How to Lead Human-First in an AI World (w/ Nick Mehta)

But before we get to the serious stuff here, we had Jake Saper on the show, our good friend from Emergence last week.

And we talked about the critical topic of B2B musical parodies.

And you've been either, if my research is right, on stage or in front of the camera as the Wizard of Oz, Neo from the Matrix, Ted Lasso, Eugene Levy from Schitt's Creek.

And the best that I can tell, that's the last 18 to 24 months.

So why do you lean into humor and comedy? Like, aren't we all just like, you know, building, selling like business software at the end of the day?

I mean, it's thank you.

Thank you.

And of course, it goes all the way back to like the very beginning, which is, of course, what's the first Gainsight parody video ever?

Yeah.

Was it Taylor Swift was the first one, I think? No.

The first one, Green Day.

Oh, that's right.

Wake Me Up When the Keynote Ends.

Wake Me Up When the Keynote Ends in 2013.

The production value wasn't as good, but the guyliner that we both put on was pretty strong.

And it's kind of funny because, like, I don't even remember.

That was kind of a wimp.

A lot of those things in the early days in the insight were just a whim.

Right.

A lot of creative new brought.

And but I think what we both saw was a few things.

I think one is that it really opens people up.

Right.

Because, you know, you show up at a. customer event or a webinar or whatever.

And you have this kind of stiff, you got to be business-like and everything else.