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Pioneering CMOs
are architecting their
organizations into future
powerhouses for sustained
relevance and growth.
Accenture’s global survey reveals how profound
change and disruption is reinventing the role of
the CMO, with some CMOs clearly pulling ahead.
Embracing a new culture, technologies and transformative approach,
the pioneering CMOs are delivering highly-relevant customer
experiences—and more shareholder value.
27% 29%
24% 26%
Category 1
27%
more likely to
28%
more likely than their
prioritize innovation, peers to be spending
looking to use new more than three-quarters
technologies to of their time on managing
drive growth. disruptive growth.
Category 2
Rejecting a broken
marketing culture.
Pioneering CMOs are focused on embedding
the right capabilities to deliver exceptional
customer experiences.
29%
more likely to be
23%
more likely to be
in-sourcing new focused on their
capabilities. people as they adopt
customer-centricity.
21%
more likely to be
26%
more likely to say that
experimenting with new marketing should
and innovative solutions. own the end-to-end
customer record.
Infusing a customer-
centered culture that
shapes marketing strategy.
Pivoting their marketing agendas
in response to shifting outlooks
on multichannel experience, trust,
transparency and personalization. Pioneer CMOs
“Customers... All Others
56% 51%
33% 32%
52% 50%
33% 32%
Constantly re-evaluate their Have higher expectations toward brands: they need to
choices and are becoming stand for something bigger than the products/services
increasingly difficult to predict they sell. They need to inspire, set new standards,
in their buying behavior. have a clear purpose and emphasize certain values.
52% 45%
33% 31%
87% 82%
65% 64%
Immersive Growth Hackers
Experience Designers who lead rapid and relentless
experimentation across marketing
who connect digital strategies channels and product development to
to physical experiences for a optimize activity and unlock growth.
connected customer experience.
81% 81%
66% 65%
Chief Storyteller Marketing Monitors
who masters storytelling in ways that or Ombudsmen who ensure automated outputs from bots
drive deeper emotional connections or Artificial Intelligence systems do not conflict with brand
with customers. values or mistakenly create public relations problems.
80% 80%
67% 67%
Customer Futurologists
Experience Curators and Trend Setters
and empathists who design ways whose responsibilities will include the early
to connect customers to brands identification/anticipation of new opportunities for the
in hyper-personalized ways. company based on current and future customer trends.
80% 80%
67% 66%
Reality Checkers Trust Leaders
outside people (including consumers) who protect customer data and oversee the design of
who are constantly feeding in insights safe customer experiences that leverage personalized
into the organization to keep information but don’t risk data breaches or
companies grounded. overstepping the trust line with customers.
78% 77%
63% 65%
Cause Matchmakers Artificial Intelligence Designers/
an evolution of sponsorship leaders who Consumer Psychologists
identify a broad range of opportunities to
do good and deliver something back to who help engineer robotics and help voice
customers, employees and stakeholders. enabled assistants to be more human.
Category 3
Rewiring operating
models for growth.
Pioneering CMOs are breaking down barriers
and are more focused on influencing the
C-suite and broader enterprise.
They’re rewiring their organizations with more
connected operating models to secure the right
skills, mindset and behaviors to drive successful,
sustained growth. Compared to their peers they are:
17%
more likely to be
18%
more likely to be
expanding beyond engaged with the
traditional agency possibilities offered
partners. by digital platforms.