Expert Mode from The Agile Brand Guide®

Expert Mode: Your AI is Only as Good as Your Data From Five Years Ago

Apr 2, 2026

True marketing agility isn’t just about making faster decisions; it’s about having a foundational trust in the information that fuels those decisions. It’s about building an infrastructure that can reliably deliver clean, governed, and accessible data to pivot not just a campaign, but an entire go-to-market strategy.

#818: Informatica’s CMO Jim Kruger on data as the foundation for innovation

#818: Informatica’s CMO Jim Kruger on data as the foundation for innovation

Feb 25, 2026

Today, we’re going to talk about the often-overlooked foundation of marketing agility and AI innovation: the data infrastructure itself. We’ll explore how the role of the CMO is shifting from a master of messaging to a master of data strategy, and what it takes to lead a marketing organization…