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Tag Archives: curiosity
201: Scott Brinker: If he reset his career today, where would he focus?
Scott Brinker would build one deep specialty to judge AI’s confident mistakes, grow cross-functional range to bridge marketing and engineering, and lean into technical skills like SQL and APIs to turn ideas into working systems. More
174: Joshua Kanter: A 4-time CMO on the case against data democratization
Joshua spent the earliest parts of his career buried in SQL, only to watch companies hand out dashboards and call it strategy. Teams skim charts to confirm hunches while ignoring what the data actually says. He believes access means nothing without translation. You need people who can turn vague business prompts into clear, interpretable answers.More
132: Ashleigh Johnson: Tales of a Marketing Technologist from Microsoft
Ashleigh gives us a glimpse into the enterprise world of martech, and it might not be what you’re expecting. We unpack rotational programs, internal personal networks, shadowing colleagues, robust documentation, AI deployment and empowering tool owners to make technology-driven decisions.More
126: Michael Rumiantsau: AI’s role in democratizing data narratives for marketers
Michael’s on a mission to make data insights accessible and useful for everyone, not just experts, by leveraging AI to provide tailored, easy-to-understand insights that boost decision-making. This episode unpacks the future of Business Intelligence, automating insights with LLMs, and the importance of anomaly detection. Michael also discusses how proprietary data gives companies a competitive edge in the AI market.More
125: Michele Nieberding: Customer data infrastructure and server-side data processing
Michele takes us on a broad journey across job hopping, learning technical martech products, preparing for the cookie apocalypse and diving deep into the world of server side data processions and tag management. She emphasizes the importance of ethical marketing practices, like enhancing first-party data and focusing on consent management, crucial for building consumer trust.More
124: Angela Cirrone: How to pick between similar martech solutions and master platform migrations
Angela brings a fresh perspective to marketing operations, a key theme throughout the conversation is curiosity and how it helps boost your confidence and be a key lego block to a successful career. What makes her a unique leader is her experience being part of over a dozen acquisitions which came with over a hundred platform migrations and integrations.More
116: Kevin Hu: How data observability and anomaly detection can enhance MOps
Dr. Kevin Hu gives us a masterclass on everything data. Data analysis, data storytelling, data quality, data observability and data anomaly detection. We unpack the importance of balancing data perfection with actually doing the work of activating that data. He highlights data observability and anomaly detection as a key to preempting errors, ensuring data integrity for a seamless user experience. More
115: Amrita Mathur: ClickUp’s VP of Marketing on optimizing for velocity of learning and balancing analytics with intuition
Amrita digs into building a brand from scratch and blending hard data with your gut in order to spot what truly connects. It’s not about the immediate wins; it’s hunting for those less obvious cues that hint you’re on to something and always optimizing for velocity of learning over number of tests launched.More
114: Mauro Figueiredo: Interview tips for finding martech talent and the risks of adopting AI as a learning substitute
Mauro walked us through his blueprint for identifying martech talent through self-awareness and curiosity, and how these traits play a crucial role in navigating the integration of martech with analytics and AI. We also focused on leveraging AI in marketing and the dangerous messaging of Co-Pilot’s Superbowl ad.More