Fluency, Elimination, and the Unicorn on Your Shelf: Jon Barnes’ Field Guide to Modern Marketing

This episode of Beyond the Brief features Jon Barnes, a marketing author, top speaker, and strategist with a diverse background in automotive design, theology, and marketing. Jon shares his journey of self-discovery through creativity, the importance of cultural influences, and the impact of education on his marketing approach. He discusses the art of writing, personal […]
Building Culture, Not Just Product: Ritu Kapoor’s Marketing Mindset

Beyond the Brief: A marketing conversation with Ritu Kapoor, Chief Marketing Officer at Observe.ai Q: Ritu, thank you for joining us. Let’s start at the beginning. You’ve had a global career across engineering, operations, and marketing. What are the core experiences that shaped your leadership style? Ritu: Absolutely. I grew up in Kuwait, then studied […]
Making AI Work. From Hype to Delivering Results.

Marketers can’t escape it. AI is on every conference stage, every vendor pitch, every boardroom agenda. But without a clear plan, it’s easy to get lost in the hype and miss the real opportunity. The real opportunity isn’t just “doing AI”, it’s using it to supercharge what your team already does best and deliver an […]