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Marketing2030: Driving more Humanized Growth

Defining the Marketing strategy, structure, capability, and leadership required to win, Marketing2030 is led by the Institute for Real Growth (IRG) in partnership with over 25 Marketing organizations and hundreds of CMOs globally.

The study identifies four Impact Areas where Marketing can step up as an Enterprise Growth Architect. The report gives examples, best practices and practical advice of CMOs from the IRG community who have delivered on the four Impact Areas.

Key Study Insights

Our business strategy defines both short-term and long-term targets.

32%

Underperformers

75%

Overperformers

We have a clearly defined strategy across all stakeholder groups.

27%

Underperformers

66%

Overperformers

Our business is fundamentally challenged by new technology, including AI.

39%

Underperformers

71%

Overperformers

About the study

1,000

interviews with CMOs and C-suite leaders

6,000

leadership podcasts, analyzed with AI

15

country deep dives

IRG Inspirator

Meet the IRG Inspirator, your AI-powered thinking partner for marketing and growth. Built on the insights from Marketing2030, all previous IRG studies and our thought leadership, it helps you explore ideas, challenge assumptions and find answers to your marketing and business questions.

Introduced by Tilly Norwood, the world’s first AI actress.

IRG Inspirator answering how to lead in a more human, authentic and values-led way
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Published so far

Phase One

Winning in a Polarized World: The Growth Paradoxes

Phase Two

Enterprise Growth Architecture 2.0: Beyond Marketing

Final Report

Marketing2030: Driving more Humanized Growth

The Countdown to Marketing2030

In the lead-up to the global launch of Marketing2030 in Istanbul, IRG founder Marc de Swaan Arons shared four perspectives from the study and what they mean in practice for today’s marketing leaders. All four are open to read.

Why Marketing2030?

The first of four pieces from Marc in the countdown to Marketing2030.

Six M2030 Growth Paradoxes

The second of four pieces from Marc in the countdown to Marketing2030.

Enterprise Growth: Beyond Marketing

The third of four pieces from Marc in the countdown to Marketing2030.

Why we do what we do, how we do it, and with whom

The fourth of four pieces from Marc in the countdown to Marketing2030.

Join us at one of the Global IRG Study Events

World map showing the sixteen cities hosting IRG Impact Study events
  • New York
  • Mexico City
  • Cape Town
  • São Paulo
  • London
  • Paris
  • Amsterdam
  • Istanbul
  • Penang
  • Mumbai
  • Cannes
  • Sydney
  • Prague
  • Stockholm
  • Tokyo
  • Shanghai

Istanbul Global Launch

The global launch of the Marketing2030 findings.

USA ANA Launch

The US launch, with the Association of National Advertisers.

All events

Join us in cities around the world for the IRG Marketing2030 events.

Marketing2030: By and for CMOs

Marketing2030 is built with the people shaping the future of the profession. Through the M2030 Leadership Lab, we brought together some of the world’s most successful CMOs and leading thinkers in an invite-only cohort. Together, they have interpreted the Marketing2030 findings, co-developed what they mean for the future of the function, and role-model the leadership required to win.

CMOs in discussion at an M2030 Leadership Lab session

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