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Mar 6, 2026 49 min

Creative Conversations with Kian Bakhtiari

from Missed Opportunities for Good Hosted by Alana Ficalora + Steph Belsky

Today we’re joined by Kian Bakhtiari, Founder of THE PEOPLE. He is listed as one of the Top 50 Future Leaders by the Financial Times and is the author of the award-winning book, Marketing for Social Change. Join us to learn about Kian’s passion for giving young people a voice, why he is so interested in studying humans, society and our imprint within culture & how he’s helping companies adapt for the future. Kian brought us Vaseline’s “Verified” campaign to evaluate live using our criteria. Follow Kian on LinkedIn, read Marketing for Social Change and check out his personal website + The People RESOURCES + LINKS Unilever: Vaseline “Verified” Case Study #VaselineVerified Unilever News: Vaseline’s social-first marketing: beauty hacks, consumer insights and cultural relevancy Unilever News: Vaseline Verified: meet the myth-busting scientists behind Unilever’s award-winning campaign UN-Water World Toilet Day Elmhurst Milk Story Wired: Inside Bad Bunny’s Historic Super Bowl Halftime Show Case Study: Global Youth Advisory Board for Pentland We'd love to hear from you: Who would you like to see us interview? What campaign would you like us to audit? Follow us on⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠⁠ +⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠. Missed Opportunities for Good is powered by⁠ ⁠Love of Good⁠⁠ +⁠ ⁠Aligned for Impact⁠⁠.

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