we think beyond interruptive ad formats, and do things that are much more integrated, much more innovative, and actually empower the viewer and give them a better product experience?

Connectivity doesn't just mean you get a lot more chances to deliver messages about customer service and pricing plans. This isn't one-sided. It enables people to talk back.