Spark of Ages
The Spark of Ages podcast is about the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence through a marketing lens.
We are living in the middle of the most important "spark for the ages". Our episodes are either about looking back to teach us what we can learn for this moment, or looking forward for where the next spark might be.
We highlight the stories from business leaders at the intersection of marketing, technology and innovation.
Spark of Ages
Latest Episodes
The Real Reason Your Revenue Team Is Failing/Bridget Winston - Metrics, Cheetahs, B2B+B2C ~ Spark of Ages Ep 65
We sit down with Bridget Winston to unpack what separates a real Chief Revenue Officer from a bookings-focused sales leader, and why the org chart tells you the truth faster than the job title. We get practical about SaaS metrics, AI-driven go-...
Eric Ries (Incorruptible) on Why Good Companies Go Bad (And How to Stop It) ~ Spark of Ages Ep 64
We sit down with Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup" to discuss his new book "Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad... and How Great Companies Stay Great" (which launches later this week on May 26) to name the force that pulls great comp...
How AI is Actually Melting the Org Chart/Mike Ni - Burnout, Context, Outcomes~ Spark of Ages Ep 63
Rajiv talks with Mike Ni (Constellation Research) about why AI makes old go-to-market playbooks less useful and why experience, judgment, and outcome thinking become the real edge. We break down enterprise-grade context, closed-loop learning, a...
Future of Work: How Humans & Agents Will Coexist/Neil Shepherd, Amit Malhotra - Tasks, Tyrants, Org Charts ~ Spark of Ages Ep 62
Rajiv sits down with Neil Sheperd (formerly Cohere, Scale AI, BCG, McKinsey) and Amit Malhotra (formerly buybuy Baby, 1-800-Contacts) to get brutally specific about how humans and Agentic AI will coexist in the future workplace. They disc...
Brand & Demand: The Marketing-Sales Marriage/Randi Barshack, Nicole Fuselier - Alignment, MQLs, Creativity ~ Spark of Ages Ep 61
We break down what great B2B marketing looks like when creative storytelling meets revenue discipline and tighter sales alignment. Randi Barshack (CMO at Dusty Robotics)and Nicole Fuselier (VP of Demand and Growth at SambNova Systems) share how...
