Welcome to High Standards High, this year’s theme for The Sweathead Do-Together.
Do you ever look around and wish you were doing better work?
Do you ever look around and wonder why it’s so difficult to do better work?
Do you ever then wonder if the people around you just don’t care enough?
The research is clear: if you’re not doing the most creative work of your life, you’re wasting your life. And your budget.
So we are collecting some of the most creative strategy minds from around the USA to understand how they think. And then we’ll practice it.
Each speaker will download their minds in a matter of minutes and then run you through exercises so you can try their minds on. Like clothes.
And, for the first time ever, The Sweathead Do-Together will happen in person and online.
On Wednesday, November 19, you can join us in Chicago.
On Thursday, November 20, you can join us in New York.
Or you can watch both events online.
The Sweathead Do-Together 2025
High Standards High
Wed Nov. 19 - Chicago
1pm - 5pm CT
Thur Nov. 20 - NYC
1pm - 5pm ET
And streaming live online
10+ speakers
Eight hours of online conference
Two days of in-person practice
30-minute sessions
Hands-on exercises
The Venues
Chicago
Live Bash Chicago
November 19, 2025
1pm – 5pm Central Time
1801 W Berteau Ave Suite 1, Chicago, IL 60613
New York City
Caveat NYC
November 20, 2025
1pm – 5pm Eastern Time
21 A Clinton St, New York, NY 10002
Our 2025 Speakers
New York
Madison
Giller
Tension Mapping: Making Sense of the Nonsensical
Strategy Director
Arnold Worldwide
& Jay Chiat Emerging Strategist Of The Year 2025
Archana
Iyer
Poetry for Brands
Strategy Lead & Creator,
Poetry for Brands
(ex-DDB,
Weber Shandwick)
Chicago
Andrew Tindall
SVP, Global Partnerships, System 1, London
How To Compound Creativity With Consistency
Grace Gordon
Founder, GG (ex-Netflix, Cash App), NYC
Above the Algorithm: Finding The Info That A.I. Tools Can’t
Joe Burns
Strategy Lead, Quality Meats Creative, NYC
Strategic Territories: How To Start Ideas
Chicago
Chicago
Andrew Tindall
SVP, Global Partnerships, System 1, London
How To Compound Creativity With Consistency
Grace Gordon
Founder, GG (ex-Netflix, Cash App), NYC
Above the Algorithm: Finding The Info That A.I. Tools Can’t
Joe Burns
Strategy Lead, Quality Meats Creative, NYC
Strategic Territories: How To Start Ideas
The Tickets
Chicago
New York
Virtual
Membership
Already a member? Get your ticket here.
Principles
These are the principles we’re trying to bring to life with the Sweathead Do-Together
- Everyone will learn together
Multiple streams of speakers can make a conference feel full of choice but speakers can feel they are competing with each other. Together is more intimate anyway. - Everybody will do, not just listen
Speakers will introduce a key concept but structure their sessions around exercises so attendees can put the concept to work. - Truthbombs will mix with practical techniques
Speakers will avoid corporate speak and, instead, bring to us explosive truths and utterly practical ways of working. - Research into how we learn will shape the conference
We want attendees to walk away with shifted brains so we’ll apply research about learning to the event. - We won’t make the conference feel like a webinar
This means no selling and trying to mix up the formats so the conference feels alive and engaging. - Speakers will herald from the Sweathead community or podcast
Sweathead exists to help to develop the livelihoods of our community so, sorry, we aren’t taking speaker applications for now. - We aim to pay equitably and transparently
OK. Big words. But everyone gets paid and we do our best to make payment transparent. Speakers will receive a a guaranteed fee plus an equal share of 50% of profit. - Base the session topics on urgent needs
Sometimes, dangerous topics need immediate attention. We’ll use our surveys, podcast, and community to take us into topics that aren’t common.
Group Tickets
The Sweathead Do-Together is the perfect way to tell your team:
- “Hey, you’ll be okay in the future.”
- “It’s been a tough few years – let’s refresh ourselves.”
- “Please don’t leave.”
If you’d like to purchase 5 or more tickets to receive 20% off access to the conference, fill in this form and we’ll get back to you.
The Fourth- Annual Do-Together
Since
2021
The Sweathead Do-Together debuted in 2021 with:
- 110 hungry learners,
- Lots of meeting new people,
- 16 speakers,
- Two hosts, and
- Excellent testimonials.
2021 Videos
Previous years’ sessions included short, well-edited videos like this:
How To Keep Strategists Safe In An Unsafe Industry – Brian Wakabayashi, Brand Strategist
The Advertising Industry Is Working Scared And This Isn’t A Winning Strategy – Derek Walker
The Making of a Strategy Portfolio – Payal Pereira
F A Q
Frequently Asked Questions
There will be 2 days of conference on Wednesday, November 19. and Thursday, November 20, 2025. It will be from 1-5pm Central time in Chicago on November 19. It will be from 1-5pm Eastern time in New York on November 20. And online both days.
On Wednesday will be starting at 1pm Central (Chicago). On Thursday we will be starting at 1pm Eastern (NYC).
$295 for in-person tickets to go to Chicago or New York. You’ll be able to stream the other day online.
You can stream both days for $99. If you’re a member ($195 to signup, then $20/mo) you can stream both days, watch playback, and get everything else in the Membership.
Get your ticket here
You get 20% off purchases of 5 tickets or more. Send us a message through our contact page here to purchase. This discount is not on top of membership discounts. Email us and we’ll work it out.
Send us a message through our contact page here.
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