The CMO Podcast

For this Creative Collisions episode, Jim Stengel welcomes Michael Johnson, the best 200/400m sprinter in the history of the sport. He was the first man to win both events at an Olympic Games and the first man to win consecutive gold medals in the 400m.After retiring in 2000, with 12 Olympic and World Championship gold medals, Michael has taken the philosophy of success and applied it to various business ventures. He has established himself as a leading keynote speaker and received widespread acclaim as a commentator and analyst.Recorded at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Michael joins Jim to talk about how athletes can build their unique brand during and after their sports career. Tune in for a different kind of conversation, as the two chat about how creativity can truly shine through the strongest of partnerships. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this special Creative Collisions episode, Jim Stengel chats with Chidiebere Ibe and Shamel Washington, two leaders of an initiative called Illustrate Change.  Chidiebere is a Nigerian medical illustrator, medical student, and aspiring pediatric neurosurgeon. In the summer of 2020, Chidiebere's image of a black fetus medical illustration went viral around the world. It sparked a groundswell about representation in medical imagery: less than 5% of medical imagery shows dark skin.Joining Chidiebere is Shamel Washington, an Associate Creative Director at Deloitte Digital, focusing on life sciences and healthcare. Shamel is the lead creative director on the Illustrate Change initiative, working alongside Chidiebere and the initiatives' partners, Deloitte and Johnson & Johnson. Recorded at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the two join Jim to talk about Illustrate Change, their hope for what it can accomplish, and what we can all do to support initiatives like this. You can learn more about the initiative at IllustrateChange.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Creative – it’s what all individuals, teams and companies strive to be. Today, the podcast welcomes guests from The BECA Playbook and BECA, the Black Executive CMO Alliance. BECA provides a safe and trusted space for black marketing executives to share, learn, elevate, and pay it forward.Joining Jim for this Creative Collisions roundtable are BECA members, Julius Robinson of Marriott, Nadja Bellan-White of Vice Media – and Future Leaders from The BECA Playbook, Amanda Mitchell of AT&T, and Brianne Boles-Marshall of General Motors. We recorded this animated roundtable while we were all “taking it in” at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Enjoy and get ready to take plenty of notes...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today’s episode is about one of the most difficult questions facing marketers today–how can brand building and performance marketing work better together? In the recently released May/June issue of the one-and-only Harvard Business Review, Jim collaborated with two other authors to write an article about how to maximize both brand and performance marketing. For this week's episode, Jim is joined by his co-authors of the Harvard Business Review story, Professor Cait Lamberton from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and Ken Favaro, the former CEO of Marakon Associates and currently the Chief Strategy Officer at BERA brand management. Join Jim, Cait and Ken as they break down lessons learned from the article, their experiences working together, and what new questions they have now that the 11-page article has been published. Plus, tune in for advice from Ken and Cait on how listeners can work toward having their own writing published in the Harvard Business Review.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today's guest on The CMO Podcast is Margaret Molloy, the Global Chief Marketing Officer at Siegel+Gale, one of the largest agencies focused on brand strategy, design, and brand experience. Siegel+Gale is part of Omnicom, one of the world’s largest marketing, media, and communications holding companies.A native of Ireland, Margaret grew up on a dairy farm as the eldest of six children, and graduated from the University of Ulster as a first-generation college graduate. Margaret later earned her MBA from Harvard, and has had a variety of roles in marketing before taking on her Global CMO role at Siegel+Gale in 2013. Margaret says her personal purpose is to never lose the drive for community and connection, and after this conversation, there is no doubt she will ever lose it.On this episode, Margaret and Jim combine their podcast skills to chat about the job of a CMO, from generating pride in a brand, to leaning on simplification as a driver in building financial value. Since stepping off the plane in NYC from Ireland, Margaret has worked to achieve a successful and long career, all while working to build her own personal brand--emoji's, fashion and all!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today's guest on The CMO Podcast is Nathaniel Ru, Co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of sweetgreen, the fast-casual restaurant chain that serves creative, healthy salads. Fueled by the movement to reimagine fast food for a new era, sweetgreen's core values guide their actions and they aim to empower their customers, team members and partners to be a positive force on the food system.In 2007, Nathaniel founded the company in Washington, D.C., with two classmates from Georgetown University. Sixteen years later, the three are still running the company today–now with about 200 restaurants and 5000 associates. In 2021, sweetgreen went public, with a market cap of roughly $1 billion at the time of this recording. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Nathaniel is the son of immigrant, entrepreneurial parents: his mother has Mexican heritage, and his father is Chinese. Within three months of graduating from Georgetown University, he and his co-founders had opened the first Sweetgreen on M street in Georgetown.On this episode, Nathaniel and Jim talk about how brands can work to make the overall customer experience better through technology and automation. Over the course of his career at sweetgreen, Nathaniel has learned how to build a brand with strong customer loyalty and facilitate a fantastic internal culture at the company.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today's guest on The CMO Podcast is Anton Vincent, the President of Mars Wrigley North America. Anton oversees brands including M&Ms (Jim's favorite!), Skittles, Twix, Mars, 3 Musketeers, Snickers, Orbit and many more.At about 100 years old, Mars is one of the largest private companies in the world with sales of about $40 billion. Of course, Mars markets confection brands, but it also touts a variety of products and services for people and their pets.Anton has worked at Mars since 2019, after spending the majority of his career – 20 years – at General Mills. Anton is a native of Jackson Mississippi; he earned a Bachelors in Finance at Sam Houston State University and an MBA in Marketing from the Kelley School at Indiana University. On top of his responsibilities at Mars Wrigley, Anton serves as a board director for International Paper. On this episode, Anton and Jim talk about the responsibility of big brands to drive & support culture. Anton describes his instrumental role in BECA (the Black Executive CMO Alliance), how he keeps the Mars Wrigley brand exciting and motivating from the inside out, and how his time at General Mills prepared him for his current role.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jay Livingston is the the Chief Marketing Officer of Shake Shack. While we use the term "renaissance" man or woman too much, this week's guest truly fits the description. A graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Jay's career has included a 20-year stint at Bank of America and two years at BARK, makers of BarkBox. He has now worked for more than four years at Shake Shack, a nearly-billion-dollar brand with locations in 19 countries. Jay also makes time for his "side hustles" - He is an active angel investor, helped start the nonprofit Unite America, and has executive produced three feature films.In this episode, Jay and Jim talk about Jay's "career meadow," moving from Bank of America to BARK to his current role as CMO at Shake Shack. They explore the importance of consistency in the restaurant industry, how his 2-year hiatus after 20 years at Bank of America helped him to refocus his career path, and his many ventures outside of business & marketing.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is the final episode of a three-part series inspired by the 2023 Marketing Leadership Summit at the Kellogg School at Northwestern. The Summit is an annual gathering organized by Kellogg faculty and executives from Egon Zehnder and McKinsey.For this special episode, Jim welcomes Freddy Adenuga and Kaitlin Loomis, two MBA students who attended the Leadership Summit and currently serve as co-presidents of the Kellogg Marketing Club.During this conversation, Jim, Kaitlin, and Freddy cover a wide range of topics, including authentic leadership, the characteristics of a great company culture, and how to appeal to the next generation of marketers. Plus – the podcast wraps up with a special interactive creative brief section, in which Freddy and Kaitlin ask Jim some fun questions and share their hopes for the future of marketing and more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Karuna Rawal is the Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Marketing Officer of Nature's Fynd and Martha Williams is a consultant with Egon Zehnder specializing in the retail and consumer sectors.This is the second installment of three episodes inspired by the 2023 Marketing Leadership Summit at the Kellogg School at Northwestern. The Summit is an annual gathering, organized by Kellogg faculty, with executives from Egon Zehnder and McKinsey.Nature's Fynd is a remarkable company that emerged from NASA research on microbes in Yellowstone National Park, where they unearthed a groundbreaking nutritional fungi protein. This protein offers a sustainable alternative to traditional agriculture methods by significantly reducing resource consumption. The company has raised more than $500 million in capital, and its first consumer products are breakfast patties and dairy-free cream cheese. During this episode, Jim, Karuna and Martha discuss purpose, leadership, and resilience while reflecting on the summit. They provide advice on navigating career changes and Karuna shares what it’s like to be the CMO of a unicorn company.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.