The Folklore and Mid-Year AI Reality Check Episode

Episode notes

This week, former Forrester Research Director Jeff Clark is back in the studio with our host Ian Truscott, and they discuss the impact of folklore within a business, which can be positive or it can hold your business back. Their conversation is inspired by some work by Kerry Cunningham at 6Sense: Folklore Debt: The Stories That Build B2B Companies - and the Ones That Hold Them Back | 6sense They share 5 f’in’ takeaways from Kerry’s work: Companies thrive on their origin story Being defined by features Technical debt constrains future growth Narrative eras and stories Focus on why you will win in the future Ian then joins Robert Rose in our virtual bar, The Rose and Rockstar, for one of his fabulous cocktails and a chat about a marketing topic. This week, Ian and Robert discuss an article from Robert’s column for The Content Marketing Institute The Mid-Year AI Reality Check Marketing Teams Need , which dives into the results of his analysis of 500 agentic AI use cases. Enjoy!

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