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CMO Confidential — 167 episodes

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Kim Whitler | Why Are Executives Engaging in Activism That Creates Business Risk?

2

Jean English | The AI Marketing Battle: A View from the Front Lines

3

Joe Perello | The Credibility Challenge – Thoughts on Authenticity in an Artificial Marketplace

4

Rishad Tobaccowala | A Futurist Talks About What's Next for Marketers and Agencies

5

Dan McCarthy | University of Maryland - The Unit Economics of AI - Can LLMs Actually Make Money?

6

Shiv Singh | CEO, Savvy Matters - Where AI Is Taking Marketing: Things That Make You Go “Hmm”

7

Peri Hansen | Leader, CMO Practice, Korn Ferry - Is Marketing Still Marketing?

8

Dave Penski | Publicis Groupe | Media in the Age of AI: PART 2

9

Dave Penski | Publicis Groupe | Media in the Age of AI | Part 1

10

Megan Lally | CEO, Highdive | What Your Agency Wants to Tell You But Won't

11

Richard Sanderson | The 2026 Spencer Stuart CMO Survey - Marketers in the Messy Middle

12

Nic Chidiac | Razorfish | Your Customers Aren’t as Loyal as You Think They Are - The Fragile Nature of Loyalty

13

Bill Zengel | ANA | The Confident B2B Marketer - Are You One of the Few?

14

Tom Goodwin | Reflections on AI - Questions, Contradictions & Observations

15

Pete Imwalle | Former CEO, RPA | Agency Economics in the Age of AI

16

James Shira | What Your CIO Wants to Tell You But Won't | Principal, Global CIO and Global CISO, PwC

17

Rob Ward | A Top Venture Capitalist Analyzes the AI Landscape | Co-founder GP | Meritech Capital

18

Dissecting Compensation - A Primer on Understanding, Negotiating and Managing Pay

19

Alex Schultz | CMO at Meta | Marketing at Meta - The View From the Eye of the Storm"

20

DJ Patil | An Update From the Front Lines of AI - A Perspective From Spock on the Bridge

21

Dick Satterfield | Could I, Would I, Should I Leave? - A Career Management Discussion

22

The Top 5 Mistakes CEOs and Boards Make When Hiring CMOs | Kate Bullis - David Wiser | ZRG Partners

23

Tom Stein and Jann Schwarz | The Truth Behind the Curtain in B2B Marketing

24

Dr. Joel Shapiro | Kellogg School | What an NFL Injury Analysis Can Teach Business About Resilience

25

Michael Treff, CEO Code and Theory | B2B Marketing - The Year in Review & the Year Ahead

26

Evan Wittenberg | Chief People Officer, VuMedi | What HR Really Thinks About Marketing

27

Brand U - Building Your Personal Brand as a Marketing Leader | Kip Knight | CMO Coaches Founder

28

AI - The Year in Review & The Year Ahead | Andy Sack and Adam Brotman | Forum3

29

AI Is Smashing the Marketing Funnel & It Might Crush CMO's in the Process | Mike Walrath | Yext

30

The AI Application Layer - The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly | Jim Lecinski, Northwestern-Kellogg

31

Solving the AI Cold Start Problem - Managing the C-Suite & Culture Gaps | Abhay Parasnis

32

Richard Sanderson | Dissecting Compensation Understanding, Negotiating and Managing Pay" Part 2

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Dissecting Compensation A Primer on Understanding, Negotiating and Managing Pay | Richard Sanderson

34

The Fine Art of Reducing Marketing Expense in an AI World | Dwight Hutchins |Boston Consulting Group

35

The Top Mistakes CMO's Make During the Interview Process | Kate Bullis & David Wiser | ZRG Partners

36

Shiv Singh | CEO Savvy Matters | Why Cannes Can't - Things That Aren't Covered at the Big Soiree

37

Dan McCarthy | Professor - University of MD | The Unfairness & Disparate Impact of Privacy Policy

38

Scott Lindquist | What Your CFO Wants To Tell You, But Won't

39

Kim Whitler | Colonel Mustard in the Study With the Job Spec How Poor Design Shortens CMO Lifespans

40

Tom Goodwin | If You Dropped the Best Marketers of the 1950's Into Today's Environment, How Would They Do?

41

David Aaker | Vice Chair, Prophet | Why is Brand Value Still Not a Generally Accepted Principle?

42

Auren Hoffman | Why Vendor Management Is A Skill You Need to Master Now | Chairman SafeGraph, Former LiveRamp CEO

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Peri Hansen | Leader, CMO Practice, Korn Ferry - Is Marketing Still Marketing?

44

Dan Salkey | Small World | Merging Marketing & Entertainment - Is It Right For Your Business?

45

Adam Brotman and Andy Sack | Co-Founders, Forum3 | It's a Bird! It's a Plane! Holy Sh!t, It's AI!

46

Michael Treff | CEO, Code and Theory | Why Your AI Strategy Needs to Be More Than Tools & Efficiency - An Agency Perspective

47

Nancie McDonnell Ruder | CEO, Noetic Consulting | You're Brought In to Fix the Brand - Now What?

48

Eugene Soltes | Harvard | Managing the Gray Area - The Fine Line Between Puffery & Lying | Part 2

49

Eugene Soltes | Harvard | Managing the Gray Area - The Fine Line Between Puffery & Lying | Part 1

50

Teresa Barreira | Publicis Sapient | The Case For & Against CMO's - Do Companies Really Need One?

51

Jack Myers | The Media Revolution Has Arrived - Are You Prepared for the Next Wave?

52

Dr. Joel Shapiro | Northwestern | The Grocery Prediction Case - It's Not Just About the Data

53

Evan Wittenberg | Chief People Officer, VuMedi | What HR Really Thinks About Marketing

54

Andrew Medvedev | A Perspective on Business Schools - The Race to Keep Up With the Marketplace

55

Jim Lecinski | The Insomnia Cookies Case - The GOST Model Taught at Northwestern

56

Jon Miller | Cofounder Marketo, Engagio | The Gumball Machine is Broken - Rethinking B2B Marketing

57

John Rudaizky | Global CBO and CMO, EY | Marketing a Service - The Art of Selling Confidence

58

Rishad Tobaccowala | The Omnicom IPG Merger - What it Means & What's Next | Part 2

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Rishad Tobaccowala | The Omnicom IPG Merger - What it Means & What's Next | Part 1

60

Joe Tripodi | Lessons Learned From a Storied Marketing Career | Former CMO Coca-Cola, Mastercard

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Richard Sanderson | A Rapid Evolution in the Marketplace - The Spencer Stuart 2025 CMO Study

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ZRG Partners| The Top 5 Mistakes CEOs and Boards Make When Hiring CMOs| Kate Bullis and David Wiser

63

Gary Briggs | Marketing Observations and Lessons Learned From the 24' Presidential Election | Part 2

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Gary Briggs | Marketing Observations and Lessons Learned From the 2024 Presidential Election

65

Gabrielle Kessler | SVP Brand Experience, We Are Social | A Primer on Experiential Marketing

66

Josh Golden | Vulnerability & Personal Branding - Two 2-Edged Swords | CMO Confidential

67

Prof Daniel McCarthy | Door Dash and Food Delivery - The Case For Building a Subscription Model

68

Kip Knight | Putting the Chief in CMO - Being Good at Marketing Isn't Enough | CMO Confidential

69

Carilu Dietrich | B2B Marketing - 2024 The Year in Review + The Year Ahead | CMO Confidential

70

Peter Fader | Wharton School | The Warby Parker Case - I Can See Clearly Now With My CLTV Glasses On

71

McKinsey & A.N.A | Marketing - The Battle Between Believers & Non-Believers - Part 2 | Replay

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McKinsey & A.N.A | Marketing: The Battle Between Believers & Non Believers | Part 1

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Adam Brotman and Andy Sack | Forum 3 | It's a Bird! It's a Plane! Holy Shit, It's AI! Part 2

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Adam Brotman and Andy Sack | Forum 3| It's a Bird! It's a Plane! Holy Shit, It's AI!" Part 1

75

Jon Davids | CEO, Influicity | The Synthetic Influencer - Should Brands Do It Themselves? |

76

Jim Stengel | Former P&G CMO |A Top Marketer Riffs on What It Takes to be a Successful CMO

77

Chris Andrew | CEO Scrunch AI | Is Your New Best Customer an AI BOT - Welcome to the New Frontier

78

Tom Stein | Chairman, Stein IAS | The Inherent B2B Marketing Problem & What to Do About It

79

Jason Radisson | New CMOs at the Inflection Point – Tips for the Hard Situations | CMO Confidential

80

Jean English | Big Tech & B2B Marketing-What You Need to Know | Juniper Networks | CMO Confidential

81

Joyce Kim | Report From the Front Lines of Cybersecurity & What It Means for Marketers | Zscaler

82

The Digital Ad Industry is Built on the Wrong Principles & Other Things That Make You Go Hmmm

83

Scott Griffiths | Primer on the Marketing CFO - Why it Might Be Right for You | CMO Confidential

84

Seth Matlins |Why is Marketing in a Perpetual State of Chaos? | CMO Confidential | Forbes CMO Network

85

Matt Carey |Home Depot | The Marketing Interface With Tech, IT, AI and CX - An Acronym Feast! | CMO Confidential

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Michael Treff | CMO Confidential | Using AI for Anticipation vs. Reaction - An Agency Perspective

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Kim Whitler | A Marketing Potpourri - CMO Stages, Activism Research and Name Image & Likeness(NIL)

88

Daniel McCarthy | CMO Confidential | The Rise & Fall of Peloton as Seen Through the Eyes of CLTV

89

Karna Crawford | CMO Confidential | The Customer Loyalty Crisis & What to Do About It

90

Kate Bullis | CMO Confidential | A Top Search Executive's View of Tech, Marketing & the Marketplace

91

How to Collaborate With Non-Believers Panel |Association of National Advertisers | CMO Confidential

92

What Your Team Wants to Tell You But Won't | Leesa Eichberger Amanda Reierson | CMO Confidential

93

The CMO As Connective Tissue - A Top Search Executive's Perspective on the Position | Peri Hansen

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A Marketer Turned Tech Exec Talks About Big Data, Mainframes & AI | Phil Buckellew| CMO Confidential

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An Influencer Primer - How to Avoid Potholes on The Yellow Brick Road |Jon Davids | CMO Confidential

96

Marketing Valuation | The Battle Between Believers and Non-Believers Part 3 | Greg Silverman

97

Must Marketing Always Start From Scratch - The Quest to End the Snowflake Problem | Jonathan Knowles

98

What Your CFO Wants to Tell You But Won't | Scott Lindquist | CMO Confidential

99

An Update From the the B2B Marketing Front Lines | Carilu Dietrich

100

A Consultant Turns Professor Discusses the B-School Curriculum | Lynne Segall |

101

What Marketers Talk About Behind Closed Doors | The Artificial Intelligence Edition | Babs Rangaiah

102

Is Artificial Intelligence An Extinction Event For Marketing Agencies | Paul Roetzer |

103

Are Business Schools Preparing Marketers for the Real World? | Mike Kitz | CMO Confidential |

104

Tales From the Marketing Crypt - A Recovering CMO Tells All | Maryam Banikaraim | CMO Confidential |

105

The Case For Customer Lifetime Value - Why Is This So Hard? | Daniel McCarthy | CMO Confidential |

106

Is Artificial Intelligence Like Taking the Red Pill or the Blue Pill? | CMO Confidential | DJ Patil

107

Peter Fader: Ignore Customer Data at Your Peril - It's the Secret Sauce for Growth

108

Marketing - The Battle Between Believers & Non-Believers - Part 2

109

Marketing - The Battle Between Believers and Non-Believers: Part 1

110

Sean Peters: A Report From the Media Front Lines of Publicis Media

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Richard Sanderson: It Was the Best of Times. It Was the Worst of Times. A Search Perspective on the State of Marketing

112

Seth Matlins: Is the CMO Position the Hardest Job in Business?

113

Paul Worthington: Why Is B2B Marketing So Bad And What To Do About It - Part 2

114

Sally Henderson: What CMO's Talk About Behind Closed Doors - Part 2

115

Rishad Tobaccowala: A Top Futurist Talks About What's Next - Part 2 of 2

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Rishad Tobaccowala: A Top Futurist Talks About What's Next - Part 1 of 2

117

Bob Liodice: The ANA CEO Talks About the Future of Marketing

118

Kim Whitler: The Budweiser Case - A Look at How Not to Manage Socio-Political Issues

119

Jim Stengel: A Top Marketer Riffs on What It Takes to be a Successful CMO

120

Jack Myers: Chaos in the Marketplace - The Generational Shift in Media Agencies

121

Alan Gellman: Behind Closed Doors - A Coach Dishes on What CMO's Talk About in Private

122

Dick Satterfield: Could I, Would I, Should I Leave? - A Career Management Discussion

123

Jeff Severts: What's Wrong with Interviewing, Hiring & Compensation and What to Do About it

124

Tom Goodwin: A Contrarian Take on Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

125

Talking About Social Impact - The Marketplace, the Customer & the Marketer

126

Carilu Dietrich: B2B Marketing - A Report From the Front Lines

127

Auren Hoffman: Big Data,The Martech Stack, & Vendor Management - Surviving the Revolution

128

Lindsey Hagens: A Look at Fractional Work - Is It Right For You And Your Company

129

Pato Spagnoletto: A Content Streamer's View of Media & The Marketplace

130

Paul Madera - A Venture Capitalist Talks About Artificial Intelligence

131

Richard Sanderson: A Top Executive Search Perspective on Marketing, Sales, Comms & the CMO Position

132

Dave Penski: A Media Maven Discusses the Marketplace, Media, and CMOs

133

Gary Briggs: An Experienced CMO And Board Member With Technology Chops Talks Marketing

134

Margo Georgiadis: A CEO, Board Member, and Former CMO Talks Business, Tech, Health & Marketing

135

Tom Seclow: A 360°Look at the CMO Interview - An Insider Dishes on What Really Goes Down

136

Cliff Scott: Are You The Leader & Strategist You Think You Are And How to Check

137

Paul Hirsch: Why Is B2B Marketing So Bad & What To Do About It

138

Robert Chesnut: Protecting Your Business Integrity: Advice From A Chief Ethics Officer

139

DJ Patil: A Data Scientist Turned Investor Talks Tech, Marketing & Public Policy

140

Rishad Tobaccowala: A Leading Business Thinker & Futurist Talks About What's Next

141

Tom Goodwin: A Futurist and Innovation Expert Talks About Nowism

142

Bill Cobb: A Marketing Trained CEO Talks About Business & the CMO Position

143

David Kenny: An Experienced CEO Talks About Marketing, Measurement & the Future

144

Brian Vos: An Operations Trained CEO Dishes on How He Views Marketing

145

Tyler Bluth: A Primer on the Marketing Chief Financial Officer Position & Why You Might Consider it for Your Organization

146

Kim Whitler: A Top B-School Professor Shares Research on Brands Taking a Stand on Social and Political Issues

147

Dave Reibstein: A B-School Professor Talks About Marketing - Brand Value, Measures and the Metaverse

148

Gary Stibel: A Consumer Products Consultant Talks About Marketing - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

149

Margaret Molloy: The Case for Simplicity in a Complex World, How to Decomplexify Your Marketing

150

Kim Whitler: A Comprehensive Look at Fixing the CMO Position

151

Paul Roetzer: A View from the Front Lines of Artificial Intelligence

152

Carilu Dietrich: Top 5 Reasons B2B CMO's Get Fired

153

Ron Guerrier: Why Marketing and IT Should be BFF's

154

Kip Knight: Why CMO’s Should Learn Finance

155

Clive Sirkin: Why Marketing Creativity is in Decline/What to Do About it

156

Joe Perello: Lessons Learned as the First Ever CMO of New York City

157

Craig Coffey: How to Increase Your Chance of Succeeding as a CMO

158

Tom Seclow: An Executive Search Perspective on Marketing and CMO's

159

Tom Kirk: What Your Agency Wants To Tell You But Wont (Part 2)

160

Nancy Zwiers: Why Is Marketing Innovation So Freaking Hard?

161

Paul Madera: What do Venture Capitalists Really Think About Marketing

162

John "Ozzy" Osborn: What Your Agency Really Wants to Tell You But Won't

163

Pat Mendelson: How Your Creative Team Really Wishes You'd Run A Meeting

164

Jeff Culliton: How To Run An RFP Without Crushing Your Agencys Soul

165

Jeff Serverts: Is The CMO Species Headed For Extinction?

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Carilu Dietrich: What It's Really Like in the B2B Start-Up World

167

Kip Knight - Why The Short Shelf Life Of CMOs