Leadership is not a magic act, it’s a grind, and it’s those who find ways to renew themselves, absorb the fear of their teams and digitise that are going to best succeed.

Stronger commercial accountability, data and technology savviness, and the ability to better influence the company culture are significant changes CMOs have experienced in their roles over the last five years. And they’re striving to be braver and take more risks as a result.

An ambition to bring simplicity and transparency to the way customers engage with their energy supplier has triggered a technology-led transformation at Momentum Energy that’s shaking up its cultural and organisational foundations.

Too many organisations are “doing” before “designing” when it comes to digital and customer transformation, and not going deep enough into insights analysis and cultural change.

Digital technology has wrought unprecedented change on marketing, rewriting both the media landscape and the back-end systems and processes that marketers use to reach it. With so much focus on the technologies transforming marketing, it is not surprising managers and employees feel they are scrambling to keep up.

It’s the “frozen middle” of an organisation where people with outdated skillsets rule the roost that leaders must confront if they hope to transform their companies to suit the 21st century customer, ANZ’s digital chief says.

IT and marketing teams that aren’t working cohesively together in the face of rapid digital change will struggle to keep up with consumer expectations, the Royal Automobile Association of South Australia (RAA)’s IT leader claims.

Adopting the ‘power of positive thinking’ is vital if marketers are to become successful leaders and survive in today’s super demanding work environment.

It’s been a huge couple of years for Save the Children’s director of marketing and fundraising, Nicole Brasz.

How you plan your journey towards digital transformation, the alliances you make and routes you take, will directly impact how you enjoy the destination, Stockland’s CMO claims.

Digital disruption equals accelerated change and requires organisations to fundamentally transform their capabilities and corporate values, ANZ’s chief technology officer claims.

Defining what digital means to your organisation, as well as having guiding principles on the accountability of marketing and IT, are key to digital transformation, according to panellists at the CMO, CIO and ADMA’s Executive Connections event in Melbourne.

Treasury Wine Estates global CMO, Simon Marton, is on a mission: To transform the culture of the wine manufacturing business from a production-led, wine-making mentality, to a brand-led and consumer focused one.

Culture is one of the biggest hurdles AGL faces as it seeks to tackle digital disruption head-on and better respond to rising customer expectations.

Creativity and business are intertwined and one cannot exist without the other, respected US actor and director, Robert Redford, told attendees at this year’s Adobe Summit.