The greatest asset that a CMO has is trust, says Snowflake's Denise Persson
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CMOs are being asked to rewire their operating models around AI while not eroding the one asset that matters—trust with customers and internal stakeholders. If you own marketing, your AI plan has to be as much about governance, disclosure, and data boundaries as it is about personalization and content velocity.
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