Unpredictability has become the norm in manufacturing supply chains. Use this diagnostic framework to evaluate structural risk and prioritize strategic actions that build lasting resilience.

As third-party platforms like DoorDash and Uber Eats capture more of the restaurant market, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are losing direct customer relationships. Two industry leaders discuss how to partner with a food-delivery app to strengthen brand loyalty and increase sales.

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing how medical images are acquired, analyzed, and interpreted. The transformation ushers in a new era of data-driven diagnostics and faster, more personalized patient care.

Business-to-business SaaS companies are turning to part-time CMOs to boost growth while cutting costs. This advice from successful founders and CMOs will help your organization do the same.

Forward-thinking marketing executives are adopting Agile principles to boost speed, collaboration, and performance. Two Toptal Marketing Agency leaders share the key components of Agile marketing and how your team can implement them.

The biggest obstacle consumer packaged goods (CPG) and retail companies face isn’t technology or capital. It’s finding talent that can bridge the gap between business strategy and technical execution in real time.

An SEO audit based on executive input can set your company up for sustainable growth and offer resilience in a volatile search landscape.

Classic brands aren’t built on fleeting trends. They honor their brand promise, use enduring design principles, and balance legacy with innovation to inspire customers through the decades.

Shopify is the most widely used e-commerce platform for building and managing sophisticated online stores. This guide explores advanced developer tools and strategies designed to refine and optimize your Shopify development workflow.

Toptal parsed key hiring data to discover today’s most in-demand marketing agency roles and skill sets. Use the knowledge to inform your agency’s structure and recruit the bench of freelancers you need to grow your business.

An interim CEO provides stability and strategic direction during leadership transitions. Learn how to maximize their impact, maintain continuity, and position your organization for long-term success.

Claude 3's integration with AWS infrastructure is reshaping enterprise AI adoption and challenging OpenAI's market dominance. Here’s what business leaders need to know as they evaluate their cloud and AI strategies.

As organizations face growing cyber risk and regulatory pressure, security leaders are being asked to do more than protect systems: They must enable the business. In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Steven Asifo, Director of Security GRC at Yahoo, joins Zohra Ibrahimi, Toptal’s Inform...

AI doesn’t diminish creativity—it amplifies it. Toptal designers reveal how Adobe Firefly’s tools, like Generative Fill and Text to Vector Graphic, elevate your work and client results.

Which tool should you choose? From reusable components and real-time collaboration to voice prototyping and developer handoff, a UI/UX expert weighs the features of the leading UI design platforms to help you select the best tool for your project.

Discover how Pavilion CEO Sam Jacobs is helping thousands of GTM executives redefine success through community, education, and principle-led leadership. In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Jacobs joins Jeff Gangemi, Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, to discuss the c...

Many companies overpay for cloud services. These cloud cost optimization techniques will help you negotiate favorable terms and discounts with your cloud provider and maximize efficiency.

Discover how AI-powered search is reshaping SEO and PPC, with natural language queries, multimodal search, and personalized experiences driving the future of search.

Implementing AI can lead to significant new risks for organizations. Two information security leaders explain how improving governance, loss prevention, and monitoring can help CISOs strengthen their defenses.

As AI transforms how buyers discover and evaluate solutions, traditional SEO playbooks are being rewritten. In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Kevin White, Head of Marketing at Scrunch, joins Jeff Gangemi to explore how LLMs are reshaping intent, discovery, and conversion, and what m...

CentralSquare’s Chief Product Officer, Brian Fugere, is helping public safety agencies and local governments evolve. In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Brian shares how his team is building cloud-native, AI-powered platforms to support emergency response, administration, and citizen ...

Koley Corte, MetLife SVP and CMO of Regional and Institutional Marketing, Global Customer Insights, leads one of the most expansive marketing organizations in financial services. In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, she shares how she aligns global teams around customer insight, strate...

Avid’s Chief Marketing Officer, Angela Stelle, shares how she’s reshaping the company’s brand, culture, and creative engine for the future. In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Angela reflects on lessons from her second CMO role, the power of executive presence, and how to lead with bo...

Lumivero CMO Tessa Barron joins the Executive Guidance podcast to share her unique approach to growth-driven marketing. Discover how Tessa builds scalable marketing functions grounded in strategic planning, audience ownership, and a deep understanding of business outcomes.

Learn how Jason Smith, AI Strategy Lead at Publicis Media, is helping clients navigate the fast-changing world of AI in media and advertising. In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Smith shares practical insights on applying AI to audience targeting, creative automation, and responsible...

Discover how Emily Jackson, SVP of eCommerce at Forbes, is shaping the next era of digital publishing. In this episode of the *Executive Guidance* podcast, she shares insights on how commerce content became a key revenue driver, the evolving role of AI in product discovery, and how Forbes balances e...

Discover how Ricoh’s Vice President of Portfolio Software Solution Development, Ashok Shenoy, is leading AI-driven transformation by focusing on people, process, and data. In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Shenoy shares how Ricoh built an AI-ready culture, overcame adoption challeng...

Discover how Evidenza co-founder and former global head of development of The B2B Institute at LinkedIn, Peter Weinberg is redefining B2B marketing by challenging conventional wisdom. In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Peter shares insights on the balance between brand and performanc...

Discover how Logitech marketing leader Hayley Nelson is reshaping content strategy using agile principles, newsroom-style storytelling, and deep customer insights. In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, she shares lessons from Salesforce, Airbnb, and Logitech on building high-impact cont...

Discover how Edible’s VP of eCommerce, Erica Randerson, is driving bold brand transformation and redefining the gifting experience through data, AI, and innovation on this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast.