Leadership in the Age of Personalization Docuseries

LAOP 2019 · No. 17

Technology vs People

Ronalee Zarate-Bayani; Jochen Koedijk

From the recording

The reality is, technology and society have changed faster than we as professionals can catch up.

Ronalee Zarate-Bayani

About this episode

Two marketers took on brand and identity. Ronalee Zarate-Bayani, then CMO of the Los Angeles Rams, described rebuilding a team that had left its fans twice, with fan councils and Día de los Muertos shirts quietly left in players' lockers. Jochen Koedijk, CMO at ADT, admitted that a 145-year-old brand with 98% awareness still reads as grandpa's alarm system, rated his company a four out of ten on knowing its customers, and bet on technology over people.

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