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erys Goodall is an operator, marketer, and advisor who has spent her career helping organizations solve complex problems. Her work has helped millions of people read more, take better care of themselves and their pets, and helped keep soldiers safe. She's even seen astronauts into space. Today, she leads The Goods, where she helps founders and CEOs bring clarity to strategy, discipline to operations, and momentum to growth.
Cerys Goodall
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expert panel
Marketing teams have never had more data, automation or channels to work with. Yet the problems that stall growth, weaken trust or drain a team’s energy often aren’t technical at all. They’re rooted in people: how customers feel, how teams collaborate, how leaders handle uncertainty, and how organizations respond when old assumptions stop working.That tension is becoming harder to ignore as AI changes both the volume and nature of brand communication. Americans remain cautious about AI’s broader impact, and recent industry conversations have pointed to a related marketing reality: As AI-generated content and commerce tools multiply, brands still need real trust, relevance and direct human connection to stand out.A marketing problem may look like a messaging issue, a measurement issue or a channel issue, but to resolve it, leaders often need to look deeper. Because no matter how many campaigns launch or what dashboards say, marketing is only effective if it reaches and connects with the audience—and that requires both inward and outward focus on the humans who write and receive the story.Below, members of the Senior Executive CMO Think Tank, a curated group with expertise in brand storytelling, customer engagement and the rise of AI in marketing, share and discuss examples of the human challenges that will always impact marketing and how teams can adjust their strategies once they adopt a human-centered viewpoint.
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The Goods
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The Goods helps founders and CEOs accelerate growth by bringing together strategy, operations, marketing, and execution. Led by Cerys Goodall, a former startup COO and growth leader, The Goods acts as a trusted advisor and right-hand to leadership teams navigating growth, change, and complexity. Whether it's refining strategy, building a go-to-market plan, solving operational challenges, developing thought leadership, leading critical initiatives, or simply helping founders cut through the noise, The Goods provides practical, hands-on support grounded in real operating experience. The focus is always the same: identifying the highest-value opportunities in the business and creating the momentum to capture them. When additional expertise is needed, The Goods draws on a trusted network of senior operators, marketers, creatives, and specialists to complement the work. This gives founders access to the right talent at the right time, without the overhead of building a larger team before the business is ready. The result is a flexible model that evolves alongside the company, helping leaders move faster, make better decisions, and build businesses that last.