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M&M's, Snickers, Milky Way, Wrigley and more — all owned by the company you know nothing about. An incredible entrepreneurial story spanning candy, gum, and pet care, and one of the 20th century's greatest private family empires.
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Mars Inc. (The Chocolate Story)
M&M's, Snickers, Milky Way, Wrigley and more — all owned by the company you know nothing about. An incredible entrepreneurial story spanning candy, gum, and pet care, and one of...
An Overview of Agile Metrics
What are Agile Metrics? We are kicking off the 2023 season with a look into this important topic. Join us as we speak to Product Managers Staci Del Re and Nina Romanova and disc...
What is Agile Coaching?
In this episode we discuss what Agile Coaching is, who should sign up for Agile Coaching (hint: anyone!) and what an Agile Coaching session could look like. Harvey Dhillon, Anal...
Retail Transformation Journey Part 2
We kick off Season 2 with a two-part deep dive into the Agile Transformation at MW Retail. Join us as we speak to Kristin Osborn and learn how the team structured their Agile jo...
Agile Community Co-Lead , Kirill Maksimkin Intro
In this episode, we meet Agile Learning, Community and Communications Lead, Kirill Maksimkin! Kirill tells us a bit more about his Agile background, his role and responsibilitie...
Agile Community Co-Lead , Jessie Carter Intro
In this episode, we meet Jessie Carter, Global Agile Capability Lead at Mars. Jessie tells us how she was introduced to Agile and what she loves most about working in this uniqu...
MW NA Microbattles Overview
In this episode, we chat with Beth Dawson about the amazing work her team is leading at MW NA, with their Microbattles Initiative. What is a Microbattle? Listen to find out!
Agile Change Management
In this episode we speak with Aleks Brzoza, a Program Manager and Change Management practitioner at MW NA. Aleks has created some very insightful and important guidelines for wo...
Tasty Bite Start Up Culture with Dan Jackson
In this episode we are joined by Dan Jackson, GM of Tasty Bite NA. Dan shares with us the components of Tasty Bite's unique and successful culture and demonstrates incredible Ag...
Tasty Bite D2C Project Deep Dive with Austin Conte
Retrospective Epsiode with Dave Watson
History of Agile at Mars & An Agile Retrospective
What is Scrum?
Scrum Roles Pt.1
Agile Journey at Pet Nutrition US
We discuss why you should approach Agile transformation as a Change Management journey, the importance of re-framing our thoughts around failure through test & learns, and scali...
Scrum Roles Pt.2
Scrum Events Pt.1
Scrum Events Pt.2
Scrum in Action
Agile Team Building
In this episode, we speak with Anansha Rajap, Global Head of Transformation, Strategy and Performance within the MW Global Commercial CoE. Anansha shares how Agile has helped he...
Agile Community Building
In this episode, we introduce you to our new Agile Community co-lead, Amanda Albers. Amanda sits within the Strategic Deployment Team at MWNA and is a passionate Agile trainer, ...
Lessons in OKRs
Welcome to this special episode as we finish up OKR Month! Join us as we chat with David Bloch and Heather McCarty about their experience implementing the OKR framework and meth...
Agile Mindset & Center of Legal Excellence
Join us for our latest conversation, with Agile Community member Kelly Mickelson! In this episode, Kelly tells us a bit more about the Center of Legal Excellence, the work they ...
Agile & Change Management
In this episode, we chat with MW NA's Agile Marketing Innovation Director, Fernando Rodrigues, to learn more about implementing Change Management in Agile Transformations.
Retrospectives!
In our final episode for 2023, we discuss the power of the Retrospective with Lauren Gaul, Director of People and Talent Strategy at MW NA. Lauren shares with us how Retrospecti...
Retail Transformation Part 1
We kick off Season 2 with a two-part deep dive into the Agile Transformation at MW Retail. Join us as we speak to Kristin Osborn and learn how the team structured their Agile jo...
Jensen Huang: Nvidia's Future, Physical AI, Rise of the Agent, Inference Explosion, AI PR Crisis
Jensen Huang discusses the transition from training AI to the "inference explosion," the automation of the physical world through robotics, and how Nvidia navigates the complex ...
Four CEOs on the Future of AI: CoreWeave, Perplexity, Mistral, and IREN
Live from Nvidia GTC, Jason Calacanis interviews the leaders of four pivotal AI companies. They discuss the scaling of compute infrastructure (CoreWeave), the future of search (...
Anthropic's Generational Run, OpenAI Panics, AI Moats
The hosts analyze Anthropic's AI market gains against OpenAI's enterprise shift, while discussing the impact of AI on stock valuations and the legal consequences of Meta's platf...
Two Legendary Founders: Travis Kalanick & Michael Dell
A session featuring Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick discussing his new venture in automated "physical world" infrastructure, followed by Michael Dell on the enduring importance ...
Inside Google DeepMind: AGI, Robotics, & World Models Explained - Demis Hassabis
Google DeepMind's CEO, Demis Hassabis, discusses AI's role in scientific breakthroughs and creative tools. The conversation explores advancements in world models and robotics, s...
Sam Altman: Getting Fired (and Re-Hired) by OpenAI, Agents, AI Copyright issues
Featuring an interview with Sam Altman discussing the future of OpenAI, including GPT-5, advanced AI agents, and the regulatory landscape for artificial intelligence. The All-In...
Eric Schmidt on AI, the Battle with China, and the Future of America
The former Google CEO discusses the geopolitical stakes of the AI race.
Sergey Brin, Google Co-Founder | All-In Live from Miami
Sergey discusses his return to active duty at Google to focus on Gemini and AGI.
Pinterest's Kate Hamill on Visual Search , AI , and the New Path to Purchase
In this episode of BRAVE COMMERCE, Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter sit down with Kate Hamill, VP of North America Enterprise Sales at Pinterest, to unpack how the platform...
Beko Europe's Marco Brucato on Scaling eCommerce Without Losing Local Relevance
"In this episode of BRAVE COMMERCE, hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter speak with Marco Brucato, Head of eCommerce Europe - DTC Transformation at Beko Europe. Marco s...
Philips'Laura Briggs on Unifying eCommerce, Driving Category Growth , and the Power of Empathy
In this episode of BRAVE COMMERCE, hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter speak with Laura Briggs, Head of eCommerce Excellence at Philips.
MARS - FMCG Guys Podcast
Kelly Spear welcomes the FMCG Guys, a podcast team with 180 episodes and 16,000 LinkedIn followers. Together with guests Daniel, Efrain, and Christine, they explore the benefits...
Connect for Growth
Connect for Growth_ Mars Snacking Global DCOM Quarterly Connect (session 2)-20250520_150237-Meeting
Innovate to Elevate
MARS - Innovate to Elevate DCOM Supply Chain of Tomorrow
Live Event
Connect For Growth LIVE EVENT Looking Back, Looking Forward A Conversation with Gülen and Neil
AI Search
AI Search Lunch & Learn
Media Platform
MARS - Testing New Media Platforms - Skittles & Uber
Tailwinds Podcast: Driving Value Creation Through Digital Commerce
In our first Tailwinds Podcast episode for 2026, we discuss the pivotal role SRM plays in driving value creation and helping Mars Snacking achieve its bold digital commerce ambi...
"Imagine" - Your Daily Innovation
In the first episode of this season II of the decoding digital RTM podcast we welcome Denis Cavallucci, Professor in Engineering of Innovation @ INSA Strasbourg. Together with h...
"Wind of Change" - Change Management
Our Expert Nazneen Jownally, Program Change lead for MW D30 and former global change lead for the RTM transformation program, will not only explain what change management all is...
"Winner takes it all" - India Product Recommender
"In episode 3 of the decoding digital RTM Podcast we will focus on a new capability and tool for India: The product recommender. Our guest today is Sandeep Srivastav, Sales IT ...
"People get ready" - RAC Australia
Today will go “down under” and talk to Andrew White, Field Sales Director MW for Australia about the RAC Tool. RAC stands for resource activity calculator and is a tool that is ...
"Try everything" - ODDA driving growth potential
t is already Episode 5 and today we are welcoming Matt Edmondson-Jones, Global Head of RTM Analytics in the ODDA team. You might wonder now, what is ODDA and how does it fit and...
"harder, better, faster, stronger" - Distributor Services
Today’s Episode is covering a completely new area of the RTM transformation program. We are interviewing Eugene Evangelista, MGS Commercial Global Distributor Services Senior Di...
"here comes the sun" - Cost to Serve Brazil
Continuing our journey with the distributor pillar of the RTM transformation program we would like to introduce you in today’s episode to DCA (Distributor capability assessment)...
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