Potluck

Vasuki Shastry is the first guest we have come back to stir the pot with Scott & Drago. He’s just launched a new book Emerged Markets: The Global Economy’s Better Half and he always has great stories to tell. Vasuki was a business correspondent in Mumbai when Indira Gandhi was assassinated in 1984, Bureau Chief for The Business Times when President Suharto fell, IMF Asia Pacific spokesperson out of Washington during the Asian Financial Crisis in the late 90s. He’s since held senior role...

Scott and Drago are joined in the studio by Dragon Zhang, Head of Integration Strategy at Publicis Groupe Singapore, the 2025 Campaign Asia Strategic/Brand Planner of the Year for Greater China, and a recent inductee into Campaign Asia's 40 Under 40. Dragon built her early strategy career across TBWA and Tomorrow (now Media.Monks) in Hong Kong and Shanghai before joining Publicis Groupe. Now based out of Singapore - but still bridging to China - she has been boldly defining what modern integr...

In this episode, Scott & Drago sit down to stir the pot with Clay Schouest, Chief Strategy Officer at Dentsu APAC. Clay has recently launched a controversial new paper "The Imagination Economy: When AI Stops Executing and Starts Imagining on Our Behalf" and we dig right into it. A deep and creative thinker, he brings a bunch of exotic recipes, throws in more than a pinch of salt and enjoys stirring with the big spoon. Clay believes it’s critical for the imagination prac...

In this episode, Scott & Drago sit down to stir the pot with Zoe Chen. Formerly of BBH Singapore and Virtue ASIA, she's a strategy director who's worked over the years with some of the most exciting global and regional brands - Nike, Coca Cola, Toyota, Shiseido and Diageo. She's been the driving force behind some fascinating cultural research, including the piece we're exploring today: ‘The VIRTUE Guide To Modern Masculinity.’ A self-described culture vulture, Zoe is entertaining an...

In the age of AI and social media live events can be more valuable than ever in bringing people together, contributing to culture, and harnessing community. But it's all too easy for brands walk into the trap of simply badging events and box-ticking against hollow metrics. To stir the pot on all this, Scott and Drago speak with Hass Aminian, founder of Millennial Events. Hass paints a picture of what the alternative for brands looks like, sharing reflections and hard-won les...