
Human edge: What Crayola, Samsung, and Generous Brands actually think about AI
Insights leaders from three iconic brands got real about what's working, what's risky, and why the best decisions will always require a human in the loop.

The hidden cost of disconnected intelligence
Fragmented data is costing enterprise marketers $40M+ annually. Learn how to close the signal, synthesis, and activation gaps — and make faster decisions.

AI reliability: Brand trust is your competitive edge
Learn how brands can turn AI security into a competitive trust advantage by building reliability, governance, and consumer confidence at scale.

Money Moves: How Credit Karma uses AI to power smarter financial decisions
In this episode of The Speed of Culture, recorded live at CES in Las Vegas, Matt Britton sits down with Natasha Madan, Head of Marketing at Intuit Credit Karma. Natasha shares how Credit Karma is evolving from a credit score provider into a personalized financial assistant powered by AI and 80,000+ data points. The conversation explores democratized creativity in the AI era, financial literacy in the age of “FinTok,” Gen Z acquisition strategy, and how trust, personalization, and human intelligence will define the next phase of financial services.

Retail Reloaded: How Sam’s Club is redefining membership experience in the AI era
In this episode of The Speed of Culture, recorded live at CES in Las Vegas, Matt Britton sits down with Diana Marshall, EVP and Chief Experience Officer at Sam’s Club. Diana shares how Sam’s Club is building a human-led, tech-powered membership model, why experience is now the primary differentiator in retail, and how closed-loop data and AI-driven personalization are reshaping acquisition, loyalty, and retail media. The conversation explores the shift from frictionless to effortless retail, the power of associate experience, and what the future of buying looks like in an AI-enabled world.

Credibility crisis: Respondent quality in the AI era
AI passed attention checks 99.8% of the time. See how Suzy blends AI detection, conversational research, and human oversight to protect data integrity.

Intelligent Beauty: How Ulta Beauty uses AI personalization to power loyalty and relevance at scale
In this episode of The Speed of Culture podcast, Matt Britton sits down with Kelly Mahoney, Chief Marketing Officer at Ulta Beauty, live from CES 2026 in Las Vegas. In this interview, Kelly unpacks how Ulta Beauty’s loyalty program and personalization engine drive nearly all sales. They also discuss why motivation-based marketing segmentation has replaced traditional demographics, and how AI-powered personalization in beauty and wellness retail shapes everything from recommendations to creative execution. The conversation further explores Ulta Beauty’s omnichannel customer journey, its evolving beauty and wellness retail strategy, and how Adobe CDP and Adobe Firefly creative automation support marketing at scale.

Empathy isn’t fluffy: It’s a research skill
How empathy strengthens research rigor and reduces bias, plus how AI-moderated interviews with Speaks capture the why behind the what at scale.
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