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With most of the rhetoric in the digital economy focused on placing the customer at the heart of all strategic thinking, it would be fair to assume a company's chief marketing officer or chief customer officer would have a seat at the top table.
Unfortunately, this is still not the case in Australia although it is happening internationally...
http://www.afr.com/news/special-reports/future-now-series/marketing-needs-to-be-at-centre-of-strategic-planning-20171204-gzy1do/
When Connie O'Brien became chief marketing officer at U.K.-based Tungsten Network in 2016, the company's awareness was largely limited to Europe. Its marketing was pretty much confined to investor relations.
O'Brien was tasked with building a marketing machine from the ground up.
http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy-columns/b2b-storytelling-a-modest-budget/311423/
Can a large incumbent company rediscover how to act like an agile start-up?
I believe the answer is yes, though success depends largely on another question: Can the executive team learn to get out of the way?
Behaving like an agile start-up implies speed, a sharply defined mission, and a deep understanding of customers. Those qualities allow a company to consistently formulate the right strategy and execute it cleanly—but also to pivot decisively when conditions change.
https://hbr.org/2017/11/figure-out-your-companys-make-or-break-strategic-problems-then-use-small-teams-to-solve-them/
This is the fifth of the eight-part episode tutorial on the topic MEMS and Sensors Marketing, Oxymoron or Opportunity. The topic of this episode is putting the “s” back into MEMS and the challenges of doing so. Welcome back to those who have been following this bi-weekly tutorial series and a cordial welcome to those who are joining us for the first time.
It is interesting to consider that this tutorial series focuses on the theme of ‘oxymoron’ from a marketing perspective. Additionally, and for this episode, the topic of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) itself is truly another oxymoron or misnomer from several perspectives...
https://www.sensorsmag.com/components/sensor-mems-marketing-oxymoron-or-opportunity-episode-five/
The mindsets of chief marketing officers have evolved from a product-centric mindset to a more customer-centric one, as it is no longer just about developing eye-catching campaigns. They also serve as both the representative of the brand and the voice of the customer.
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/11/20/sap-cmo-alicia-tillman-marketers-evolving-role-brand-safety-and-implementing/
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