AI is Not Intelligent Without Human Help (Aude Gandon, Estée Lauder)

At the heritage beauty house Estée Lauder, marketing is led by a re-inventor, who refuses to draw any line between marketing and digital: "Everything is digital," says Global Chief Digital and Marketing Officer Aude Gandon. However, Aude argues that there is a risk of becoming overly reliant on technology to do the job. For her, the tools only get smart when a marketer who actually knows the craft does the briefing. "AI is not expertise," she says. "Only the marketer knows what to feed the AI with. And if we don't do it that way, it's going to be garbage in, garbage out and everybody's going to look the same." Today on Building Better CMOs, Aude and Greg talk about how a luxury house takes real risks with creators and TikTok Shop; why young marketers still need to study and learn the fundamentals of their craft; and why, "Just because you don't fit in doesn't mean you don't belong." Plus: The merits of making lateral career moves. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 04:59 Lessons from the Tech World and YouTube's Evolution 13:11 Transforming Legacy Brands for Modern Consumers 14:55 Brand Prestige, or Digital Experimentation? 20:44 Fitting In vs. Belonging 22:50 Luxury Storytelling on Social Platforms 30:35 The Importance of Mentorship 34:39 Applying Data Science to the Art of Beauty 40:08 Reaching International Consumers 43:55 Marketing Fundamentals in a Digital Age 51:52 AI's Role in Creative Evaluation and Personalization ⁠Full transcript⁠⁠: https://bettercmos.com/audegandon-tra... This episode was produced and edited by Eric Johnson from ⁠⁠LightningPod⁠⁠⁠: https://lightningpod.fm/ ⁠Follow Building Better CMOs⁠ in your podcast app⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://pod.link/1689135815 ⁠⁠Rate and review⁠ the podcast⁠: https://bettercmos.com/review ⁠Aude's LinkedIn⁠⁠:   / aude-gandon-b4545b37   ⁠⁠Greg's LinkedIn:   / gregstuart