211: Jenna Kellner: Overcoming frankenstacks and AI uncertainty with first principles and business judgement
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Jenna Kellner discusses managing marketing tech debt and the importance of business judgment in uncertain environments.
What’s up everyone, today we have the pleasure of chatting with Jenna Kellner, VP Marketing at Workleap. (00:00) - Intro (01:14) - In This Episode (04:30) - How to Manage Marketing Tech Debt During Rapid Growth (10:10) - How to Prioritize RevOps Tech Debt Without Perfect ROI Models (14:23) - Reasoning Through Broken Systems and Imperfect Data (19:23) - How High Performers Progress Anyway (24:28) - How to Build Confidence With AI Through Small Experiments (33:06) - How to Use Exit Planning and Cost Benefit Analysis for AI Tool Selection (35:57) - First principles matter more than tools (38:59) - Why Staying Close to Execution Improves Marketing Leadership (45:13) - Why Critical Thinking Skills Drive Marketing Career Growth (49:33) - How to Build Business Judgment in Technical Marketing Roles (53:03) - Why Confidence Without Humility is Dangerous (55:47) - How Revenue Leaders Prioritize Daily Energy (59:49) - Growing up (01:01:10) - Book rec Summary : Jenna is a VP of marketing that can talk about the weeds of messy systems, uncertain decisions, and personal growth. You can’t hide from it, every company accumulates tech debt as teams rush to hit revenue targets. She frames tech…
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