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AI forces us to question what strategic thinking actually means

Memac Ogilvy's Bhaskar Bateja shares his answer to the question of innovative strategy in the age of AI.

AI toBhaskar Bateja, Head of Strategy – UAE, Memac Ogilvy.

Throughout history, each technological leap forced humans to redefine their value. Industrial revolution replaced muscles with machines, so we pivoted to valuing the mind. The internet revolutionised information access, shifting the value definition to how well we connect and make sense of the vast data oceans.

These were the origins of strategy, as we know it today.

The ability to analyse markets, understand consumers, follow cultural currents and forecast trends to make informed decisions became our differentiator.

We positioned ourselves as the indispensable ones, connecting dots others couldn’t see. Anyone with the word strategy in their job description became an all-knowing oracle,


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Shantelle Nagarajan is Campaign Middle East’s Junior Reporter who covers marketing news which focuses on FMCG, real estate and brand retail industries. Her features delve into brand strategy, appointments, trends in consumer behaviour and CX. Shantelle also contributes to social media coverage, editorial event programming and print content work. She previously worked in PR and marketing, most recently at Edelman, where she was part of the Brand team. When she’s not writing for her day job, you can find her with her nose buried in a book, playing at a weekly open mic night or doom-scrolling the latest make-up challenges on TikTok.