Stop Chasing AI Tools and Start Building Better Thinking

Episode #327: Trine Tirsgaard, Group Chief Marketing Officer at Twoday, explains how customer understanding, data, experimentation, and continuous learning can create greater strategic value with AI. She explores how marketing leaders can combine technology with customer intelligence to improve decision-making, strengthen teams, and create more meaningful business value. Trine also shares why curiosity and practical experimentation are becoming essential leadership capabilities for navigating rapid technological change.

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(4:09 Q&A Video) “Customer Value Elevates Marketing Into Strategic Business Leadership”

In this 4:09 video, Trine Tirsgaard explains why customer curiosity and business understanding are essential for creating meaningful value in modern B2B marketing. She emphasizes understanding the customer’s real challenges, using multiple touchpoints intelligently, and creating conversations that connect solutions directly to business priorities. Trine also explores why AI decisions are increasingly reaching board-level leaders, making it essential for marketers and consultants to communicate technology through its strategic impact, commercial relevance, and measurable customer value.

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Stop Chasing AI Tools and Start Building Better Thinking

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Episode #327: Trine Tirsgaard, Group Chief Marketing Officer at Twoday, explains how customer understanding, data, experimentation, and continuous learning can create greater strategic value with AI. She explores how marketing leaders can combine technology with customer intelligence to improve decision-making, strengthen teams, and create more meaningful business value. Trine also shares why curiosity and practical experimentation are becoming essential leadership capabilities for navigating rapid technological change.

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The Biggest B2B Growth Problem Isn’t Your Pipeline

Episode #324: Katie Strout, Chief Marketing Officer at Highspring, explains why sustainable growth requires more than a stronger pipeline. She shares how customer problems can align teams around shared outcomes. Katie explores why sales and marketing should operate as one connected revenue motion. She also explains how customer validation, internal trust, and shared ownership can turn marketing into a commercial growth partner.

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The Biggest B2B Growth Problem Isn’t Your Pipeline

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Episode #324: Katie Strout, Chief Marketing Officer at Highspring, explains why sustainable growth requires more than a stronger pipeline. She shares how customer problems can align teams around shared outcomes. Katie explores why sales and marketing should operate as one connected revenue motion. She also explains how customer validation, internal trust, and shared ownership can turn marketing into a commercial growth partner.

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(4:11 Q&A Video) “Expand Marketing’s Role From Promotion to Holistic Business Growth”

In this 4:11 video, Katie Strout explains why marketing's role is expanding beyond traditional functional boundaries. She describes customer obsession, market insight, and holistic business growth as responsibilities that increasingly define modern marketing leadership. Katie also explains why combining quantitative evidence with direct customer validation creates a powerful way to demonstrate business impact.

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Why Soft B2B Advantages Are Reshaping B2B Growth

Episode #319: Rebecca Welsher Kaplan, Chief Marketing Officer at Slice Merchant Services, explains why trust, customer obsession, and empowered employees have become the real competitive advantage in modern B2B growth. She explores how AI, personalization, and strong relationships work together to build lasting customer loyalty. The companies that consistently prioritize people alongside technology will earn stronger brands and sustainable growth.

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(3:49 Q&A Video) “Predict Customer Needs Before Competitors Recognize Them”

In this 3:49 video, Rebecca Welsher Kaplan explains why customer obsession must guide technology innovation instead of following it. She shares how listening for recurring customer challenges helps organizations anticipate future needs before competitors do. Technology creates greater value when it solves meaningful problems customers have not yet articulated.

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Episode #319: Rebecca Welsher Kaplan, Chief Marketing Officer at Slice Merchant Services, explains why trust, customer obsession, and empowered employees have become the real competitive advantage in modern B2B growth. She explores how AI, personalization, and strong relationships work together to build lasting customer loyalty. The companies that consistently prioritize people alongside technology will earn stronger brands and sustainable growth.

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Sales and Marketing Alignment Starts Long Before Revenue

Episode #317: John Lamb, Chief Marketing Officer at Elo Touch Solutions, explains why sales and marketing alignment begins long before revenue is generated. He shares how mutual respect, shared priorities, and customer-focused collaboration create stronger execution across every department. The conversation also explores how culture, brand consistency, and organizational alignment help companies build trust, accelerate growth, and create lasting customer relationships.

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