I recently joined Steve Caldwell on his podcast, Manager Mojo. We focused on how marketers can design a new future for customers and teams, and where they get stuck. My basic message: it’s not about doing more; it’s about being more. And that requires us to develop a strong sense of self-awareness and conscious behavior.

Intentionality is key–yet too many marketers fail to design their own future. Listen in to our conversation here ….

Where do you need to create resilience? How can you recover even faster from adversity in your health, marketing, and among teams?

In fast-changing markets, companies often get so busy running the business, they fail to understand their customers’s experience and needs.

To help inspire you as you brainstorm your goals, I have assembled some thought-provoking quotes from a wide variety of innovators past and present.

I’m keeping this update upbeat and short…and to give you a moment to just reflect and take a break from holiday fatigue. To just BE.

One of the highlights of CMOCLIC is recognizing the extraordinary examples of leadership and marketing innovation in our community. We honored three individuals with Beacon Awards at CMOCLIC17, and I’m delighted to share their stories here as well.

At our 3rd annual CMOs Leading Innovation Conference, Jeff Perkins provided our group with 7 modern marketing strategies to think like a “Startup CMO.”

Where are marketing leaders treading water, and which resources are propelling marketing innovation? Our 5th annual CMO Innovation Trends study collected anonymous feedback from 90 senior marketers to answer these questions and provide expert guidance to conquer innovation resistance.

It takes a leap of faith to unplug and stop moving from crisis to crisis. Yet the rewards are many, especially when you bring that mindset to work. Yes, work.
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Many senior marketing leaders and CEOs whom I’ve met think of their lives as an “either/or” proposition. They are either relaxed and unplugged OR overworked and hyper-connected.…