Campaign management for thought leaders.

I started Brigadoon in 2013 out of genuine frustration. Too much time with the same people, thinking the same way.

I had sat through too many conferences with too many panels, too much posturing, and not enough actual thinking. Learning nothing I couldn't have found in a good book.

The premise was simple: connect entrepreneurs, subject matter experts, and civic leaders who believe in the power of conversation and embrace curiosity.

My work has taken me across four continents, analyzing how power, commerce, and culture intersect in ways most people don't see coming. What I've learned, from boardrooms in New York City to art exhibits in Singapore, from national campaigns in the US and the UK to conversations with Chinese diplomats, is that the most useful intelligence flows between people who trust each other enough to think out loud.

Brigadoon started as my attempt to build that room, deliberately and repeatedly. It has become something bigger: campaign management for thought leaders. The same instinct that builds the room now builds the argument, the positioning, and the platform for the people in it.

Today, it runs on four things:

Brigadoon Daily + Brigadoon Radio — a newsletter and expert conversations that connect what's happening beyond the headlines.

Brigadoon Events — a winter camp in Utah, a remote week in Scotland, workshops and salon dinners in between.

Brigadoon Professional — a curated network of founders, investors, journalists, doctors, designers, and civic leaders who think across disciplines.

Brigadoon Campaign Management — the work of turning that authority into a real, defensible public position.

Small rooms. Radical curiosity. No PowerPoint slides. An unknown ROI, until it isn't.

If that sounds like your kind of room, you're probably the kind of person we're looking for.

Be Your Ambition.

— Marc A. Ross

Founder + Chief Campaign Strategist @ Brigadoon