The Brand Humanity Show

Joe Chernov has spent his career defining what great B2B marketing looks like — building HubSpot's legendary content engine, then serving as CMO at Pendo, Robin, and InsightSquared. Now, as Operating Partner at Battery Ventures, he advises founders and CMOs across the portfolio on the most disorienting transformation marketing has faced in a generation. He joins Brand Humanity Show host Anthony Ke...

Jon Miller has had a front-row seat to every major shift in B2B marketing over the past two decades — from co-founding Marketo and helping define the marketing automation category, to pioneering account-based marketing at Engagio, to serving as CMO at Demandbase. Now, he's channeling everything he's learned into Phave, an AI-native startup built to reinvent demand generation from the ground up. Jo...

After founding three companies — including Built.io (acquired by Software AG) and now Contentstack, where she's defining the agentic experience platform (AXP) category — Neha Sampat joins host Anthony Kennada for a conversation about what happens when enterprise AI moves beyond experimentation and into operations at scale. Just two and a half years ago, most enterprise leaders told Neha they weren...

After leading marketing at some of the world’s most influential brands — including Expedia, T-Mobile, and Zoom — and now stepping into the CMO role at G2, Alex joins Brand Humanity Show host Anthony Kennada for a timely conversation about what marketing looks like when discovery itself is being rewritten by AI. In a world where buyers increasingly begin their research with chatbots instead of sear...

After helping scale three of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history — Slack, Zendesk, and Salesforce — Bill Macaitis joins Brand Humanity Show host Anthony Kennada for a candid, data-backed conversation about the tension every B2B leader feels: brand vs. demand in the age of AI. At a time when the traditional marketing playbook is being rewritten in real time, Bill brings both pattern recog...

Marketing isn’t just changing — it’s collapsing into product. Anthony Kennada sits down with Paul Adams, Chief Product Officer and Interim CMO at Intercom, to unpack what it actually means to build, market, and lead in an AI-native world. Drawing from Intercom’s bold decision to bet the company on Fin — its AI support agent — Paul shares a rare, inside look at how founder conviction, product obses...

After 13 years building Gainsight and pioneering the Customer Success movement, Nick Mehta sits down with Anthony Kennada and Scott Salkin for his first in-depth conversation since stepping down as CEO — and it’s a masterclass in what it means to lead with humanity in a world being rewritten by AI. They explore the full arc of Nick’s journey — from defining “human-first” leadership and shaping com...

The playbook for modern marketing is being rewritten in real time. Anthony Kennada sits down with Jake Saper, General Partner at Emergence Capital — one of the earliest backers of category-defining companies like Salesforce, Zoom, and Gusto — to explore how AI, market velocity, and boardroom expectations are transforming what it means to be a CMO today. Jake shares a front-row view of the AI-nativ...

The CMO role is in the middle of an identity crisis — and a rebirth. AI-first founders are prioritizing distribution, growth, and taste over playbooks of the past. Experience still matters, but today, aptitude, storytelling, and the ability to resonate with first-time founders matter more. Anthony Kennada sits down with Cameron O’Brien and Amber Weinberg, co-founders of Aperture Partners (a boutiq...

In a world where AI can write, design, and analyze in seconds, one thing remains uniquely human: story . Anthony Kennada sits down with Nancy Duarte — CEO of Duarte, Inc., best-selling author, and the force behind some of the world’s most iconic presentations — to explore why storytelling has never been more essential for brands, leaders, and movements. Nancy shares timeless insights from decades...

mbition has always been a badge of honor in business — but in today’s AI-driven world, the way we pursue it may be breaking us. Anthony Kennada sits down with Amanda Goetz (CMO, founder of House of Wise, and author of the forthcoming Toxic Grit ) to explore why modern ambition needs a reset. They unpack how grit can turn toxic when it ignores the seasons of life, why hustle isn’t always the enemy,...

In a world where AI models are shaping what the market knows—and doesn’t know—about your company, public relations is no longer optional. It’s existential. Anthony Kennada sits down with Emilie Gerber, founder of Six Eastern and longtime comms leader for startups and venture firms, to explore how PR has shifted from a “nice-to-have” to a core survival strategy for B2B brands. They unpack why credi...

Speed and efficiency have become the default values in business — but in the process, marketing is losing its creativity, humanity, and soul. Anthony Kennada sits down with Robert Rose (best-selling author of Valuable Friction and co-founder of the Content Marketing Institute) to explore why slowing down might actually be the most radical strategy in today’s AI-driven world. They unpack the danger...

Executives today can’t afford to hide behind their company logo. Customers want to buy from people — leaders with a point of view, a vision of the future, and the courage to show up authentically. Anthony Kennada sits down with Melissa Rosenthal (Co-founder & CEO of Outlever, former BuzzFeed, Cheddar, and ClickUp exec) to unpack the shifting role of executives on LinkedIn and beyond. They expl...

More CMOs than ever are rethinking the corporate ladder — and choosing a different kind of career path. Anthony Kennada sits down with Sangram Vajre (Co-founder of Terminus, CEO of GTM Partners) to explore why fractional work is on the rise, why now may be the perfect time to make the leap, and how it can be a more future-proof choice than betting your career on another full-time role. Topics we c...

In a world where every B2B company is suddenly “AI-first,” how do you stand out without sounding like everyone else? Anthony Kennada sits down with Mike Berger and Kevin Wu, founders of Harmonic Message, to unpack the craft of strategic storytelling—bridging brand emotion with product reality. They explore why most positioning work fails, how to avoid the AI hype trap, and why the best narratives...

SEO is the worst it’s ever been — and still probably your best channel. In this episode of Goldenhour , Anthony Kennada sits down with John-Henry Scherck (Founder, Growth Plays) to break down what’s really happening in search right now — and what B2B marketers need to do before AI, GEO, and algorithmic noise leave them behind. 🔍 Topics we cover: – Why impressions are up but clicks are down – The...