Stephen Jenkins, Founder and Managing Director at Too Many Dreams, joins us to talk about why product alone is no longer enough for B2B tech companies to stand out. He shares why more founders are rethinking the performance-led playbook, how strong positioning and storytelling drive real differentiation, and why the most successful companies are investing in brand earlier. We also touch on AI, the limits of automation, and why the human touch still matters more than ever.
In recent decisions involving companies in different industries, NAD has sketched out a practical roadmap for how advertisers should (and shouldn’t) talk about AI. Here are four lessons from those cases.
Consumers already have more information than they know what to do with, so adding another marketing message rarely solves the problem.
AI as a tool versus agentic AI, looking at it like a Pixar movie, and embracing the culture shift that comes with it all.