The CMO paradox:
Delivering more with less

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A new era of marketing leadership, built on incremental improvements

by Kiri Craig, Managing Partner, onebite

Every tech CMO I’ve talked to over the last 12 months has described a similar feeling.

Expectations keep on rising, yet the resources to meet them keep falling away. Budgets are tighter, teams are leaner, and reporting timelines have shortened.

And somehow, they’re still expected to do more, and prove more, than ever before.

We call it The CMO Paradox. It’s the constant pressure to deliver more with less.

We’re not talking about abstract trends, either. For those of us working in telco, cybersecurity, cloud and data, this is the new backdrop to every plan, every conversation, and every decision. We’re operating in markets where confidence has to be earned long before you know a buyer is even looking, and where every marketing move is measured against profit, not promise.

But what’s been inspiring me, is how CMOs are responding. Every leader I’ve spoken with is refusing to stand still. They’re stripping away noise and complexity, and getting back to the fundamentals. And they’re finding power in connection again.

This report captures those realities, in the words of the CMOs who are living them. This isn’t a vendor narrative, or a consultant’s analysis. It’s a clear reflection of what’s happening on the ground, right now, from the people who are reshaping what marketing leadership means today.

At onebite, we’ve built our approach around the same set of beliefs. We fully understand that discipline and creativity can coexist, and that smart strategy is the fastest way to sustainable progress.

The paradox of doing more with less isn’t going away, but this isn’t the end of marketing ambition. This is the beginning of a more focused kind of growth. One built on intelligence, resilience and intent.

Throughout this report, we make the case for progress built on marginal, compounding gains, showing how the smartest CMOs are turning 1% improvements into meaningful, measurable change.

So, read on, and let’s explore the ideas, stories and strategies shaping the next chapter of B2B marketing leadership. I think you’ll see a little of your own journey reflected here.

About the research
This report is based on a series of comprehensive interviews conducted by onebite’s Managing Partner, Kiri Craig, between June and September 2025 with 8 CMOs and senior marketing leaders across telco, cybersecurity, cloud and data sectors. Their real-world perspectives are combined with our own specialist knowledge, and hundreds of conversations with existing clients, to form the foundations of the insights, recommendations and the quotes found within this report.

The evolving world of tech CMOs: Living the paradox

The marketing function has always been a demanding and rewarding place to carve out a career. But over the last year, CMOs across tech and telco have seen their remit shift faster than at any other time in the past decade.

These industries are being put under strain. Telcos are dealing with margin pressure and commoditised pricing, cybersecurity vendors are navigating saturated markets and high acquisition costs, and cloud players are experiencing hyperscaler dominance and buyer indecision.

CMOs are recasting themselves as commercial strategists, navigators of uncertainty, and cross-functional trailblazers at the heart of the business. They have to do more, faster, with greater precision, while under closer scrutiny. Although resources are shrinking, the demands on marketing leaders continue to multiply.

The forces
reshaping
the role

To understand the paradox, let’s separate the constraints into the operational forces and the market forces.

The insights that follow come directly from our conversations with CMOs who are dealing with these pressures every day.

Operational forces

Budgets and profitability

Across telco, cyber and cloud, CMOs are being asked to justify every pound of spend, often against aggressive targets that assume robust growth despite flat or declining investment.

Rather than tempering growth ambitions, CMOs in the know are pursuing them more intelligently, and focusing on balance.

Talent and team capacity

Headcount freezes, attrition without backfill, and difficulty recruiting specialist roles are leaving marketing leaders overstretched.

“Some of the major concerns are talent and skills gaps… I’ve been having a difficult time finding the right people to fill the SDR roles… and that continues to be difficult.”

Aijaz Ansari, CMO, TimeXtender

As teams shrink, the paradox intensifies, with fewer people, and broader responsibilities.

Time and process bottlenecks

Even when budgets and talent are in place, time itself is a scarce commodity.
In the telco industry, where speed to market can define competitive advantage, and in cybersecurity, where threat landscapes shift weekly, these bottlenecks are creating real commercial risk.

Market and governance forces

Competitive intensity

Smaller firms find themselves up against hyperscalers, with marketing budgets that dwarf their own.

“We are going against this mammoth that now has Google money. They’re at every event… sometimes you just can’t match that spend.”

Amanda Smith, Senior Corporate Marketing Leader, Sysdig

This winner-takes-most dynamic forces CMOs to fight smarter, targeting ideal customer profiles (ICPs) with precision, focusing on relationship-driven plays, and making every asset work harder.

Board scrutiny

Boards, under pressure from investors and markets, are demanding faster proof of ROI, and clearer accountability for profitable growth.

CMOs are being asked to prove strategic value in weeks and months, not quarters and years, despite longer buyer cycles and more complex journeys.

The fight for share of wallet

Even when demand is strong, buyers are moving more cautiously. Decision-makers are multiplying, procurement cycles are lengthening, and supplier lists are being consolidated to a handful of safe options.

“Buying committees are continuing to change and grow. Buyers are now fully equipped to do the research and make decisions themselves. Previously SERPs or events might help them do this but now using LLMs they analyse detailed overviews, comparisons, social proof and more to create their own shortlists before making any contact with your business. The buyer is more informed, the competition is harder.”

Nikki Laker, Marketing Director, Opus Technology

This means differentiation is harder to achieve, and buyers lean towards incumbents unless marketers can demonstrate trust and authority well before sales engage.

The response within marketing

The most significant shift has been in measurement.

B2B tech executives are beginning to move away from traditional revenue-centred funnel metrics, to profitability and commercial outcomes. For many, KPIs have evolved from tracking MQLs, SQLs or topline revenue, to measurements that reflect margin contribution, customer lifetime value, and EBITDA.

This is a fundamental strategic change, with marketing leaders being asked to demonstrate their direct role in driving profitable growth, not just volume. And that requires a much more disciplined approach to investment, attribution, and prioritisation.

“Over the last year, our metric changed to return on gross margin… ensuring we weren’t just promoting high-revenue products, but delivering profitable EBITDA growth.”

Nimmi Bhalla, Strategic Marketing & Commercial Leader

Navigators of uncertainty

If profitability is the new measuring stick, then resilience is the new operating principle.

CMOs in B2B tech sectors are expected to anticipate, absorb and adapt to external shocks. This includes regulatory disruption in data privacy, geopolitical instability shaping telco investment, and sudden shifts in cybersecurity threat landscapes that change customer urgency overnight.

Responsibility extends far beyond the marketing function. It requires CMOs to act as critical interpreters of the outside world.

Positive shifts and healthier habits

Despite the pressure, marketing leaders have welcomed some changes with open arms.

The rejection of outdated pipeline language is sweeping through the tech industry, particularly in account-based environments like cybersecurity and enterprise cloud. Many CMOs agree that these vanity measures obscure the picture, and have been creating misalignment with sales. Those in the know are aligning marketing to revenue-focused outcomes and meaningful conversion points.

The rise of bridging roles between marketing and sales is another positive sign. For example, telcos and data providers often contend with long, multi-stakeholder buying committees. Here, hybrid functions such as lead development specialists or outbound nurturers are filling gaps between marketing and sales capacity. This ensures late-stage prospects aren’t lost, and it reflects a structural evolution, where marketing and sales are parts of one unified growth engine.

There’s also a noticeable shift towards healthier leadership practices. CMOs are learning to protect their time and their team’s focus, resisting scattergun requests and demanding structured briefs before work begins.

In an era of relentless optimisation, this deliberate emphasis on resilience is as strategic as it is human. The ability to set boundaries has become a core advantage, preventing burnout and preserving quality.

“We empowered the team to be data-led and push back on things they didn’t believe were going to drive impact. Just asking ‘what do you expect this to deliver?’ meant 80% of requests went away.”

Nimmi Bhalla, Strategic Marketing & Commercial Leader

The rise of the positionless marketer

Another dimension of the evolving CMO role is the emergence of the positionless marketer.

These are high-EQ generalists who can flex across functions. They’re not bound by narrow job descriptions or traditional hierarchies. Instead, they act as connectors, bridging gaps between strategy, content, data, and sales support. In fast-moving B2B tech sectors, that versatility is becoming indispensable.

As teams get leaner, the value of these marketers lies in their ability to see the bigger picture and adapt at great speed. The best CMOs recognise this relatively new phenomenon, and they’re structuring their teams accordingly, giving people the space to expand beyond their job titles, to learn horizontally as well as vertically.

This new breed of marketer embodies the spirit of what’s likely to define the next era of business.

The transformation of the tech CMO

When viewed together, all these shifts point to a fundamental redefining of the CMO role. Let’s take a look at how the archetype is changing.

Yesterday’s CMO archetype
The tech CMO of tomorrow
Brand stewardBrand steward
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Commercial stewardCommercial steward
Funnel managerFunnel manager
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Navigator of uncertaintyNavigator of uncertainty
Focused on visibility and volumeFocused on visibility and volume
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Focused on profitability, resilience, and sustainable growthFocused on profitability, resilience, and sustainable growth
Measured in leads, traffic, and awarenessMeasured in leads, traffic, and awareness
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Measured in EBITDA, LTV, CAC, and pipeline conversionMeasured in EBITDA, LTV, CAC, and pipeline conversion
Coordinator of tactical executionCoordinator of tactical execution
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A cross-functional strategist shaping company directionA cross-functional strategist shaping company direction

Turning the
paradox into
compounding
progress

If the pressures of the paradox are unavoidable, the good news is that CMOs in the know are not standing still.

In telco, cybersecurity, cloud and data, these leaders are thriving under pressure by applying the 1% principle. They’re making small, compounding improvements across core levers. This approach is reshaping how they deploy resources, rethink their operating models, and rediscover the power of human connection.

The strategies that follow are drawn directly from the lived experiences of senior marketing leaders that we work with.

Getting the basics right

One of the strongest themes to emerge from our conversations was a return to fundamentals. In leaner times, complexity is your enemy, and CMOs across the tech landscape are discovering that fixing the basics delivers healthy returns.

Even small improvements can deliver exponential benefits, with a 1% gain in the basics compounding across every part of your strategy.

Data hygiene is a prime example. Many CMOs told us that CRM systems are still harbouring duplicate records, incomplete entries and outdated contacts. That creates noise in the funnel, wastes time, and undermines confidence in reporting.

“It does feel like fixing the fundamentals is really important… time and time again the CRM data is quite frankly a mess.”

Graham Smith, Marketing Director

Alongside cleaner data, a clearer focus on the ICP is essential. By resolutely targeting accounts with the highest fit, leaders are improving pipeline efficiency and lifting lifetime value. This back-to-basics discipline ensures that scarce resources are deployed where they matter most.

Getting the basics right means progress comes from mastering the essentials with rigour.

Ruthless prioritisation

A common theme is that the paradox demands trade-offs. That means shutting down activity that cannot be justified or measured, while doubling down on proven programmes aligned to business goals.

Every sharper decision adds up, and a 1% gain in focus will compound into meaningful progress when resources are tight.

This prioritisation is rarely a purely data-driven exercise. With imperfect attribution and long feedback loops, CMOs describe decision-making as a blend of data and leadership instinct.

“What to scale back on or double down on is mostly down to the experience we bring in as leaders. I’d say 70% experience, 30% data.”

Aijaz Ansari, CMO, TimeXtender

For some, this has meant reducing investment in brand or awareness activities during tight cycles, focusing instead on account-based marketing where ROI is clearer. For others, it means pausing unproven channels and redirecting energy into the few campaigns or regions that deliver most impact.

Ruthless prioritisation means growth ambition isn’t stifled, it becomes smarter and more selective.

Fixing inefficiencies

Closely tied to prioritisation is the drive to strip out inefficiencies. That’s because every process streamlined becomes an underlying advantage, with a 1% gain in efficiency compounding into more time, more speed and more impact.

Many CMOs admit that bloated processes and low-value activities have sometimes been allowed to persist. Several have cut back on generic top-of-funnel SEO or those free money vendor MDF campaigns, which often cost more in distraction than they return in value. Others have pulled back from large-scale, scattergun webinars or expos with questionable ROI.

“There are a few programmes we’re doing less of… we’ve reduced the volume of webinars and shifted away from top-of-funnel SEO that just put us in the SERP for terms with low purchase intent. Those searches are most affected by AI search.”

Andy Davis, Senior Director of Demand Gen at Contentsquare

In the new world of paradox, waste is magnified. Every unnecessary step or unfocused activity drains resources that could be channelled into high-impact work.

Fixing inefficiencies means attacking them with the same attention once reserved for campaign performance.

Managing headcount strain

Smarter resourcing brings its own return, and a 1% gain in agility and capacity can then compound across delivery and performance. With headcount freezes and attrition leaving gaps, CMOs are finding new ways to cover the workload. One common approach is to adopt an outsourcing-first strategy, by using agencies and contractors as flexible extensions of the team before seeking approval for full-time hires.

“My model has always been: you first bring in an agency, perfect that model and then look for building that capacity in-house.”

Aijaz Ansari, CMO, TimeXtender

Others take a selective backfill approach, by letting roles sit vacant for a while, to test whether they are truly needed.

“I often let roles sit vacant for six weeks rather than immediately backfill to get a feel of what’s important. It helps highlight the top priority work and what could be de-prioritised. It helps solidify the scope for a new hire.”

Andy Davis, Senior Director of Demand Gen, Contentsquare

This adaptive approach enables CMOs to maintain delivery under capacity strain, while also avoiding unnecessary hotspots of structural bloat.

Managing headcount strain often means increasing reliance on trusted partners, who need to be able to slot seamlessly into workflows.

Using AI as a multiplier

AI is playing an increasingly important role, but needs to be administered with a heavy dose of pragmatism. Used thoughtfully, AI offers steady, cumulative uplift, and incremental gains across speed and precision will compound without compromising quality.

CMOs view AI as a force multiplier for efficiency, but they know it cannot act as a replacement for judgement or creativity.

Tasks like research, content optimisation and production cycle compression are all benefiting from automation. Yet leaders remain cautious about overreliance.

“There is huge potential for AI. It can be massively helpful but the output is only as good as the input. You cannot sprinkle some AI over an inefficient, poorly designed process and expect it to become more effective.”

Andy Davis, Senior Director of Demand Gen, Contentsquare

“We ran a whole exercise on processes… bringing it down from five months to 16 weeks, then using AI to shorten it further.”

Nimmi Bhalla, Strategic Marketing & Commercial Leader
In B2B tech, where differentiation and trust are vital, CMOs are clear that AI accelerates execution, but people preserve brand individuality.

Resurgence of the human connection

For all the attention on digital efficiency, one of the strongest adaptations is a rediscovery of the power of targeted in-person connections. Even the smallest reconnection can change the game, and a 1% gain in trust and empathy will compound into stronger relationships and faster deals.

As a result, large expos and mass gatherings are losing appeal, with many leaders declaring them no longer worth the spend. Instead, CMOs are leaning into intimate events, executive dinners, and peer-led roundtables. These are the spaces where senior buyers open up candidly about their challenges, and trust is built through conversation rather than sales collateral.

“Face-to-face events still remain an underrated channel for marketers. Creating moments that matter is so effective. Expos are dead but smaller niche events are thriving as are round tables and lunches. People also value face to face networking opportunities with their peers way more than you think.”

Nikki Laker, Marketing Director, Opus Technology

“Sitting opposite someone and sharing a coffee… is far more revealing than responding to someone via email or chatting to a bot.”

Graham Smith, Marketing Director
In high-stakes sectors like cyber and telco, where buying committees are large and cautious, intimate peer exchanges are proving to be one of the most effective ways to cut through.

How the best agencies are adapting

CMOs are not alone in navigating the paradox. Agencies, too, are under pressure to deliver more for less, and the best are responding through small, continuous improvements that add up to significant advantages. These 1% gains, made across process, performance and partnership, are what turns a supplier relationship into a mutual growth multiplier.

The strongest partners are:

  • Proving commercial rigour by linking campaigns to CAC, LTV, and EBITDA impact
  • Using AI responsibly, where efficiency is the baseline, but innovation is expected
  • Acting as capacity accelerators, stepping in where internal teams are thin
  • Integrating into strategy development, from GTM to data and tech planning

These marginal gains compound over time, creating momentum that can’t be achieved through scale alone. This matters because CMOs cannot shoulder the paradox alone. The best agencies are evolving in step with their clients, providing joined-up delivery, confidence and resilience.

Grappling with finite resources

CMOs cannot manufacture more budget or more time. But they can control how they focus their energy, where they place their bets, and who they partner with.

By using the marginal gains strategy to fix fundamentals, prioritise ruthlessly, cut waste, deal with headcount strain, leverage AI wisely, and rediscover the power of intimate human connection, they are proving that the paradox can be managed.

They are even turning it into a source of competitive strength.

Redefining
scale


For years, scale in B2B marketing has been shorthand for revenue growth.

More customers, more leads and more campaigns have been the marketing mantra. But in today’s telco, cybersecurity, cloud and data markets, that definition now feels dangerously narrow.

The CMOs we speak with are rethinking scale as a set of dimensions that they hang in a delicate balance according to context. These are the spaces where small, targeted improvements can deliver disproportionate returns, and 1% gains compound over time to create real, measurable progress.

Because scale can mean reach. It can mean depth. It can mean ecosystems, efficiency, or resilience. The reality is that it’s rarely all five at once. The CMOs thriving under the paradox are those who can pinpoint where the marginal gains will make the most impact, and then choose which dimension of scale to pursue.

1

Scale as Reach

(new customer acquisition)

For some CMOs, scale is still defined by bringing in net new accounts. This can be a particular pain point in cybersecurity and telco, where market saturation means the pressure to expand into new verticals or regions remains intense.

Gains in precision, whether that’s in targeting, messaging or timing, can deliver remarkable results when acquisition budgets are tight.

“At its most basic level… scaling means a couple of things. One is gaining new customers, the other is growing revenue.”

Andy Davis, Senior Director of Demand Gen, Contentsquare

Acquisition budgets are often flat or shrinking, but expectations for growth remain. CMOs are compensating by focusing on ICP fit, precision targeting, and relationship-driven plays that increase conversion rates.

2

Scale as Depth

(account expansion and LTV)

Some define scale as going deeper into existing accounts. In telco and cloud markets, expanding share of wallet across business units or product lines is often more achievable than chasing new accounts.

Gains in retention or cross-sell efficiency can compound rapidly, and it can deliver far greater value than equivalent effort at earlier customer lifecycle stages.

This dimension of scale requires close coordination with sales and customer service, as well as marketing campaigns that educate and re-engage customers over the long term. It’s less about filling the top of the funnel, more about deepening value across the customer lifecycle.

3

Scale as Ecosystem

(partners, hyperscalers, alliances)

Many leaders tell us that internal resources alone cannot deliver exponential growth. Additional levers for scale lie in the partner ecosystems of resellers, hyperscalers and global system integrators.

Improvements in partner integration or campaign alignment can release disproportionately large returns through shared reach and credibility.

“Scale is about engaging ecosystems – whether that is reseller relationships, tech partner relationships, or alliances with the hyperscalers.”

Michael Smythe, Director of Regional Marketing, Qualys

For CMOs in cloud and data especially, partnering with hyperscalers can provide instant access to global reach. But it comes with its own paradox, because riding someone else’s scale means giving up some control. The leaders thriving here are those who can co-create campaigns with partners, rather than simply chasing their trajectory.

4

Scale as Efficiency

(longevity and process discipline)

When budgets are flat, efficiency becomes its own form of scale. For CMOs, this means making campaigns travel further, which could mean moving across geographies, across business units, and over longer time horizons. Gains in process efficiency compounds over the long term, and can deliver considerable time and cost savings.

“Budgets are less or flat, but the business is growing and so you need to reach more people. So how do you scale what you’re doing here? You either self-service other people or it has longer legs, and has a longer lifecycle.”

Amanda Smith, Senior Corporate Marketing Leader, Sysdig

Efficiency also applies internally, with streamlined processes, standardised ways of working, and shared assets. The most effective CMOs treat efficiency as an amplifier instead of a constraint.

5

Scale as Resilience

(sustained growth under volatility)

Some leaders frame scale as the ability to endure, and in markets defined by shocks, the true measure of scale is whether growth can be sustained when conditions worsen.

Gains here can determine whether growth holds its ground or falters when disruptive events begin to surface.

“Geopolitical instability… creates a push-pull on investment. Companies hesitate because conditions can change overnight, which is why the focus is now on quantifying every pound we spend.”

Aijaz Ansari, CMO, TimeXtender

Here, scale is about durability as well as speed. CMOs who prioritise resilience build flexibility into their operations, diversify channels, and ensure that brand equity can carry them through the storm.

The architecture of modern scale

No CMO can pursue all five archetypes equally. Every organisation must decide which levers matter the most, within its own market and growth phase context.

Don’t chase every dimension. Choose consciously, because by framing scale as a multi-dimensional opportunity, CMOs give themselves a clearer language for trade-offs. This is how leaders turn the paradox into a winning strategy that delivers sustainable marginal gains, which compound over time.

The non-negotiables

Even under pressure, CMOs are clear about the lines they won’t cross. These non-negotiables speak to the standards, values and disciplines that define resilient marketing leadership.

Quality of output

Rushed, low-quality content is off limits. Even when resources are scarce, CMOs refuse to let standards slip, knowing poor output damages brand credibility and erodes trust.

“Being resource-constrained does not mean we can compromise on the quality of the content… it has to be valuable so we can’t let that slip.”

Andy Davis, Senior Director of Demand Gen, Contentsquare

Customer experience

CMOs won’t overload their audiences just to hit short-term metrics. Protecting relationships and ensuring respectful, valuable engagement remains paramount.

“The top thing I won’t compromise on is the customer experience… It’s not about doing more, it’s about being relevant and providing value; I choose to not dilute the messaging and risk losing the impact.”

Lizzie Donn, Group Marketing Director, FluidOne

Strategic alignment

Every initiative must tie directly to business objectives. CMOs push back on activities that have no clear intent, refusing to waste time or dilute focus.

“I’m increasingly not compromising on starting work on a poorly structured or incomplete brief… if there’s not a clear articulation of why and the objective, then we’re not going to do it.”

Andy Davis, Senior Director of Demand Gen, Contentsquare

Brand equity and long-term value

Short-term revenue grabs must not undermine the long-term health of the brand. CMOs insist on protecting equity even when pressured for quick wins.

“Short-term targeting shouldn’t undermine your long-term brand equity or customer relationships.”

Aijaz Ansari, CMO, TimeXtender

Accountability

Accountability is the keystone. Leaders reject vanity metrics, focusing instead on profitability and building bigger, stronger margins.

“The main challenge is managing profitability versus revenue growth. I can’t just chase pipeline anymore; it’s about margin contribution.”

Aijaz Ansari, CMO, TimeXtender

Together, these principles underline the fact that constraints may force trade-offs, but they should never make leaders compromise on integrity, quality or customer trust.

CMO reflections on leadership and success

Throughout our hundreds of conversations with a wide range of executives operating across the entire B2B tech space, it’s clear that nobody understands the CMO paradox better than the people living it every day.

Beyond the data, the frameworks and the forecasts, here are the building blocks of change that marketing leaders wanted to pass on to others who are walking the same path.

Simplify and automate lower-value work

“The one thing you cannot and should not automate is judgement, but you can free it up. Anything repeatable should be automated so your best people are solving harder problems.”

Focus on buyer behaviour before they engage

“Buyers are making their shortlist long before they ever talk to us. Your job is to show up where those decisions are already being shaped.”

Anchor everything in business objectives

“If it doesn’t somehow relate to added margin or profitability, then there’s a big chance it’s nothing but noise. Today, every campaign and every programme should be designed to address a commercial problem or exploit a commercial opportunity.”

Protect time and energy

“We’ve learned to say no more often. Marketing needs to run on focus and momentum, and if you lose those, then you burn out the team and the strategy.”

Stay grounded

“Not everything shiny on LinkedIn is strategy. It’s easy to mistake visibility for real value, and the hard part is resisting the noise.”

Invest in relationships

“Your network of peers will save you more often than any playbook ever will. So, pick up the phone, share what’s working for you, help others, and ask for help when you need it.”

Kiri Craig
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Finding your own 1%

by Kiri Craig, Managing Partner, onebite

Thank you for coming on this journey with us. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading our take on how CMOs are reshaping their craft and finding new ways to succeed under pressure.

In the years ahead, doing more with less will remain a defining reality. Marketing budgets may never rebound to pre-paradox levels, and expectations will only continue to rise. Yet what’s become clear through every conversation we’ve had, is that marketing leaders are moving forward with determination, and they are enjoying the challenge.

Across telco, cybersecurity, cloud and data, they’re setting boundaries to protect focus. They’re redefining what scale means in their world. And they’re building strength into their teams and strategies, so that growth can continue, even when conditions are tough.

In an environment defined by almost infinite choice, high complexity and rising constraints, we’re also seeing that marginal gains are providing direction. Each small, deliberate improvement builds momentum. The leaders thriving under the paradox are those who have the mindset and discipline to keep improving every day.

But this is just the beginning, so let’s keep the conversation flowing. You can continue the discussion, share your own experiences of the paradox, and hear more from your peers through our roundtables, podcasts and peer dialogue series.

And if you’re looking for a partner who not only understands the paradox, but lives it, then let’s chat. Let’s find your next 1%. I look forward to hearing from you.

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