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SBP 182: The Decision Factory: AI’s Missing Manual. With Roger Martin
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The modern marketing organization is not a factory that produces campaigns; it is a Decision Factory that produces choices. In this episode, legendary strategist Roger Martin returns to explain why his 20-year-old "Knowledge Funnel" is more relevant in 2026 than ever before. As AI commoditizes the "mode" (the average), the role of the marketer must shift from executing tasks to solving mysteries and developing heuristics. If you are using AI to do your job faster, you are likely just making yourself easier to replace. To survive, you must learn to use AI as an "interlocutor"…
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