How brands stay human as AI gets more capable
AI has made output cheap. It has not made trust cheap. Point the machine at the repetitive work, keep people on the judgement calls, and the time you free up goes into the parts nobody wants automated: real people on camera and a point of view worth having.
August 10, 2026
What we heard at the CMO Assembly in Nashville
Two days at the Millennium Alliance CMO Assembly in Nashville with marketing leaders from some of the world's biggest brands. Three things came up in almost every conversation: volume is up while budget is flat, brand drifts as volume rises, and speed decides whether a video still matters. Here is what we heard and what we shared.
August 9, 2026
Video StrategyThe CMO video scorecard for 2026
Most CMOs cannot say whether their video program is working, because they grade it on output instead of the things that decide whether video drives pipeline. Here is a five-part scorecard: coverage across functions, brand consistency at scale, turnaround, cost per video, and measurement. Score each out of five and you will see exactly where the program is leaking.
August 2, 2026
The Enterprise Video Production Bottleneck
The biggest marketing teams are falling behind on video, and it is not for lack of talent or ideas. Demand climbs every year while production capacity stays flat, so requests pile up, work stalls in review, and brand control slips across a growing vendor stack. Here is why the bottleneck forms and what it takes to break it.
July 4, 2026
The Enterprise Video Operating Model
Five videos a year is a project. Fifty is a system. The enterprise video operating model is that system, built on four pillars: capacity that flexes with volume, one intake route, brand built into the workflow, and measurement tied to business outcomes. Here is how to tell which stage you are at and how to build the model in 90 days.
July 3, 2026
In-House, Agency, or Platform for Video
In-house, agency, or a platform: three ways to make enterprise video, each good at something. In-house gives control at a fixed cost. Agencies bring craft on hero pieces at a per-project price. A platform carries always-on volume at a predictable cost with a 48-hour turnaround. Here is how a CMO should weigh the three and pick the mix that fits their demand.
July 2, 2026
The Real Cost of Enterprise Video
Enterprise video costs more than the invoice shows. The visible half is agency fees or in-house salaries. The hidden half is idle capacity between spikes, rework from vague reviews, brand drift across vendors, and work that never ships. Here is how to reframe the question from cost per video to cost per finished minute at volume, and why per-project pricing and peak-sized headcount both overcharge.
July 1, 2026
The Financial Services Compliance Trap
Regulated financial brands produce less video than they should, and it is rarely about budget or talent. When compliance review is a gate at the end of production, every piece risks weeks of rework or gets killed, so teams under-produce. Here is how to build compliance into the workflow so video ships faster and stays on the right side of the regulator.
June 27, 2026
Why B2B Teams Underinvest in Video
B2B buyers prefer video when they research a purchase, yet many B2B teams put a small share of budget and output behind it. The reason is rarely doubt. Video feels slow, expensive, and hard to attribute, so it loses budget fights to formats that ship faster. Here is what that underinvestment costs in pipeline, and how a capacity-on-demand model closes the gap.
June 26, 2026
The Business Case for a Video Platform
The internal-selling guide for getting a video production platform approved. Frame the problem in business terms, compare the true cost of agencies and ad-hoc in-house against one predictable platform cost, build a simple payback model, de-risk with a pilot, and put it all on one page in language finance and leadership will sign off.
June 25, 2026
How a CMO should think about enterprise video
Most CMOs inherit a fragmented video footprint and treat it as a creative line item. The shift to treating video as marketing infrastructure changes the conversation with the CFO, the function leaders and the agency stack. Four outcomes to measure against, the 12 to 18% budget band mature programs allocate, and the operating model that compounds value over years.
May 28, 2026