Tony Evans spent over a decade at Meta working across technology, marketing, and leadership. He’s now the author of Generation AI and founder of his own AI company Onv.ai.

He focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence, people, and organizational change.

In this conversation, Tony and Margot discuss why AI reveals more about a company’s culture than its tech stack, what’s actually holding back adoption in large organizations, and how leaders can navigate the cultural and generational tensions AI is surfacing. From executive fear to junior overconfidence, this episode dives into the human realities shaping the AI era at work.

You will learn:

• Why AI acts as a mirror, exposing organizational weaknesses in data, culture, and process
• How misalignment on basic definitions—like “customer”—can stall AI adoption
• Why AI is less about tools and more about mindset, learning, and trust
• What leaders need to understand about using AI personally and professionally
• How generational differences in AI use can create tension—and how to turn it into collaboration
• Why investing in team learning and collective intelligence matters more than ever

CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

01:15 Why Tony wrote Generation AI

03:00 How AI mirrors organizational strengths and flaws

06:00 What leaders get wrong about AI adoption

09:00 Should executives be trained in AI?

12:30 Why mindset shifts matter more than technical skills

16:00 Personal use of AI vs. organizational adoption

20:00 The hidden risks of banning AI tools

24:00 Gamification, prompting, and learning at all levels

28:00 The AI generation gap: juniors vs. executives

33:00 How to foster trust and reverse mentorship

38:00 What great leadership looks like in the AI era

44:00 Final takeaway

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What will marketing teams look like in a world where AI agents handle execution and humans focus only on strategy and creativity?

In this episode, Margot Bletterie speaks with Mohit Lodha, founder of Takumi, an AI consulting company helping brands implement real, ROI-driven AI solutions.

With 20 years of experience in marketing across agencies and global brands, Mohit shares a grounded and practical view of how AI is transforming the industry.

If you’re a marketer, CMO, founder, or creative professional trying to make sense of AI’s impact on your work, this conversation will give you clarity, direction, and concrete next steps.

What you will learn

•Why AI is supercharging marketing instead of replacing marketers, and how it reshapes creativity and strategy

•The future role of the CMO and how marketing teams will evolve into fluid structures blending intuition and machine precision

•Which AI use cases already deliver value today: creative automation, personalization, and AI agents

•Why most companies stay stuck in experimentation and how to move from pilot to scale

•How to protect creativity while embracing AI, and why prompting becomes a key creative skill

•Practical advice for junior and senior marketers to stay relevant in an AI-driven industry

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

01:12 When AI started changing marketing

02:06 What marketing will look like in 5 to 10 years

03:43 Are CMOs ready for AI?

06:18 Why AI adoption is still slow

08:40 The most valuable AI use cases today

15:13 How AI impacts creatives

22:32 How to scale AI inside organizations

32:24 Trends to watch and Mohit’s advice

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Onur Kece, founder and Chief Creative Officer of The Refreshment Club, joins Margot Bletterie to share how AI is radically changing creative work and why it’s time to stop fearing it.

With over 20 years in advertising, Onur breaks down how his agency uses generative AI not as a replacement, but as a creative amplifier.

From fast-moving cultural campaigns to ethical dilemmas, this episode is a masterclass in AI-powered marketing for those who care about original, disruptive work.

You’ll learn:

• How The Refreshment Club uses AI across strategy, ideation, and execution

• Why “topical advertising” helped generate a ROI for their in-house brand Heimstone

• How to make generative AI work without losing creative originality

• Why creative teams must shift from content factories to insight-driven storytelling

• What skills marketers need to stay relevant in the AI era

• Why the best ideas still come from humans—and how AI helps bring them to life

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

01:15 Why creatives fear AI—and how to overcome it

06:30 AI-powered 360 marketing

10:40 The real power of AI in insights and ideation

14:10 AI ethics, originality, and consumer perception

19:00 Building reactive, culturally relevant campaigns

24:00 Team structure and evolving creative roles

29:00 Advice for creatives: how to start with GenAI

33:30 Why AI puts creativity back in the spotlight

Learn more about Onur Kece: https://www.linkedin.com/in/onur-kece/

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