#16 The new AI-driven marketing team - Mohit Lodha, Founder of Takumi AI

What will marketing teams look like in a world where AI agents handle execution and humans focus only on strategy and creativity? In this episode, Margot Bletterie speaks with Mohit Lodha, founder of Takumi, an AI consulting company helping brands implement real, ROI-driven AI solutions. With 20 years of experience in marketing across agencies and global brands, Mohit shares a grounded and practical view of how AI is transforming the industry.If you’re a marketer, CMO, founder, or creative professional trying to make sense of AI’s impact on your work, this conversation will give you clarity, direction, and concrete next steps.What you will learn•Why AI is supercharging marketing instead of replacing marketers, and how it reshapes creativity and strategy •The future role of the CMO and how marketing teams will evolve into fluid structures blending intuition and machine precision•Which AI use cases already deliver value today: creative automation, personalization, and AI agents•Why most companies stay stuck in experimentation and how to move from pilot to scale•How to protect creativity while embracing AI, and why prompting becomes a key creative skill•Practical advice for junior and senior marketers to stay relevant in an AI-driven industryChapters:00:00 Introduction  01:12 When AI started changing marketing  02:06 What marketing will look like in 5 to 10 years  03:43 Are CMOs ready for AI?  06:18 Why AI adoption is still slow  08:40 The most valuable AI use cases today  15:13 How AI impacts creatives  22:32 How to scale AI inside organizations  32:24 Trends to watch and Mohit’s adviceLearn more about Mohit Lodha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohitlodha/Subscribe to The AI Social Club Podcast for more conversations with AI and data leaders:Website: https://www.thesocialclub.ai/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7d3XmTgIhXqim1r63a1yWHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ai-social-club/id1793045703LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/margot-bletterie/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-ai-social-club/If you found this episode valuable, like, share, and comment - it helps us reach more people and spark honest conversations about AI and society.-You liked this episode? Share it around you, like it on the podcasting platform, give us feedback !You would like to be a sponsor of the AI Social Club? Contact us on LinkedInWe are on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-ai-social-club/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theaisocialclub/Find out more about The AI Social Club on our website: https://www.thesocialclub.ai/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.