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Exploring marketing leadership, disruption, and the forces reshaping our profession.
Artificial Intelligence
Building My Second Brain: Obsidian, Claude Code, and GranolaAI
Creating my own personal AI-fueled wiki as the ultimate research partner.
May 20, 2026
Marketing Education
Sales Fundamentals Should Be a Required Marketing Undergrad Course
An understanding of sales is fundamental to all marketers, both at the start and throughout their careers. I'd argue it...
May 7, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
The Last Mile of Marketing AI
AI is remarkable at getting projects from 0-to-90% quickly, but the final 10%, the “last mile,” is where the real and in...
Apr 23, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Why Your Best Marketers Might Seem the Most Resistant to AI (And Why That's a Good Thing)
Distinguishing between true resistance to the tech and the application of hard-won human judgement that helps you avoid...
Apr 14, 2026
CMO
The Myth of the Data-Driven Organization
Too many marketing orgs brag about being "data-driven" when they should focus on being "insights-driven," where applied...
Apr 10, 2026
CMO
Quarter vs Horizon: The CMO's Toughest Tension
For marketing leaders, it's not about finding balance between short-term results and long-term building; it's about harn...
Apr 7, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
AI-Intentional, Not AI-First, is the Mindset for Winning Teams
Why the most effective marketing leaders are adopting a people-first, outcomes-focused approach to AI.
Mar 26, 2026
CMO
Introducing CMO180: An Free Tool to Help CMOs Onboard or Transition
CMO180: Your second brain for the most consequential 180 days of your career
Mar 24, 2026
CMO
Six Failure Modes that Frequently Compromise CMO Onboarding
Even CMO's who understand that their onboarding window is a real-time diagnostic and not simply a functional checklist s...
Mar 20, 2026
Disruption-Fluent Marketing
Why CMO 90-Day Onboarding Advice Missed the Mark
Every new CMO needs their onboarding plan, but most "90-day" templates are focused on the wrong things, through the wron...
Mar 17, 2026
Disruption-Fluent Marketing
What Would an MBA-Level Class in Disruption Look Like?
When it comes to a business education, disruption shouldn't be treated as something that happens to someone else. What m...
Mar 10, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Revenge of the History Majors
Why a formal humanities education combined with AI fluency may be the ideal skillset for the coming Age of AI.
Mar 2, 2026