<p>For brands to go through an extreme organizational pivot, it usually takes several months. But when the pivot is in support of a greater community, one ravaged by an external force affecting millions, collaboration is essential and evidently contagious.</p> <p>In our first episode in our new series, Host Ken Evans chats with Gerry Guitor, President and CEO of Spirit of York Distillery Co. about the company’s move to produce hand sanitizer to help protect their community from COVID-19 and address the growing need for the product.</p>

Office design with empathy in mind

The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) is fast emerging as one of the most influential roles in an organization – and increasingly becoming a key agent in overcoming sector disruption across the globe. 

It was with this in mind that APEX PR, ruckus Digital and research partner MaruBlue launched the CMO Lab project, a research-driven project to equip senior-level marketers with the actionable insights they need to help their organizations succeed in a disrupted environment.

Our motivation was to determine if Canada’s marketers are genuinely keeping up with the pace of change, but the results are not what we expected. Despite massive change, new competitive pressures and technological disruption, only one-third of Canada’s CMOs have changed their strategies in the last few years.  

In this podcast, host Ken Evans will discuss the insights coming out of our CMO Lab project, and chat with some of Canada’s top marketers about the evolving role of the Chief Marketing Officer and the importance of an integrated communications approach.